Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 59
Half term been and gone. So it came and went in a flash and left a nasty sting in the tail, but while it lasted half term was a thing of joy. Most of it […]
Ian Noe
Live Reviews
Live review: Ian Noe, Lafayette, London – 30th May 2022
Nestled below corporate buildings and next door to Google’s HQ sits Lafayette, a new stripped-back venue. On a wet Tuesday it’s mobbed, the folks from these parts desperate for unadorned tales of small-town Kentucky: of […]
Interviews
Interview: Ian Noe on how Kentucky gave him a universal view of the world
Why John Prine and the concept album are key influences. Kentuckian Ian Noe has just released his second album, ‘River Fools & Mountain Saints’, which builds on the success of his 2019 debut, ‘Between The […]
Album Reviews
Ian Noe “River Fools & Mountain Saints”
A fantastic if bleak portrayal of life and times in rural Appalachia. This is the follow up record to Noe’s debut ‘Between The Country’ and was recorded over a two year period on reel-to-reel tapes […]
Tracks
Ian Noe “Tom Barrett” – there is a darkness
A second song from Ian Noe’s new album ‘River Fools and Mountain Saints‘ which paints in a song a series of portraits of Appalachia and its people as it is today. So, ‘Tom Barrett’, documents […]