Album Reviews
Josh King “The Shed” (Independent, 2020)
Gosh, yet another lockdown album, it’s getting that our end of year awards might have to include this as a new category. If so, Josh King would certainly be in the running as this short but […]
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The Pawn Shop Saints “Ordinary Folks” (DollyRocker Records 2020)
Billed as an album by The Pawn Shop Saints, ‘Ordinary Folks’ is really all about Jeb Barry. He not only wrote all nine songs (although one, ‘New Year’s Eve Somewhere In The Midwest’ is a co-write […]
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The Bills “Til the Blues Have Gone” (Wheeling Records, 2020)
On ‘Keeping the Blues Alive’ Bill Booth and Bill Troiani – who collectively make up The Bills – sing about heartbreak keeping the genre going, and indeed it’s a passion of the blues that comes through […]
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Book Review: Santi Elijah Holley “Murder Ballads” (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020)
I’ve been lucky enough to get hold of an e-book or two from regular reviewer Rick Bayles and, on first reading, I’d echo his thoughts that the Bloomsbury 331/3 series is excellent – even bearing in […]
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Hector Gannet “Big Harcar” (Independent, 2020)
Songs and albums about the North East of England have a long and honourable history. Big Harcar, which is part of the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland, is another interesting entry in the list. […]