Album Reviews
Abby Posner “Kisbee Ring”
An album of simple, but not so simple, delights! This is a good set of songs from a very talented songwriter with a very engaging singing voice. Abby Posner is a multi-instrumentalist living and working in […]
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Album Reviews
Billy Bragg “The Million Things That Never Happened”
Bragg returns with a remarkable album on the human cost of the pandemic while still finding time to protest. Billy Bragg has certainly moved on from his days as a one-man band, building up an impressive […]
Album Reviews
Darragh O’Dea “Tilly And The Postmaster”
On ‘Tilly And The Postmaster’ Darragh O’Dea comes up with some excellent storytelling. If you could narrow down three characteristics that would qualify certain music as Americana, no matter where it came from, what would they […]
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Ian M Bailey “Songs To Dream Along To”
Lush, melodic harmonies with roots in 1960s California. Ian M Bailey’s 12 string Rickenbacker, rich melodies and harmonies will take you straight back to The Byrds and CSN. If these are his most definitive influences on […]
Book Reviews
Book Review – Chris Gregory “Determined to Stand-The Reinvention of Bob Dylan”
“I consider myself a poet first and a musician second, I live like a poet and I’ll die like a poet…” said Bob Dylan in 1978. It is Chris Gregory’s first quote and a line to […]