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The Guggenheim Grotto showed up a couple of weeks ago on NPR Second Stage and didn’t they just make my day. I had this stuff on the MP3 player faster than you could blink.
Kevin May and Mick Lynch began playing together on the Dublin songwriter circuit back in 2003.They recorded a a 5 track which [...]

I’ve finally surfaced from my self imposed hibernation and for my first 2009 post, I’ve come across a wonderfully inspiring act called “Songs From the Blue House” hereinafter referred to as SftBH.
Me, I love the Blue Oyster Cult and their song “Don’t Fear the Reaper”. Here that song is covered by SftBH. Described as a [...]

The Deadfly Ensemble’s, “A Seed Catalog For Extinct Annuals”, is a gem. A dark and disturbing gem. But a gem nonetheless.

This has been wandering off an on my MP3 player for a while now and they are one of those bands where you think “OK I’ll delete that one… or maybe not. May be next week” Repeat for the last three or so months.

My problem is that they are in the same playlist I keep “Abney Park” in and they are just such a perfect complement to the “Air Pirates“.

Brian Gladstone is a singer /finger picking guitarist from Toronto. And why is he being featured today? Well head over to the MySpace site, and pick any song you like (it won’t matter- trust me), if you want my pick try “A Song For Everyone“.
Now we are ’bout to have a slight digression (there’s a [...]

I’ll be honest, I have always really enjoyed my time in Orkney (we’ve been there twice now). Sadly we didn’t catch Saltfishforty, quite a pity. They are really engaging, I suggest you have  a listen to “The Burray Strathspey and Reel” over at Myspace, and then have a listen to the live recordings they have [...]

found Cara Dillon while chasing up Kate Rusby’s old band “Equation” (who we must talk about one day soon). Cara has one of those wonderful Irish voices. Which makes a lot of sense, she was born in County Derry and won the All Ireland Traditional Singing Trophy aged only 14 and then went on [...]

It’s turning into a catch up week. I just realised that I wrote up Dan Wilson and forget to write up Liz Stringer who was on the same Rockwiz episode.
Liz Stringer (who I might add plays guitar, five-string banjo, blues harp, lap steel, vocals… the words “over achiever” pops to mind.) walked out onto the [...]