Sierra Hull has completely changed my impression of bluegrass. Having listened to her latest album Weighted Mind, attended this opening show of her UK tour and had the pleasure of talking to her beforehand, I have seen the versatility of […]
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“Let the music keep our spirits high”, he sang, and how it did. During his 2 hour 40 minute show, Jackson Browne went from a carefully selected setlist to what was little more than a request spot and back again that […]
Lyndon Bolton: You describe your influences as American Irish. Does one of those dominate or do they come in equal measure? My family is my main influence. I grew up in Boston; my dad was one of nine children who with […]
Already this is turning out to be a good year for new records from female singer/songwriters, not just in number but in the quality of these new releases. With so much great music around it must be harder than ever […]
A theme that has run throughout my various conversations with Canadian singer/songwriter, Tia McGraff, is storytelling. This is also a constant strand throughout her seven albums; stories about history, relationships, places, opinions to name just a few. The UK has […]
Roots music fulfils so many purposes, perhaps its greatest is storytelling. Whether or not that is a unanimous view, it is certainly one championed by Canadian singer/ songwriter Tia McGraff, who I had the pleasure of interviewing just before she […]
Just about every interview contains the question, ‘what or who are your influences?’ After all, isn’t that what roots music is all about? One of the reasons I was so keen to talk to Anna Coogan was to talk about her […]
As the years go by my sense of anticipation ahead of seeing one of the giants among our genre only intensifies. After such loss last year, a feeling of mortality has seeped in to an alarming extent. Having had his […]
Today’s communications make discovering new music a great deal easier than when this correspondent began his interest in music. How else does someone in London get to hear of an artist in California who’s about to release an album that […]
Recently released, this is the third album from Curtis Grimes that most certainly lives up to its title. Everything about the man and his music is Undeniably Country. A former baseball player, Grimes has everything to hit a home run […]
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