Harvest of Highlights

  • March 2024 Playlist

    This months playlist is headed up by The Zutons, a band that I am more than a little excited to find are returning after being mostly inactive for the past fifteen years. It just so happened that my record shop took in a rare original vinyl copy of their 2004 debut album these past couple… Read more

  • 19th February 2024

    Kitty Liv – The Sun And The Rain This is an absolute corker of a tune from the Camden singer-songwriter probably best known as part of the vintage family trio Kitty Daisy & Lewis. When they first got deserved attention on the music scene there was perhaps too much focus on how young they were,… Read more

  • 5th February 2024

    Sarah Jarosz – Runaway Train This is the third single release from the new Sarah Jarosz album ‘Polaroid Lovers’ on Rounder Records and it is yet another delight from the Jarosz strings headed straight for the Country radio stations in the US. Even though she is no longer a new face, it has to be… Read more

  • February 2024 Playlist

    I seem to have spent the month of January in the most stimulating song exchange with a close friend which has had the knock on effect of keeping me away from listening to anything new. Instead I have been delving back into my extensive lists of archived playlists and music libraries trying to pick out… Read more

  • January 2024 Playlist

    As readers of my accompanying piece for the December playlist are aware, I have no shortage of available archive / vintage music to explore in my daily life and often a new obsession can lead to months of ongoing discovery and musical joy. Many people my age seem to have suspended their listening habits around… Read more

  • Top Twenty Albums of 2023

    20) Kassi Valazza – Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing A fine and captivating slice of cosmic Americana with added splashes of fuzz and crazy horse indebted wonder… 19) Joanna Sternberg – I’ve Got Me Singer-songwriter fare with a style and range that harks back to the glorious seventies eloquence from the likes of Dory Previn and… Read more