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Ralph McTell, Royal Festival Hall, London, 13th December 2019

January 7, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1

Ending the year with a concert to celebrate his 75th birthday, it was Ralph McTell plus a lot of friends at the prestigious Royal Festival Hall for an event that was definitely not your usual Ralph […]

Casati “This is Just to Say” (MAPL, 2019)

January 6, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

Casati, Canadians from Manitoba, started off as the Grace Hrabi Trio in 2014 playing Jazz standards and this is their second and latest album. The name Casati derives from “The patron saint of infinite variety the […]

Hallelujah The Hills “I’m You” (Discrete Pageantry Records, 2019)

January 6, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

A Boston based band, Hallelujah The Hills have released several albums over the past decade while remaining resolutely under the radar here in the UK. ‘I’m You’ has the advantage of coming in the wake of […]

JM Stevens “Invisible Lines” (Chicken Ranch Records)

January 3, 2020 Viv Fish 0

This stalwart musician has a life steeped in music. Having enjoyed some level of success with previous bands, if this album is anything to go by, he may well be building on that as he seeks […]

Paul Kelly “Songs From The South 1985 – 2019” (Cooking Vinyl, 2019)

January 2, 2020 Alasdair Fotheringham 1

It’s a point of pride for Australians that they don’t beat around the bush. So when it comes to reviewing ‘Songs From the South 1985-2019’, by one of that country’s greatest modern-day singer-songwriters, you could maybe […]

Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

August 28, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week, and what a sad week it’s been for not just the americana and country communities but for, well human decency. Plaudits can be cloying when someone moves on […]

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

August 28, 2026 0

A strong storytelling album, highlighted by good songs, exemplary playing and a fascinating soundscape. Chris Murphy was born into an Irish-Italian family in New York, growing up surrounded by a wide range of traditional music such […]

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

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On January 24, 1975, Poco appeared on The Midnight Special, the popular late-night musical variety show that ran during the 1970’s. One of the six songs they performed that evening was High and Dry, an energetic […]