Both of my regular readers will know that I consider Steve Earle a giant of modern music. It’s been too long (going on three years) since his winding, everlasting tour last hit Britain, and if I had the means I […]
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Imagine being Glen Campbell. Forging an early and brilliant career as a musician which means that all your life you’ll be a guitarist’s guitarist. Recording prolifically as part of the global A-Team of session musicians which was Nashville’s Wrecking Crew. […]
I’ve seen Aoife O’Donovan four times now, all of them in my own town, and the cynic (especially if she knew me a bit) might infer that this assiduous fanship is partly down to the artist’s willingness to keep performing […]
I was really excited to speak to Shantell Ogden, because, you know, country singer, Nashville, transatlantic interview, plus very good new album (The Road That Drives Me), and, er, me, in my kids’ bedroom with the bunk beds as a […]
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I travelled to Manchester for this gig, since like too many darn American musicians Margo Price was not gracing Oxford this time round. I was keen to go because there has been a fair amount of hype around Price and […]
It’s been 30 years ago since March that Guitar Town came out. I was only six so it would be unreasonable of me to be cross about not having got it hot off the press or whatever you say with […]
There’s something slightly unnerving about Sarah Jarosz, something a little spooky. I think I thought that her last album, Build Me Up From Bones, suffered from it; not because I object to spooky, but because I felt that ultimately the songs […]
I don’t know a huge amount about Sara Watkins. I’ve seen her live once, on the I’m With Her tour also featuring Aoife O’Donovan and Sarah Jarosz. I’ve got one of her albums (two now). I know she was something […]
In the interests of full disclosure I admit right here at the start that there is no way this is going to be an unbiased review. I’m not some kind of “journalist.” I love Steve Earle. Actually I sort of love […]
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