Paul Brady

Paul Brady “The Archive”

May 6, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

The definitive, hugely entertaining background exploration of why Paul Brady’s music matters so much. For any diehard Paul Brady fans, this album can only mean that – as the saying puts it – Christmas has come […]

Paul Brady to release box set “The Archive”

January 30, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Release to launch with Ireland and London dates. After many years of trying to figure out what to do with his vast archive, Paul Brady finally dusted off the crates and personally assembled a selection from […]

For the Sake of the Song: Paul Brady “Nothing But the Same Old Story”

November 13, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

“We knew we had something special here” Paul Brady’s words from his autobiography ‘Crazy Dreams’ (Merrion Press 2022) describing the closing song on his album ‘Hard Station’ (1981). Paul Brady is now 76 and very much […]

Paul Brady “Maybe So”

May 5, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

A much-admired artist of great longevity, but a disc unlikely to add to the legend. Imagine the scene. There you are with a new disc and you press play. There’s a clean white sheet of paper […]

Paul Brady announces album date with brand new single

March 29, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Irish legend Paul Brady has announced his latest album, ‘Maybe So‘, which will be released on April 22nd on Proper Records. This, his approximately twentieth solo studio album, was recorded during the lockdown in his home […]

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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

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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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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January 14, 2026 0

David Wilcox isn’t just a singer-songwriter; he is a storyteller, and whether it’s over minimalist acoustic guitar or folk-inflected country, the narrative maintains the spotlight. Wilcox doesn’t just sing; he has an unmistakable smoothness that gives […]

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Home Life: Matt Hill

June 25, 2020 0

UK singer-songwriter Matt Hill’s latest album, ‘Savage Pilgrims’, is the first one he’s put out under his own name – his previous four releases were credited to Quiet Loner. He may no longer be a ‘quiet […]

Album Reviews

Steph Cameron “Blood Moon”

April 25, 2025 0

Communion between past and present is found through nature. The current musical landscape is so incredibly vast that it can be overwhelming at times. Internet, rather than providing a platform for talented unknown artists to reach […]

Paul Brady “The Archive”

Paul Brady to release box set “The Archive”

For the Sake of the Song: Paul Brady “Nothing But the Same Old Story”

Paul Brady “Maybe So”

Paul Brady announces album date with brand new single

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”