Nils Lofgren

Interview: Nils Lofgren on his new live album and working with Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Ringo Starr

November 6, 2020 Andrew Frolish 4

Nils Lofgren has spent more than fifty years on the road as a touring musician. The experience of a Lofgren concert is mesmerising; it’s on the stage when his energy, dynamism and true talent are on […]

What should I do, Americana UK ?

September 24, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

We entered, as you’ll doubtless recall, on this quest to determine whether music has the answer to all our problems with a sense of optimism tempered with realism. Today’s concern is one of those knotty problems […]

Interview: Nils Lofgren

October 22, 2019 Andrew Frolish 1

Nils Lofgren, one of the world’s great guitarists, is a musician’s musician. He has shared a stage or a recording studio with the likes of Neil Young, Crazy Horse, Lou Gramm and Ringo Starr and for […]

Nils Lofgren, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge 24th May 2018

May 29, 2018 Jonathan Aird 1

Nils Lofgren near-solo – he’s accompanied tonight by multi-instrumentalist Gregg Varlotta – is a very different thing from what one might imagine from his “day job”. Shortly before heading off for his UK tour celebrating fifty […]

Nils Lofgren has UK tour in May

January 15, 2018 Jonathan Aird 1

Nils Lofgren has announced a fifteen date tour of the UK in May this year. Sticking firmly to his “hardest working man in rock” reputation this is an epic sized tour that will be complete in […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 245 “Stop….thief…”

September 21, 2026 0

I went to Brighton this week to see The Jayhawks. They were playing at the newly restored Corn Exchange. The gig was being promoted by the excellent Brighthelmstone Promotions, and a good time was promised and […]

Brown Wimpenny “Shady Grove” – chugs like a fast train

September 21, 2026 0

This latest single from Brown Wimpenny heralds the Autumn into Winter tour by the band alongside an ever-changing roster of artists from the same Broadside Hacks record label. The song came into their repertoire in an […]

Video: Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground “Ships at Sea” – wonderfully-warm and woozy

September 21, 2026 0

Check out the absorbing Ships at Sea from Boston-based bluegrass quintet Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground. Written by Toronto-based band Basset, this is a gorgeously-tuneful song that showcases Setiawan’s clear, pure voice. The words are full […]

Interview: Nils Lofgren on his new live album and working with Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Ringo Starr

What should I do, Americana UK ?

Interview: Nils Lofgren

Nils Lofgren, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge 24th May 2018

Nils Lofgren has UK tour in May

Sounds from beyond the Shed 245 “Stop….thief…”

Brown Wimpenny “Shady Grove” – chugs like a fast train

Video: Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground “Ships at Sea” – wonderfully-warm and woozy

Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”

Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”