Cowboy Junkies When we arrive from All That Reckoning (2018 Proper Records) http://www.cowboyjunkies.com  Alden Patterson and Dashwood By the night from By the night (2018 Alden Patterson and Dashwood) http://www.aldenpattersonanddashwood.com Hatful of Rain Oh the night from Songs of the lost and found (2018 Long Way Home Music) http://www.hatfulofrain.co.uk The Innocence Mission Records from your… Read More 24 July 2018 playlist

A little late in getting started on this but here goes. This is the start and I’ll be adding to it in the weeks to follow. Neil McSweeney – Land of Cockaigne Jeremy Tuplin – Where the light ends The Weather Station – The most dangerous thing about you Reg Meuross – Faraway people Anna… Read More My songs of the year 2017

Jack Harris The Wide Afternoon I remember seeing Jack Harris play a set in the Saloon stage at Truck Festival a few years back. I really like what I heard and made a mental note to investigate his excellent music further. And when Winter Wilson appeared on the show to do a live session in… Read More Favourite releases of the first 6 months of 2017 – part 3

Robb Johnson – My Best Regards I’ve enjoyed Robb Johnson’s music for years now. I like his social conscience and the political dimension that come through in many of his songs. Check out his back catalogue and songs like Hope St Tomorrow Afternoon, Be Reasonable and many more. He also does humour extremely well and tenderness,… Read More Favourite music of the last 6 months of the year – the final blog entry

It’s been a fine year for quality music. This continues my personal favourite releases of the year from the latter half of 2016. Once I’ve completed this I’m going to set myself an additional challenge which will be to distill from all my favourites the 20 must buy albums of 2016. Added to this I’ll… Read More Favourite releases of the last 6 months of 2016

Well this is the last entry for my blog charting my favourite releases for the first 6 months of this year. Completed just in time to get ready to compile my favourites from July onwards! Norrie McCulloch – These mountain blues I like an amazing number of singer songwriters and bands from Scotland. This blog… Read More Favourite releases of the first 6 months of 2016 continued