Cory Hanson

Cory Hanson says he loves European People and announces spring 2026 UK and EU tour

September 9, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Like a sweet spring breeze blowing through the long, cruel winter, Cory Hanson is blowing through Europe again early next year. The Wand guitarist and songwriter has announced a series of European dates, including several UK […]

Interview: Cory Hanson on writing songs about all kinds of people

August 15, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

Cory Hanson writes songs …. a lot of songs, ten albums in eleven years’ worth of songs divided between the band he fronts, Wand, the Cory Hanson Band and his solo act. Asked if he is […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 195 “Tears”

August 15, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

I’ve noticed that I’m crying more, or at least shedding a few more tears. I’ve always been fairly in touch with my emotions, but in the last few years, I have definitely been prone to the […]

Cory Hanson “I Love People”

July 15, 2025 Jonathan Smith 1

Sunlit Laurel Canyon vibes with a dark undertow. Cory Hanson originally came to attention through leading the psychedelic garage rock band Wand, but he has simultaneously led a solo career, and “I Love People” is his […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 189 “Data Nightmare”

July 4, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

These last three weeks are the first time in my entire life that I have taken a holiday in ‘term time’, ie when kids are at school and not tearing it up either on the ferry […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

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Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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Interview: Dean Owens

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Scotland’s Dean Owens has been producing great albums and making his mark on the Americana scene – both here and in the US – for a number of years now. Following on from the critically acclaimed […]

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Sara Petite returns to UK for April tour

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Currently nominated for three San Diego music awards, one as artist and two for last year’s album, ‘The Empress’, Sara Petite returns to the UK for a two-week tour in April. Petite will be accompanied by […]

Cory Hanson says he loves European People and announces spring 2026 UK and EU tour

Interview: Cory Hanson on writing songs about all kinds of people

Sounds from beyond the Shed 195 “Tears”

Cory Hanson “I Love People”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 189 “Data Nightmare”

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

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Jack Studer “Falling Forward”