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February 2026 Playlist
Among the more surprising inclusions on this month’s playlist are a brace of authentic sounding, traditional in form, new protest songs by a pair of prominent artists. Both Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’ and Billy Bragg’s ‘City Of Heroes’ arrive at a moment when the daily news bulletins are awash with shocking reports of civilians… Read more
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Old Fruit 30th January 2026
The Charlatans – One To Another This weeks’ selection of vintage music focuses in on great bands of the 1990’s playing their classic material to a present day mid 2020’s audience. And still sounding amazing if not even better than in their heyday. It also maybe highlights the difficulty so many bands have in matching… Read more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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