‘Bad Year For Rock And Roll’ was Chuck Prophet’s tribute to the many musicians who died last year. This show was a perfect demonstration of why rock and roll needs people like Prophet. Leading his tight and talented band for over […]
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Ahead of her UK tour starting later this week I caught up with Canadian singer-songwiter, Tia McGraff. As we know, the connections between the UK and Canada are many and strong; our chat certainly reinforced these in a musical context. […]
Ahead of her appearances at London’s Lexington, Glasgow’s Celtic Connections and with the Transatlantic Sessions throughout the UK, I had the huge pleasure of catching up with Tift Merritt. The timing was good; if these upcoming performances were not enough […]
Nearly a year ago two long established singer-songwriters from either side of the Atlantic, Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, made a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles via Texas. On the way they recorded a series of railroad songs […]
At this reflective time of year thinking about what may lie ahead comes with a bit more apprehension than usual. If a bit of distraction from global or domestic gloom is what you’re after then this new album, Till the […]
Balham in south London is home to many nationalities but last Wednesday in one of its most renowned hostelries, The Bedford, heads did turn on the arrival of some big men wearing stetsons. This was the Texas Music Takeover, as […]
Judging by the t-shirts among the audience at The Dome, having already seen Blackberry Smoke and The Cadillac Three this, my first Whiskey Myers show, would appear to complete the trio of hot new southern bands. Whiskey Myers have built […]
Almost certainly to my loss, reggae hasn’t featured nearly enough in my musical life, but I have just come across a new release, Unplugged, from some very old friends, UB40. Before going any further the correct name is UB40 featuring […]
I reviewed Uncle Lucius’s The Light a few months ago and watched numerous videos of them on YouTube. So it was pretty obvious that a live Uncle Lucius show was a high priority for me. Tonight was the night, and the show was […]
This is the recently released second full length album from Canadian singer-songwriter, John K. Samson. His first, Provincial, came out in 2012. There is a clue here to the man and his work; despite Winter Wheat containing 15 songs, Samson […]
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