Ian Felice and I, sat down at the Maze to discuss his solo tour and accompanying CD ‘In The Kingdom of Dreams’. We settled in a dark dingy ‘Green Room’, less than a hundred metres from huge crosses and […]
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Just before Richmond Fontaine’s last ever gig at the Maze in Nottingham, and very close to the end of their last ever tour, I took the opportunity to chat to Portland based lead singer, songwriter and author Willy Vlautin, in […]
Donald Trump is the President of America … Leonard Cohen has died. That is a sentence I never thought I would never write, and only Cohen himself would have been able to enlighten us whether the two events, so close […]
I caught up with Charlottesville, Virginia-based band the Hackensaw Boys, just prior to their first ever festival date in the UK. The band was there as part of a European tour to promote its new record Charismo. Guitarist David Sickmen’s steely blue eyes […]
As Ian Felice drawls on the opening track of Felice Navidad, “It’s Christmas 2015, in this shit-eating corporate dream.” This is a different kind of Christmas album — a dollar store Christmas. Of course, those familiar with the band will know “Ruby Mae” […]
Sean Wheeler laughs a lot, and he can afford to: he’s rich. He makes up one half of the legendary duo Sean & Zander, and whilst neither would claim monetary wealth — far from it — they are both spiritually […]
If you ain’t seen Sean & Zander yet … Well I guess you really should, they’re a breath of fresh air!
Johnny Dowd is no ordinary artist. This mentalist maverick from Ithaca, NY, quite simply defies description. A Wikipedia entry makes an attempt, labelling him as alt-country, but a cursory ramble through his back catalogue suggests the emphasis is on the alternative. […]
A lacklustre Justin Townes Earle failed to work his magic at the Glee Club, Nottingham. In a relatively short career, Earle has undergone various incarnations. He was once described as one of GQ‘s “most stylish men in the world”. This […]
Arguably the Worlds 1st #Skiffle Fracking song? Fracking is such an emotive issue at the moment … Protest is tough … Governments talk Orwellian nonsense …
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