Harvest of Highlights

  • Fresh Juice 26th January 2026

    Craven Faults – Yard Loup This is taken from the new Craven Faults album ‘Sidings’ which is out now on The Leaf Label, a dependably bold and present day progressive label who make a virtue of the idea that there is some fun going forward. This is an act shrouded in some mystery but they… Read more

  • Old Fruit 23rd January 2026

    Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walking This week’s Old Fruit half dozen music offerings is based around early music videos, a look at how acts were approaching the visual medium in pre-MTV days, long before ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’ in fact, which is where many assume the age of the music… Read more

  • Fresh Juice 19th January 2026

    The Magpie Arc – The Mantle I wrote about this band on these pages for my Ely Folk Festival review last year, an event in which I was dazzled by their brilliant re-ignition of the electric folk rock style pioneered in the late sixties by bands like Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span. At the time… Read more

  • Old Fruit 16th January 2026

    David Bowie – Boys Keep Swinging For the first edition of Old Fruit of the new year I have turned to the artist whose music has been receiving a very pleasing amount of attention around the tenth anniversary of his death. Bowie’s catalogue is an immersive maze once you get into it and I sense… Read more

  • Fresh Juice 12th January 2026

    Carson McHone – Idiom Welcome back and happy new year to all. I am starting the Fresh Juice feature for 2026 with half a dozen selections that I did not squeeze in during the 2025 editions. Kicking the year off, it is Carson McHone whose ‘Pentimento’ album was released in the autumn on Merge Records.… Read more

  • New Mix: Fruit Tree Records Highlights 2025

    Newly available over on Mixcloud so just follow the link below, the tracklisting will show as the music plays if you need to know the names of any songs or artists. Dig right in, regular playlists of both new and old music will appear throughout the year so do keep checking back… Read more