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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 38

December 1, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 1

Preparation is the key. Given the current state of affairs; the sighting of a new Covid variant hoving into view, the obscenity of the humanitarian crisis in the Channel and surrounding countryside, the pastoral horrors being […]

UK Americana Awards 2022 nominations announced

November 17, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

The annual AMA-UK Music Week is once again taking place in London this coming January 23-27th. The three-day multi-venue festival will showcase over 70 artists from the UK, Europe, America, and Canada and includes talks, industry […]

Yola “Stand For Myself”

August 2, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

‘Stand For Myself’ is yet another almost perfectly crafted album from Yola. After her bomb of a debut album, when she “walked through fire” out of nowhere, does Yola need to “stand for herself?” Maybe so, […]

Video: Yola “Starlight”

July 14, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

It takes a glorious melody and a deeply layered arrangement to create the space necessary to contain a great voice like Yola’s. Her vocal soars in the chorus of ‘Starlight’, the latest single from one of […]

Watch the video for Yola’s new single “Stand For Myself”

May 27, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Yola has today released the video for the title track of her new album ‘Stand For Myself’ which will be released via Easy Eye Sound here in the UK on July 30th. The single’s video, directed […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 1

If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”

September 21, 2026 0

“You told me goodbye, how was I to know/You didn’t mean goodbye, you meant please don’t let me go?” Well. It’s the age of nostalgia, so it feels just about right to reminisce about an old […]