Two years and a truckload of gigs away from his mini-LP, the winsome ‘High On Lonesome’, Tyson’s pitched his tent at a musical crossroads and is putting down roots. The double meaning inherent in the title is no accident; Careless Soul is […]
‘…it’s a motel, on the edge of town. Kinda faded. You could say it’s seen better days but if it has, ain’t no-one can remember ’em. The wind whips in off the bluff, paints the stonework in sand, washed out […]
Part rock concert, part gospel communion, part therapy session, a Lone Bellow gig is not for the feint-hearted. And that’s without the Savage Garden and Aqua covers. The last time they graced our shores they took the roof off the […]
London roots music fans could be forgiven for cursing the calendar gods last night; this early in the year, who would have foreseen simultaneous visits to this shore from Lucinda Williams, The Milk Carton Kids and Jason Isbell, not forgetting Isbell’s […]
The last time Billy pulled up a pew (in 2013), it turned into a CD and DVD release. Yesterday, a rumour that old comrade Wiggy would turn up to add a little extra magic to the encores didn’t bear fruit, but […]
Five years is a long time to wait for a new The Innocence Mission album, right? What do you mean, you’ve never heard of The Innocence Mission? A short bio. Karen and Don Peris met at a school production of […]
If any proof were needed that the state of the UK as a songwriting nation is very healthy right now, step forward Paul McClure as exhibit number one. The self-styled ‘Rutland Troubadour’ has been plying his trade up and down Britain […]
From bar bands as a teenager, to 94s Cover Girl, to every major studio album and tour since, Colvin has maintained her love of interpretation. Uncovered is a timely reminder of her debt to the artists that fired, and continue […]
Tift Merritt must have been stoked to find Don Henley had chosen to open his first solo album for 15 years with the title track from her 2002 debut album, Bramble Rose. It’s a stab at a country credential Henley doesn’t need – […]
It should come as no surprise to anyone who’s followed Shelby Lynne’s post-Nashville country career that one of her solo albums was entitled Identity Crisis. By turns creatively outstanding and frustratingly ordinary, most artists would kill for two such superlative […]
