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Top Ten Americana Songs Of All Time: Keith Hargreaves

February 12, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 12

There have been several commendable efforts in this series before now, but the time has come for the definitive list. Each track is both a representative of a strand of listening within the genre, as well […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 112

September 15, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

How the other half lives… I have mentioned in this column before that my beloved (and possibly misguided) wife has had a major birthday this month. So major, in fact, that your correspondent has been saving […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

June 26, 2026 0

Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

Top Ten Americana Songs Of All Time: Keith Hargreaves

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 112

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

Hawk And Steel “Ain’t Never Moving On”

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