Gwenifer Raymond

Gwenifer Raymond “Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain” (Tompkins Square, 2020)

December 7, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

Garth Mountain, or Mynydd y Garth in Welsh, can be seen from the city of Cardiff but also Raymond’s childhood home. Sitting astride the mountain reside burial sites originating from the Bronze Age. It’s possible […]

Maverick Festival, Easton Park Farm Suffolk, 6th – 8th July 2018

July 17, 2018 David Chalfen 0

This year’s Maverick Festival was held under glorious sunshine at Easton Park Farm in the deepest part of rural Suffolk. As usual, Director Paul Spencer had pulled together a tremendous range of polished multinational talent […]

Interview: Lauren Housley on her Northern and americana roots

Interviews

April 21, 2021 0

How AMAUK and Folk Alliance helped develop americana music recorded in Rotherham and Sheffield This can be seen as a companion piece to the recent interview with Declan O’Rourke (here) as both he and Lauren […]

Classic Americana Albums: Palace Brothers “There is no-one what will take care of you”

Classic Americana Albums

April 21, 2021 0

‘There is no-one what will take care of you‘ was the first full-length release created by Will Oldham, a native of Kentucky, in 1993 which began his longstanding musical journey involving a variety of monikers […]

Rod Picott to release album of co-writes with Slaid Cleaves

News

April 21, 2021 0

Rod Picott has announced a new album ‘Wood, Steel, Dust & Dreams’ which will be released on May 21st. The double CD contains fresh recordings of every song that Rod has written over the past […]

Album art for Graber Gryass album "Spaceman's Wonderbox"

Graber Gryass “Spaceman’s Wonderbox”

Album Reviews

April 21, 2021 0

Graber Gryass’s second album shows a profound relationship with nature and the earth. Of all the new grass bands that have popped up over the last few years, Memphis-based Graber Gryass tower over their peers. […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 15

Columns

April 21, 2021 2

The postman delivered something smashing this week. As a committed music lover I have over the year experimented with all sorts of formats but have continually found myself drawn back to the vinyl LP. My […]