It might not be a trend as yet but recently we have noticed bands that are using the basic tools of bluegrass and adding their own particular twist. Examples include Fish & Bird, Front Country and Run Boy Run where […]
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It seems to be general wisdom that in 1974 rock and roll was heading for the doldrums, caught in a downward spiral that was only ended when punk exploded in ’76. Some folk will have that all that was available was […]
Celtic Connections is a beacon of light in the dark days of January, in what is generally a cold and damp Glasgow, Scotland. The festival started in 1994 in an attempt to fill scheduling gaps in the city’s Royal Concert […]
2014’s been quite a year for Glasgow-based country and roots rocker Daniel Meade. His debut album, As Good as Bad Can Be, released last year, had led to BBC Radio Scotland airplay and a video of his radio session came to […]
Blabber’n’Smoke has to admit that it’s a bit of a latecomer to the music of Blue Rose Code, the vehicle for Edinburgh-born Ross Wilson’s song-poetry. A chance hearing of Boscombe Armistice on Celtic Music FM a few weeks ago stopped […]
I love mavericks and Canadian John Southworth certainly fits into that category. Previous releases include an album of rejected jingles (Failed Jingles for Bank of America & Other U.S. Corporations) and Easterween – a surreal cabaret-operetta described as “Part klezmer, […]
Grant Peeples is a muscular, shaved- headed, scary-looking guy, the kind you’d avoid in a bar in case he’s looking for a fight. His music, too, is muscular and looking for a fight, but in this case with the hucksters […]
This was a welcome return to Glasgow for one of our more perplexing musicians, the Tucson-raised and now domiciled in Mexico Dan Stuart. Last time he played here, the audience turnout was pitiful, especially coming as it did only a […]
It’s always nice when an old friend , someone you haven’t seen for a while, turns up and reminds you of why you’re friends in the first place. And so it is with Lothian’s Dropkick who have handed in Homeward […]
With his second solo album safely under his belt Simone Felice is rapidly conforming his status as one of the finest purveyors of Americana around these days. Fortunately (for us) he remains somewhat under the mass radar allowing audiences to […]
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