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Olav Larsen “Stream of Consciousness Vol.2”

May 30, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0
Whoever said, “Sequels are never as good as the first part”, clearly hasn’t listened to this album. With an album name like this one, you could be forgiven for thinking that “Stream of Consciousness Vol.2” is […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 135 “Showtime”

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Everything else is on hold this week as the production I have been directing arrives to sold out Houses at the local theatre. One hundred and eighty-five seats for five nights – sold out! That’s a […]
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Olav Larsen “Stream of Consciousness”

April 16, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0
Exquisite album of outstanding song-writing and perfectly restrained duets. You come across some strange combinations as a reviewer, especially in the country and Americana genre. Over the years, this writer discovered quite a lot about both […]
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Something for the weekend: Olav Larsen & The Alabama Rodeo Stars feat. Camilla Rosenlund “Friendship”

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Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. As the old saying goes “never meet your heroes”, although it should probably be widened to “every band you think would be good in your house.” […]

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During the opening lines of the foreword to Tom Piazza’s latest book, Living In The Present With John Prine, the widow of one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Fiona Prine, describes how her late […]
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