It’s been a few years since The Delines were up and at it. A lot has happened since the night-dusted retro country soul of their debut album Colfax landed in 2014, and the ensuing tours brought their very specific ambience […]
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I was a late-comer to Martin Stephenson and the Daintees. I tuned in during the early ‘90s to classics that had been written in the previous decade. They were a very specific mix of political and spiritual, literary and realist. […]
Singer, songwriter, and Amsterdam frontman Ian Prowse has one of those awkward streaks. “Thatcher polarised the country,” he explained, “she was a true radical albeit for a heinous philosophy. It was entirely natural for me that would carry on into […]
I’ve just watched footage of Mean Mary James as a six-year-old singing “Long Tall Texan” live on the Country Boy Eddie TV Show back in ‘86. Wide brimmed hat, guitar larger than her torso, a drawl and a charm […]
It was a packed house at the Black Box. Anais Mitchell, supported by Rachel Ries, had come to town and tickets were scarce. Rachel Ries was the first on stage. Her album ‘Ghost Of A Gardener’ was released early this […]
It was a packed house at the Black Box. Anais Mitchell, supported by Rachel Ries, had come to town and tickets were scarce. Rachel Ries was the first on stage. Her album ‘Ghost Of A Gardener’ was released early this […]
The music of roots artist Kaia Kater boasts numerous layers that glue it together. There’s the integral part that folk music played on the young Kater as she grew up. There was the music her father would send, helping to […]
In his novel The End Of The Affair, Graham Greene held that “A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.” In 2016 Willy […]
Seems the fat lady hadn’t sung after all. 2016 brought down the final curtain on Richmond Fontaine after two decades, 11 albums, unremitted touring, minimal staff changes, and an international fan base that grew unswervingly in number and devotion over […]
It’s over 50 years since English folk musician, magazine editor, and broadcaster, Ian A Anderson discovered Muddy Waters. He was at school in his hometown of Weston-super-Mare at the time, and it led the 15 year old to an alternative coffee bar […]
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