Forty Elephant Gang

Forty Elephant Gang “Fever Dreams” – mythological subconscious illusions

February 25, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Forty Elephant Gang are a five-piece from East London that blend elements of Folk, Americana and American Blues, and on their latest single Fever Dreams they delve deep into the subconscious world of bizarre imagery and […]

Forty Elephant Gang “Evergreen” – 70’s Americana vibes abound

November 25, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

70’s vibes abound on Forty Elephant Gang’s new single ‘Evergreen‘. The East London Americana group consists of Andrew White on lead vocals and guitar, Sean Mannion on mandolin and backing vocals and James Bachmann on guitar […]

Live Review: Jerry Joseph + 40 Elephant Gang, Green Note, London – 7th November 2024

November 13, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well. The first of three nights of the “London Residency” portion of Jerry Joseph’s latest UK tour saw the Green Note overwhelmed by a wave of passion. Not the lovey-dovey kind of passion but the “I’ve […]

Live Review: Ella Spencer, Basement at the Green Note, London – 3rd October 2024

October 18, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

It’s a real privilege to be around when a talented artist is just beginning their musical journey, watching them grow and develop both as a writer and performer. I’ve seen Ella Spencer, a gifted multi-instrumentalist, on […]

Cover art for Forty Elephant Gang EP 'The Time We Lost'

Forty Elephant Gang “The Time We Lost” EP

May 17, 2023 FredArnold 0

A reflection on modern life, the effects of the pandemic and financial strains from an innovative British band. Forty Elephant Gang (intriguingly named after an all-female gang of Victorian thieves) are a very interesting British 5-piece […]

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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”

March 23, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

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

March 11, 2026 2

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

March 4, 2026 2

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 […]

Tracks

Jackson Scribner “Family Gatherings” – Listen

January 14, 2021 1

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Features

Dan Friese takes ‘The Twang Factor’ S1 runner-up slot

December 22, 2020 0

Having yesterday revealed West on Colfax in third place, today we can announce the runner-up of The Twang Factor. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Dan Friese blew us away with the energy and enthusiasm of his performance. The […]

Album Reviews

ATEM “Concrete Americana”

December 5, 2022 0

Cinema-worthy soundscapes from ATEM, a solo project by highly regarded black metal guitarist Jan Korbach. ATEM’s (“breath” in German) genesis was a plan to record an acoustic version of a song by guitarist Jan Korbach’s band […]

Forty Elephant Gang “Fever Dreams” – mythological subconscious illusions

Forty Elephant Gang “Evergreen” – 70’s Americana vibes abound

Live Review: Jerry Joseph + 40 Elephant Gang, Green Note, London – 7th November 2024

Live Review: Ella Spencer, Basement at the Green Note, London – 3rd October 2024

Forty Elephant Gang “The Time We Lost” EP

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”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”