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Various Artists “Springsteen’s Country”

June 5, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0
Country covers of boss songs – reputations (just about) intact. It seems an artist only needs a handful of well-received, reasonably successful albums, a couple of sold-out tours and a full spec entry on AllMusic to […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 237 “I’m going down to Liverpool…”

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Charlotte Morris “Make America” – so, this word great…

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Video: Beck “Ride Lonesome” feat. Sierra Ferrell – you can’t put your arms ’round a memory

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Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

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Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

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Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 237 “I’m going down to Liverpool…”

July 20, 2026 0
As the song says, this week I’m heading to Liverpool, and therefore this article is going to be a shameless plug for the event I’m heading into town to help coordinate. After 25 years of serious […]
Tracks

Charlotte Morris “Make America” – so, this word great…

July 20, 2026 0
In it’s 250 year anniversary, Charlotte Morris proffers a few questions and thoughts on what it means to be patriotic: is there just one way to love your country, does it involve blind adherence to leaders […]
Videos

Video: Beck “Ride Lonesome” feat. Sierra Ferrell – you can’t put your arms ’round a memory

July 20, 2026 0
Eight-time GRAMMY winner Beck has joined forces with a host of talented artists recently, releasing collaborations with the likes of Orville Peck, the Black Keys, Gorillaz and Chemical Brothers. For his latest single, Beck has teamed […]

  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 237 “I’m going down to Liverpool…”
  • Charlotte Morris “Make America” – so, this word great…
  • Video: Beck “Ride Lonesome” feat. Sierra Ferrell – you can’t put your arms ’round a memory
  • Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”
  • Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”
  • Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates
  • Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking
  • Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”
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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]
Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

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Video: Father John Misty “Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution”

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The stop motion video here is just amazing, and the Father’s song is superb, a picture of a future after environmental disaster and it’s not pretty.
Live Reviews

Jarrod Dickenson, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 7th February 2019

February 13, 2019 0
Nashville-based Jarrod Dickenson is increasingly popular here in the UK thanks to relentless touring, multiple festival appearances and that warm, soulful voice that makes his songs so distinctive. A number of the shows on this tour […]
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Video: The Orange Circus Band “The Saturday Song”

February 20, 2019 1
Here’s the latest single from the excellent Orange Circus Band, out on March 1st.  It’s a high energy foot-stomper, with a fun video taken at various festivals where they played last year, that captures their live […]

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