Harvest of Highlights

  • Hurray For The Riff Raff – Life On Earth

    Hurray For The Riff Raff sure have evolved from that earthy, western swinging country/folk ensemble they arrived as. Over the past decade what we may have thought they were dropped away, leaving us with a clearer sense of what the band really are; a vehicle for the classy, classic songwriting and creative visions of Alynda… Read more

  • Sharron Kraus – KIN

    I first listened to this collection of psych-folk jewels by Sharron Kraus, on one of the first truly autumnal mornings of the year. The sharp bite of the cold, the dampness of the ground, the stillness in the air around the crisp bright sun somehow seems the optimum environment to be enjoying this music. Sharron’s… Read more

  • Leyla McCalla – Breaking The Thermometer

    One of the outstanding releases of the year and one that is truly like no other, a song cycle that looks at a subject matter in depth and weaves a whole records worth of material around that theme. Every song here belongs specifically to this project, one that began after Leyla McCalla was given a… Read more

  • The William Loveday Intention – The Baptiser

    Apparently, the avalanche of releases we’ve witnessed by Billy Childish’s latest musical vehicle is part of a motion to have “a career in a year” as The William Loveday Intention. To that end there have been at least fifteen, that I know of, releases under this moniker since 2020 and consequently, as brilliant as they… Read more

  • December 2022 Playlist

    I sort of gave up on Elton John in second half of the eighties. His music had been around the house during childhood, I had a few of those early albums as well as, by the time I was record buying age, ‘Too Low For Zero’ and ‘Breaking Hearts’ around the time they were released.… Read more

  • November 2022 Playlist

    I wrote for my October playlist about seeing the Wave Pictures and how they were one of my highlights of the End Of The Road festival. Well, it has been the same this month as they were my favourite gig of October too, catching them on their most recent tour in what seems to be… Read more