Joan Baez

Joan Baez announces “last formal extended” UK and Ireland tour dates

November 14, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Erm… not sure what that means other than she might carry on in her pyjamas at your nan’s in 2019. Joan Baez has announced an extensive 2018 world tour, including UK dates in March and May. […]

Jackson Browne inducts Joan Baez into Hall of Fame

April 10, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Rolling Stone have a piece this morning on a chat David Browne (no relation) had with Jackson Browne following Joan Baez’s induction into the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You can see a clip of […]

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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

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Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

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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 […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: NoahJohn “Tadpoles”

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Contemporary themes surface through a fascinating blend of genres. Trevor Sensor is the type of artist that, Spotify algorithm failing, you might discover in a fever dream, conjured up in a dark music club among theatre […]

Joan Baez announces “last formal extended” UK and Ireland tour dates

Jackson Browne inducts Joan Baez into Hall of Fame

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”