Album Reviews
Grant Glad “One Man’s Story”
A concept album from a fine teller of stories, this will hold your interest from start to finish. Grant Glad has been around the Minnesota music scene for some time; most notably as frontman for the […]
Reviews
Album Reviews
Holler Choir “Songs Before They Write Themselves”
Old tools crafting out contemporary bluegrass-tinged gems. The album title implies an uncertain fate for songwriters and musicians, what with AI now mimicking human creative endeavours, but thankfully these ten tracks offer reassurance and hope. Holler […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: The Rye Sisters, Album Launch Party, St Mary’s Guildhall, Lincoln – 15th December 2023
Just a mere six years after the release of their debut album ‘Brave Unbeaten Paths’ The Rye Sisters finally deliver the perfect Christmas present for their ever increasing fan base with the news of the imminent […]
Album Reviews
Thea Gilmore “Thea Gilmore”
Thea Gilmore sheds the Afterlight and emerges as her own person in fascinating change of direction. Thea Gilmore is something of a national treasure, as she has produced about 20 albums in the last twenty-five years, […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Dean Owens & The Sinners, Glad Café, Glasgow – 18th December 2023
It’s somewhat fitting that the last gig this reviewer saw in 2023 was by Dean Owens who, a few days later, was pronounced the winner of Best UK Americana act in our latest annual Readers Poll. […]