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Sounds from beyond the Shed 192 “New Van”

July 25, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 2

Ever since this column began, I have, on occasion, bored you, dear reader, with my tales from the road as I’ve driven round the UK and Europe in our brilliant van, Pierre, so named because he […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Songs from season one of “The Bear”

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You have to wonder why there aren’t more TV series about restaurants. It’s a good question. Ensemble casts work well on television and restaurants have staffs which are made-to-order ensembles. In restaurants, people work long hours, […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 178 “Plus ca change”

March 28, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Since hanging up my mortarboard and gown (I never actually had either of these, but you get my drift), I’ve been doing lots of things, as these pages will attest. One of those things is taking […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 177 “Bill Fay”

March 21, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

I was moved by Bill Fay‘s passing last month. Here was a singer-songwriter who defined the term cult artist and whose work had flowered in the minds of many who populate these pages. I came to […]

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Anniversary Cheers: Nonesuch Records gives Wilco’s “A Ghost Is Born” super deluxe packaging to celebrate 20 years

January 20, 2025 Dean Nardi 1

Let’s be sure all the i’s are crossed and the t’s dotted before getting into the whys and wherefores of Wilco in concert with Nonesuch Records releasing the 20th anniversary super deluxe package of their Grammy-winning […]

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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