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Jerry Leger returns to the UK for April dates

February 18, 2026 0

Troubadour and AUK favourite Jerry Leger returns to the UK this April with a series of dates at some lovely locations. Promoting his latest album Wings of Desire, these shows promise to be the heady mixture […]

7 Hills heads to the Old Town Great Hall, Trowbridge this March for one day festival

February 18, 2026 0

The 7 Hills Spring Festival will take place as the inaugural event for the Trowbridge Old Town Hall’s Great Hall on the 21st March, following an extensive and transformative refurbishment. The historic Old Town Hall will […]

Icarus Phoenix “On My Belly” – living life, despite it all

February 18, 2026 0

On the latest single from Icarus Phoenix, Drew Danburry once more draws from real life for a song of resilience against the world and all the strains and pressures it can exert. He says of the […]

Video: Adam Donen “What Doesn’t End” – reality in all its beauty

February 18, 2026 0

Adam Donen’s latest single, What Doesn’t End, is a gentle, quiet epic of a song. Over an immersive soundscape, Donen’s gritty, baritone vocal is intimate, world-weary and almost spoken, drawing us into his narrative. Sparsely arranged […]

Live Review: Transatlantic Sessions, Royal Festival Hall, London – 6th February 2026

February 17, 2026 1

It was with some trepidation that I agreed to review this gig. Transatlantic Sessions is a veritable institution, now in its 31st year of annual performances celebrating the connections between the musical traditions of Scotland, Ireland […]

Interviews
Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other
The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with [...]
Behind the Songs
Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”
Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has [...]
Features
For The Sake Of The Song: Cowboy Junkies “Sweet Jane”
The TV series Stranger Things has become a place for songs of all sorts to find a new place in the sun. Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill and Peter Gabriel’s cover of Heroes amongst [...]
Anniversary Cheers
Anniversary Cheers – Willie Nelson’s “Country Music” celebrates a 15 year re-release
Willie’s 2010 release gets a re-boot with a multi-colour 2-disc gatefold vinyl release, plus CD and hi-res streaming options. In the heady days of 2010, Willie Nelson, country and roots singer par excellence, decided to [...]
Classic Clips
Classic Clips: Tom Russell “The Last Time I Saw Hank” – Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City, 16th September 2017
Tom Russell is one of the great Americana troubadours with a back-catalogue that goes yay far, all the way back to 1976 and numbering 29 studio albums. This song is from the 2017’s “Folk Hotel” [...]

Josiah brings his Bonnevilles with him for his latest album

February 17, 2026 0

Josiah and the Bonnevilles have announced that he has signed with Rounder Records and will release the new album, As Is, on May 8th. The 10-song collection was co-produced by Josiah Leming and Konrad Snyder, and […]

Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

February 17, 2026 0

Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

Breakfield “Ever-Loving Mind” – Under love’s heavy burden do I sink

February 17, 2026 0

Nashville band Breakfield, who we see here pursued by a Martian War Machine, made the smart move of changing their name from Boy Named Banjo and have followed that smart move up with signing to Rounder […]

Video Premiere: Andy Hanson “Gravity”

February 17, 2026 0

Here is a song for the insomniacs amongst us. Gravity, from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, singer-songwriter Andy Hanson, is themed around those restless nights when inner turmoil and emotional conflict weigh heavily on our minds, chasing sleep […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Cowboy Junkies “Sweet Jane”

February 16, 2026 1

The TV series Stranger Things has become a place for songs of all sorts to find a new place in the sun. Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill and Peter Gabriel’s cover of Heroes amongst many […]

Icarus Phoenix “On My Belly” – living life, despite it all
February 18, 2026 0
On the latest single from Icarus Phoenix, Drew Danburry once more draws from real life for a song of resilience against the world and all the strains and pressures it can exert. He says of [...]
Video: Adam Donen “What Doesn’t End” – reality in all its beauty
February 18, 2026 0
Adam Donen’s latest single, What Doesn’t End, is a gentle, quiet epic of a song. Over an immersive soundscape, Donen’s gritty, baritone vocal is intimate, world-weary and almost spoken, drawing us into his narrative. Sparsely [...]
Breakfield “Ever-Loving Mind” – Under love’s heavy burden do I sink
February 17, 2026 0
Nashville band Breakfield, who we see here pursued by a Martian War Machine, made the smart move of changing their name from Boy Named Banjo and have followed that smart move up with signing to [...]
Video Premiere: Andy Hanson “Gravity”
February 17, 2026 0
Here is a song for the insomniacs amongst us. Gravity, from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, singer-songwriter Andy Hanson, is themed around those restless nights when inner turmoil and emotional conflict weigh heavily on our minds, chasing [...]
Magoo “Can’t You Hear That Train” – woo-woo, chuff-chuff
February 16, 2026 0
Here’s a quandary to contemplate – if Magoo are a progressive bluegrass band, and they do seem to be such, how come the train they sing about on Can’t You Hear That Train is producing [...]

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