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Video Premiere: Mary Strand “Take Your Time”

August 8, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s a burst of sonic energy and infectious melody from Minneapolis-based lawyer-turned-novelist-turned-musician Mary Strand. ‘Take Your Time’ launches with driving guitar from Ryan Smith and Jack Strand’s pounding drums. There’s a great sense of immediacy and […]

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The Song Remains: Glen Hansard (1970-2026)

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 247 “Careful… Now!”

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LeBarons “Running River” – when will the good time arrive?

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Video Premiere: Bob Hillman “Interesting Friends”

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Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

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Features

The Song Remains: Glen Hansard (1970-2026)

August 3, 2026 0
Busker, songwriter and actor who helped keep Ireland’s culture on the world’s stage. Irish singer-songwriter and actor Glen Hansard was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in the early morning of Wednesday 29 July in West […]
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 247 “Careful… Now!”

August 3, 2026 0
To twist the words of Father Ted towards current politics, I’m not thinking of madness and idiocy, or indeed the faults of the Catholic church, but the call to arms this week by the current PM. […]
Tracks

LeBarons “Running River” – when will the good time arrive?

August 3, 2026 0
We’ve been with Lebarons since the 2018 singles leading up to their first album, their last release was Days Are Mountains some three years back, and this is their latest single.  Should we guess at a […]

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  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 247 “Careful… Now!”
  • LeBarons “Running River” – when will the good time arrive?
  • Video Premiere: Bob Hillman “Interesting Friends”
  • Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
Interviews

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

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Richard Thompson – 70th Birthday Celebration, Royal Albert Hall, London, 30th September 2019

October 14, 2019 1
When you’ve had a career  such as Richard Thompson’s, supreme songwriter and guitar virtuoso, with many fellow musicians as fans, your 70th Birthday bash, of course, has to be held at the Royal Albert Hall. On […]
Interviews

Interview: Lilly Hiatt

March 19, 2018 0
On ‘Trinity Lane’ her third and most visceral album to date, East Nashville’s Lilly Hiatt pulls no punches. Written mostly from a wooden chair looking out at the trees that surround her house on Trinity Lane, the […]
Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Iris DeMent “No Time to Cry”

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As an avid consumer of the credits on albums and CDs (and one of the main reasons I like to have the hard copies) it is quite likely that my introduction to Iris DeMent was triggered […]

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