Anna Tivel

Anna Tivel “The Good Fight” – if this is all there is then this is what I wanted to do

May 18, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Anna Tivel, we will never cease to tell you, is one of the finest songwriters of her generation. It can be that a lot of songs one hears are nice enough, they amuse for a few […]

Anna Tivel “American Novella” – Drawing to a close

April 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Anna Tivel makes music that hits you hard – soft and quiet it may often be but the ideas are large, the emotions are bare, sometimes brutally so even within the tightly constrained words and the […]

Last Year’s Man “Time Is A Sparrow”

January 3, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

Textures of sound wrap a muse around the emotions. On listening to his collection of absorbing contemplation Tyler Fortier’s moniker undersells him. His ability to express his deepest thoughts with all their tales of what was, […]

Video: Anna Tivel “The Dial”

September 8, 2022 Ed Donnelly 0

Twyla Tharpe get a new soundtrack to dance to in the video for Anna Tivel’s ‘The Dial’. Gritty programmed percussion joins warbling rootsy guitars as Tivel sings about her experiences on the road after a long […]

Anna Tivel “Outsiders”

August 10, 2022 Martin Johnson 1

A new album and a new record company mean Anna Tivel is ready to take her music to a larger audience. Pacific North West singer-songwriter Anna Tiivel shakes off the dust of the pandemic by seeking […]

For The Sake of The Song: Craig Finn “God in Chicago”

August 24, 2026 0

I am sure many of you will know of Craig Finn. The front man with The Hold Steady has been applying his raspy form of talk-singing to their blend of indie punk and heartland rock since […]

Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons “Panther Tracks Volume 2”

August 24, 2026 0

It’s more of the same from Jerry Joseph and his crack band and guests, as on Volume 1, but what a same to be more of! Jerry Joseph is fan favourite and greatly loved at AUK […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 250 “Edinburgh”

August 24, 2026 0

Spent last weekend in Edinburgh, where Mrs H was singing with her gospel choir. It was a joyous and raucous weekend full of laughs and drinks, stairs and steps, and some fabulous shows. It goes without […]

Anna Tivel “The Good Fight” – if this is all there is then this is what I wanted to do

Anna Tivel “American Novella” – Drawing to a close

Last Year’s Man “Time Is A Sparrow”

Video: Anna Tivel “The Dial”

Anna Tivel “Outsiders”

For The Sake of The Song: Craig Finn “God in Chicago”

Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons “Panther Tracks Volume 2”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 250 “Edinburgh”

Kelly Hunt “All The King’s Horses” – Love makes fools of us all

Video: Medium Build “Home Depot” – commiserations with the women stuck in the orbits of these men