Album Reviews
Bicentennial Drug Lord “You Are Never Alone”
Rock mythology for when you’re too old to die young. Burning bright and turning to ashes just in time to join the 27 Club is liable to cement your legacy forever, or at least for a […]
Reviews
Album Reviews
James McMurtry “The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy”
Never a shortage of incorrigible characters and unsettling images. For 36 years and 14 albums, Texas songwriter James McMurtry has, in a sense, followed in his father’s footsteps, presenting his brand of country noir music as […]
Album Reviews
Lukas Nelson “American Romance”
A confident solo debut that proves there’s more to him than just his last name. Being the son of Willie means Lukas Nelson knows a little something about pedigree, and for his first solo studio album […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Peggy Seeger, The Haymarket, Basingstoke – 5th June 2025
Peggy Seeger is a veritable force of nature; there can’t be many 89-year-olds who would set off on an 18-date tour of the UK and Ireland. The undertaking is billed as a “Final Farewell and 90th […]
Album Reviews
North Mississippi All Stars “Still Shakin'”
Ever-changing line-up but still the same cracking roots rock from the Dickinson Brothers and their guests. North Mississippi All Stars (NMAS) were founded in 1996 in, not surprisingly, Mississippi, in a little town in, not surprisingly, […]