Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen “Letter to You” (Columbia, 2020)

October 26, 2020 Clint West 5

The arrival of a new Springsteen album is always a much-anticipated event. However, the news that this particular release was to feature the full E-Street Band and that it had been recorded live in the studio […]

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Gibson J-45

October 5, 2020 Rick Bayles 2

Here’s our second article in the new Unsung Heroes of Americana series. This time out, Richard Phillips takes a look at a truly iconic instrument; one that has been at the heart of American roots music […]

Video: Bruce Springsteen “Ghosts”

September 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest single from Bruce Springsteen launches immediately into a forceful drum pattern, laying the foundations for a powerful song about a life of love and loss, surrounded by music. Springsteen explains: “‘Ghosts’ is about the beauty […]

Bruce Springsteen “New York City Serenade” – Listen

September 23, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1

This, as you’ll have noticed, is not a new song. It is though that rare thing, something we can all agree on as a perfect masterpiece, perhaps the very pinnacle of the output by the man […]

New Bruce Springsteen album “Letter To You” out next month – Listen

September 10, 2020 Mark Whitfield 1

Bruce Springsteen’s new studio album with the E Street Band, ‘Letter To You’, will be released by Columbia Records in the UK on 23rd October, his 20th studio album which was recorded at his home studio […]

Ismay “Half Truth”

July 14, 2026 0

Quietly adventurous songs that reward patient listening with emotional depth and subtle musical invention. For listeners drawn to the quietly adventurous music of Aldous Harding, Cate Le Bon or Jessica Pratt, Half Truth, by California songwriter […]

Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm

July 14, 2026 0

On her new album In the Safety of the Light, Jenny Gillespie Mason is turning back to her musical roots. After a decade pursuing psychedelic pop, jazz, and electronic textures through her project Sis (and most […]

Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in

July 14, 2026 0

Vancouver-born, Toronto-based singer-songwriter Alex Southey has released an absorbing new single. Green Sunday opens with gently insistent guitar before lush layers are introduced and, halfway through, percussion is ushered in, giving the song a greater urgency. […]

Bruce Springsteen “Letter to You” (Columbia, 2020)

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Gibson J-45

Video: Bruce Springsteen “Ghosts”

Bruce Springsteen “New York City Serenade” – Listen

New Bruce Springsteen album “Letter To You” out next month – Listen

Ismay “Half Truth”

Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm

Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in

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