James Taylor

Interview: Brad Tursi on “Parallel Love”

August 20, 2024 Martin Johnson 2

Filtering James Taylor and Southern rock to distil his own sound. Old Dominion are one of the leading modern country bands with a sound that mixes country, rock & roll and pop. The band was formed […]

Interview: Philip Bowen talks about the Kanawha River and the vampire in Appalachia

August 29, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Appalachia is still a fertile breeding ground for new roots artists. Appalachia has exerted a massive influence on American roots music over the years, being the region where the original Scottish and Irish settler’s music from […]

Interview: Kate Taylor on waiting over 50 years to revisit the sound of “Sister Kate”

September 29, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

Recording again with Peter Asher in LA and touring with Scotland’s Alan Thomson. The only sister of James, Livingstone, Hugh, and Alex, Kate Taylor’s 1971 debut album ‘Sister Kate’ was not just a great listen, it […]

Classic Clips – Gregory Alan Isakov & Passenger “Sweet Baby James”

December 17, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Two of the finest vocalists and songwriters around today are Colorado-based Gregory Alan Isakov and the UK’s Michael Rosenberg, better known by his stage-name Passenger. Both possess gently intimate voices that draw us into their stories. […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 16

May 5, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 1

Some great days but also some shit… literally. Working in education can be a hard slog as many parents discovered with homeschooling but in the grand scheme of things most of us have to work hard […]