Sam Brookes

Video: Sam Brookes “18 & Sleeping”

November 9, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Sam Brookes takes a challenging and personal subject and handles it with great sensitivity on ’18 & Sleeping’, the final video from his new album, ‘Black Feathers’. The album is inspired by loss and the […]

Interview: Sam Brookes on Bristol Statues, John Martyn and working with Ethan Johns

October 23, 2020 Martin Johnson 2

Sam Brookes is an independent artist who has been compared to a number of artists including Bon Iver and Jeff Buckley. He has been following this path since he was 16 and his career got […]

Classic Americana Albums: Dave Edmunds “Repeat When Necessary”

Classic Americana Albums

January 19, 2022 2

Echoes of the ‘50s but this music created a new wave with a Rockpile foundation. Dave Edmunds is an obsessive fan of ‘50s rock’n’roll, early ‘60s black and white pop, early R&B and country music, […]

Peter Bogdanovich’s “Very Last Picture Show” revisited

Features

January 19, 2022 0

A classic film of the 1970s’ – with its lonesome cheating heart in Texas. Film director Peter Bogdanovich died on the 6th of January this year – the news of which brought to mind what I […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 42

Columns

January 19, 2022 0

Parent’s evenings ain’t wot they used to be. As I noted last week we are back in the swim from the very off this term and I had my first parent’s evening on Wednesday but […]

Anna Ash “Sleeper”

Album Reviews

January 19, 2022 0

Beautifully articulate lyrics to atmospheric vocals. Trying to categorise this absorbing collection of songs that is Anna Ash’s third full album proved a waste of time. Singer/songwriter is true but falls far short in describing […]

Track Premiere: Aaron Skiles and Matt Patton “Love & Guilt”

Tracks

January 19, 2022 0

Aaron Skiles is half the lead – with his wife Rebecca – of the band Bourbon Therapy, who have been favourably compared to Counting Crows. In that band Aaron mainly contributes vocals and bass, but […]

Video: Sam Brookes “18 & Sleeping”

Interview: Sam Brookes on Bristol Statues, John Martyn and working with Ethan Johns

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