Album Reviews
XIXA “Genesis”
A glorious trip through the dark underbelly of Tucson desert rock First off. Who on earth could resist a band who list as influences, ‘70s Spaghetti Westerns and ‘80s horror films, Edgar Allan Poe and […]
Calexico
Videos
Dean Owens (feat. Joey Burns, John Convertino, Jacob Valenzuela) “New Mexico”
Beginning on 5th March, Scottish singer songwriter Dean Owens will release a series of EPs as a prelude to his next full-length album, ‘Sinner’s Shrine’, recorded with musicians from Calexico. The EPs will include a […]
Live Reviews
Festival Review: Celtic Connections,15th January-2nd February 2021
As we waltzed oh so carefully into 2021, Celtic Connections, Scotland’s annual winter celebration of worldwide roots music, was the first major festival to accept the inevitable and move to a digital platform. In 2020, […]
Interviews
Interview: Dean Owens on hooking up with Calexico and beating the lockdown blues
Edinburgh’s Dean Owens kicks off the New Year with a Celtic Connections showcase followed by an ambitious schedule of releases recorded with Tucson’s Calexico At the beginning of 2020, the year looked promising for Dean […]
Album Reviews
Calexico “Seasonal Shift” (City Slang, 2020)
Tucson based Calexico has released ‘Seasonal Shift’, which is a cross between the traditional Christmas album with some covers from the likes of John Lennon and Yoko Ono (guess which song that will be….) and […]