Columns
Sounds from the Shed – Week 6
The sun rises on a week without teaching and with several expected hangovers On the Friday evening the first bottle of wine barely touched the sides and music was played loudly into the early hours. The […]
Tom Waits
Album Reviews
Finn Bonel “Spectral Songs”
A worthy downer folk collection that flattens the spirits nicely. Louche, stoner-esque , psych-folk is served up piping lukewarm (in a good way) by South Londoner Finn Bonel. Beck Hansen is a significant influence here; that […]
Features
Unsung Heroes of Americana – Asylum Records
We’re back with our first Unsung Heroes of Americana article for 2021 and Tim Martin returns to take a look at a record company that has become synonymous with the genre. David Geffen has a reputation […]
Album Reviews
Gordon Barry “All The Live Long Year” (Froggy Bug Music, 2020)
Gordon Barry, an award-winning Irish singer-songwriter from charming Wexford, has remarkably handsome vocal talent and refined musical skills. ‘All the Live Long Year‘, the follow up to Barry’s debut album ‘The Best Way To Kill A […]
Reviews
Book Review: Todd Westbrook “Americanaville” (Independent, 2020)
Americanaville is a project created by Todd Westbrook that saw its inception as an essay but which has now burgeoned into a series of chapters that are currently available for free at http://tswestbrook.com. Westbrook describes a […]