Joe Pug

Paperback Riders: Raymond Carver

November 8, 2024 Tim Martin 2

When our editor expressed a fondness for Raymond Carver some time ago, I added him to my list of subjects for investigation. Interviewing Willy Vlautin earlier this year his name came up just as I’d started […]

More People Should Really Know About: Joe Pug

October 29, 2024 Tim Martin 3

As usual I found Joe Pug through reviewing one of his albums. In this case “The Flood In Color” back in 2019. After digging a bit deeper I learned about his path into music through the […]

Joe Pug “Nation of Heat: Revisited”

August 8, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Revamp, Recycle and Reimagine. Joe Pug is one of those names you might have heard but never really paid much attention to; on the strength of this album, that would be to your detriment. Fifteen years […]

Joe Pug “I Do My Father’s Drugs”

June 29, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Joe Pug has a new album out – it’s not a remix, it’s not a remaster it’s an all new recording even if the title does seem a little familiar: ‘Nation Of Heat | Revisited.’ In […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 34

November 4, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Back with a bang and a small prick Half term done and despite the sense of melancholy mentioned last week and possibly some SAD caused by the clocks going back, it’s good to be back although […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
drivin n cryin - Crushing Flowers
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - Salute to Songw...
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Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park (vinyl)
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John Prine - Bruised Orange
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Florry - Smells Like…Florry Live as Hell
By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago
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On a bit of a catch up: Sno Caps - S/T Joe Pernice ...
By Richard Parkinson , 3 days ago
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Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning ...
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Robert Plant - Saving Grace: All That Glitters (vinyl)
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Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
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Steep Canyon Rangers “Roll Of The Dice” – let the bones roll where they will

April 22, 2026 0

Gearing up for the release of their fifteenth studio album; not counting the collaborations with renowned bluegrass banjoist Steve Martin, the Steep Canyon Rangers: Graham Sharp (banjo, vocals), Mike Guggino (mandolin/mandola, vocals), Aaron Burdett (guitar, vocals), […]

Video Premiere: Whitney Walker “Solar Princess”

April 22, 2026 0

Solar Princess, the brand new single from Whitney Walker, is unpredictable and compelling, bursting with musical freedom. Propelled forward by dramatic drumming from Robert Mitchell, there’s a great sense of urgency and dynamic energy. Meanwhile, Walker’s words […]

Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0

Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]