Hoth Brothers

Live Review: Hoth Brothers Band, Fallen Angels Club @The Glad Café, Glasgow – 22nd June 2023

June 30, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Just days before the Hoth Brothers Band arrived in the UK for their first ever tour over here, it was announced that Boris McCutcheon, one half of the original duo, would be unable to join them […]

Interview: High on the hog with the Hoth Brothers Band

June 12, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

New Mexico’s Hoth Brothers Band hit the UK for the first time This week sees New Mexico’s Hoth Brothers Band arrive in the UK for their first tour over here. They were supposed to be here […]

Interview: Hoth Brothers Band’s Sarah Ferrell on how she became a Hoth sister

April 23, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

The double bassist talks about how she joined the band and the challenge of taking her instrument on a river rafting experience. Despite having had to cancel their proposed first tour of the UK late last […]

Hoth Brothers “Tell Me How You Feel”

March 26, 2021 Tim Newby 0

The truth shines through on these old-timey, folk-inspired tunes. Reflecting the barren landscape of their New Mexico home is the sparse, heartfelt, ramble of the Hoth Brothers on their latest album, ‘Tell Me How You Feel’. […]

Hoth Brothers “Workin’ and Dreamin’” (Independent, 2019)

September 26, 2019 Mark Nenadic 0

When you harness the old mountain sounds of roots music (banjo, fiddle, mandolin etc.), it better be underpinned by some really good songs, or have something really worthwhile to say. Otherwise your offerings are little more […]

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Something for the weekend: Starpainter “I Found a River”

June 12, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new video for a new song by Alberta-based sextet Starpainter which YES I KNOW we ran last week, but Jon […]

artwork for Kris Drever album "Doing This For Love"

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Meditations on the unglamorous, but with melodic hooks, from Scottish folk-award winner Anyone coming to this album for their first experience of Kris Drever may well be expecting something fairly traditional in light of his many […]

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Classic Clips: Jesse Colin Young “Darkness Darkness” – All Star Jam, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, 1984

June 12, 2026 0

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Interviews

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Album Reviews

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Video: Half Moon Run “Alco”

May 25, 2023 0

The latest single from Canadian group Half Moon Run truly displays the talents of vocalists and multi-instrumentalists Devon Portielje, Conner Molander, and Dylan Phillips. An insistent beat propels ‘Alco’ forward, over which a bright and soaring melody […]

Live Review: Hoth Brothers Band, Fallen Angels Club @The Glad Café, Glasgow – 22nd June 2023

Interview: High on the hog with the Hoth Brothers Band

Interview: Hoth Brothers Band’s Sarah Ferrell on how she became a Hoth sister

Hoth Brothers “Tell Me How You Feel”

Hoth Brothers “Workin’ and Dreamin’” (Independent, 2019)

Something for the weekend: Starpainter “I Found a River”

Kris Drever “Doing This For Love”

Classic Clips: Jesse Colin Young “Darkness Darkness” – All Star Jam, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, 1984

Kiefer Sutherland “Grey”

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