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Silver Spire are an eclectic mix of influences reflected in their choice of repetoire. They play a range of Celtic, Americana, Folk, Bluegrass, Old Time Gospel, and some unusual contemporary acoustic numbers. The four piece acoustic band are from North Carolina in the USA and is comprised of Zack Meadows – Drums, Ukulele, Erin Murphy [...]

This is one of those you might want to be quick posts.

Over at Aquarium Drunkard posted MP3s of some recordings that Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, made together during three 1969 sessions.

To quote from Aquarium Drunkard

This is a true peice of Americana — two iconic masters of their craft conversing with one another via song. Recorded throughout 1969 on three separate occasions, these recordings mark an important historical collaboration between two American poets/musicians. Even a casual fan of either artist should at least give these a cursory listen. Great stuff.

Back in the early part of the decade, Jools and I had the good fortune to see “Fine Friday” and Fllook at the Brunswick Music Music Festival. Today’s band, Genticorum bring back memories of those concerts. They have play with the same intensity and passion, have a similar ear for arrangement and just amaze me [...]

Death Vessel is Joel Thibodeau. It’s his working title for both his solo and band work and before we go any further “Death Vessel” is not some loud fast aggressive metal band from northern Europe (although I can see why you would think so). This music is about as far away from that as you can get.

Danar are a Polish four piece band from Poland who play traditional Celtic and folk music. Facinated by Irish culture and celtic music they have wound it round with their very own arrangements. Arrangements that owe quite a lot to the modern folk tradition as well as jazz. swing, rock and much more. The lineup [...]

I was visiting a friend today and our conversation turned to “Whatcha been listening to?”, as it does. His offering was Richie Havens’ “Nobody Left To Crown”. I can’t find any usefullinks to this album, but I did find a wealth of material that was just as good. So like a lot of people the [...]

Fields of Industry are not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but they definately managed to get stuck in my head. They have a really interesting take on minimal, wonderfully under produced songs, Ramona Bopper is a wonderful example, dripping in reverb and ambience. It wafts along like feather on a breeze. This is [...]