Sam Brookes

Live Review: The 7 Hills Songwriters Festival, Assembly Rooms Bath, 16th March 2024

March 28, 2024 Tim Martin 0

The Assembly Rooms in Bath were the heart of fashionable society in 18th Century Bath. The Octagon Room, home to the main event today, gets a mention in Jane Austen and Charles Dickens and is one […]

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 accompanying […]

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 a […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder
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RE: Gorton and Denton
I think the fascists in the White House ruined the vibe...
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Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
By Joe Nathan , 13 hours ago
RE: John Hammond has gone
He'll be a sad loss. I've never been much of a blues fa...
By Rick Bayles , 17 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ry Cooder - Into the Purple Valley
By Joe Nathan , 23 hours ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Rich Hopkins, El Otro Lado. Excellent Tucson desert roc...
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RE: John Hammond has gone
Sad news.
By Paul Kerr , 1 day ago
John Hammond has gone
He brought country and electric blues to a new generati...
By Martin Johnson , 1 day ago
RE: New Sturgill, oops, new Johnny Blues Skies I mean
Out now on YouTube.
By Joe Nathan , 2 days ago

Johnny Blue Skies to release new album “Mutiny After Midnight” next week

March 3, 2026 0

Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds, along with the label High Top Mountain Records, have joined forces with Atlantic Music Group’s Atlantic Outpost for the forthcoming release of Mutiny After Midnight which will be released […]

Crooked Fingers “Swet Deth”

March 3, 2026 1

A personal, introspective and emotional charged record featuring some great collaborations. After a 15 year break, Eric Bachmann has resurrected the moniker Crooked Fingers, a name taken from his grandfather’s CB radio handle, to release a […]

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