William The Conqueror

Live Review: The Ramblin’ Roots Revue 2026, New Buckinghamshire University – 10th-12th April 2026

April 23, 2026 NickBarber 2

Once again, the High Wycombe Travelodge girded its loins for its busiest weekend of the year, as the crowds gathered from near and far (but mostly far) for the next instalment of the first of the […]

Ramblin’ Roots celebrate their tenth year in style with a stellar line up

January 23, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

In association with Clubhouse Records and Inside Out Talent, “The Ramblin’ Roots Revue” has become for many one of the UK’s most eagerly anticipated and best-loved weekends of cosmic americana, alt-country, folk and roots in the […]

Live Review: South By Southwest Festival 2024, Austin, Texas

April 8, 2024 Paul Dominy 0

In my twenty years attending South by Southwest, Chuck Prophet and The Mission Express have been there for half of them. Even when they are not going to be in town during the week of the […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 115

October 13, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Posh seats and a boring gig. Spent a brilliant couple of days in old London town this last week. Ostensibly to catch up with friends, have a few drinks, meet up with an ex-pupil for a […]

William The Conqueror “Excuse Me While I Vanish”

July 28, 2023 Peter Churchill 0

Another great album as William The Conqueror continue to impress. Following the imposition of lockdown restrictions, Ruarri Joseph found himself cocooned at home in Cornwall, ruminating on an uncertain creative future, watching on as his wife […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers