Lucinda Williams Archives – Just Listen To This

The American singer-songwriter is in London for the promo on his dark artefact of a new album. We meet Dan to get the lowdown on the project and he answers all queries in this conversation hinging on how songs communicate. Thanks, Mr T…

Tommy Emmanuel

by Pete Sargeant | May 4, 2018

The Australian guitar stylist is back in the UK for some shows. Ahead of these, we were able to run some questions past the prince of the Fretboard…

Tom Leighton (The Bad Flowers) -Foot To The Petal

by Pete Sargeant | Feb 17, 2018

Busy times for this inventive power-trio but we grabbed a slice of time from guitar man Tom Leighton to find out what makes him and his crew tick. Enjoy these responses to our wide-range of questions:

Steve Logan – In The Spotlight

by Pete Sargeant | Feb 11, 2018

Steve Logan is a singer – songwriter – instrumentalist with a new album due. We had the chance to run some questions – triggered by his songs – past Logan and can present his thoughtful and informative answers. Thank you, Steve

Sterling Ball – Mutual Admiration Society

by Pete Sargeant | Feb 3, 2018

Intrigued by the work by Ball and his trio on the Mutual Appreciation Society release, we asked Sterling to enlarge upon the album content and array of guests by way of a set of customised questions. Enjoy this veteran’s responses and thoughts in this piece, which is free of Ball puns and references, you may be pleased to learn….

Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa – Black Coffee

by Pete Sargeant | Jan 28, 2018

The ace guitarist and ensemble reconvene to create another album with blues and soul singer Beth Hart..and maybe it’s their best yet ….

Sonia Leigh – Mad Hatter

by Pete Sargeant | Dec 26, 2017

Clever lass is Ms Leigh – singing, playing, arranging, producing some of the tracks on this disc. If the record is a success it’s largely down to her and if it is not, not many places to hide.

Blitzen Trapper – Wild & Reckless

by Pete Sargeant | Nov 29, 2017

The enduring Portland rock band recently had a 28-performance run of a musical entitled Wild & Reckless…quite an achievement. And here is an album under that name. It adds new numbers to gems from their catalogue, which seems fan-friendly as a plan.

Lauren Hoffman & The Secret Storm – Family Ghost

by Pete Sargeant | May 14, 2017

Produced by Lauren Hoffman and John Morand, this is an act new to me but the recordings seem to have been completed in Richmond, Virginia. The song titles point to an emotional trip, don’t they? At which point we press PLAY….

2016 In Review – Part One

by Pete Sargeant | Dec 20, 2016

Welcome readers to our personal roundup of good moments and events that happened during this year. Maybe one of your favourite acts or artists is mentioned? Read on to find out and bear in mind we are thinking sounds AND sights…..

Colin James Announces Headline London Show for November 2016

by Glenn Sargeant | Nov 18, 2016

Juno Award Winning Singer-songwriter Colin James has released his 18th album, Blue Highways, which is out now via True North Records.
Blue Highways pays tribute to some of the singer/ guitarist’s longtime blues idols including Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Freddie King, Jr. Wells & Buddy Guy, Peter Green, Robert Johnson and William Bell to name a few.