Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Newsletter
Features
Black Peak Interview: Part Two
Black Peak Interview: Part One
K.C. McKanzie Interview: Part Two
K.C. McKanzie Interview: Part One
Artist Guitar Blog #1: Mat Martin & Kirsty McGee - Part 2
Artist Guitar Blog #1: Mat Martin & Kirsty McGee - Part 1
Inge Thomson Interview - Part 2
Inge Thomson Interview - Part 1
The Toy Hearts Interview: Hannah Johnson
The Toy Hearts Interview: Sophia Johnson
Music News
Black Peak Interview: Part Two
In 2009, having bumped into each other at various gigs and festivals in Hampshire, where they are based, Darren Black joined forces with Deborah Peak to form a new duo, 'Black Peak'. They perform their own blend of original contemporary and tradition...more
12/02/2010
Black Peak Interview: Part One
In 2009, having bumped into each other at various gigs and festivals in Hampshire, where they are based, Darren Black joined forces with Deborah Peak to form a new duo, 'Black Peak'. They perform their own blend of original contemporary and tradition...more
12/02/2010
K.C. McKanzie Interview: Part Two
Her main collaborator, Joe Budinsky or Budi, has been quiet until now, careful he doesn’t tread on K.C.’s toes....more
01/02/2010
K.C. McKanzie Interview: Part One
K.C. McKanzie. It sounds American, despite the nod to Celtic heritage. Click on to her myspace and, again, she sounds American: a carefully dropped ‘g’ on ‘darlin’’, an Old Time twang here, an American folk inflection there....more
01/02/2010
Artist Guitar Blog #1: Mat Martin & Kirsty McGee - Part 2
Mat Martin & Kirsty McGee are guitar nuts, as many of you are, and here we give them ample room to wax lyrical about their personal loves when it comes to four-strings (and six: see part one)...more
21/01/2010
Artist Guitar Blog #1: Mat Martin & Kirsty McGee - Part 1
Mat Martin & Kirsty McGee are guitar nuts, as many of you are, and here we give them ample room to wax lyrical about their personal loves when it comes to six-strings (and four: see part two) ...more
21/01/2010
Inge Thomson Interview - Part 1
Some of you will know Inge Thomson from her instrumental and vocal work alongside Karine Polwart. Others may recognise her from collaborations with The Broken Family Band, Will Oldman or others, or groups old and new - Drop The Box and Harem Scarem. ...more
11/12/2009
The Toy Hearts Interview: Hannah Johnson
The Toy Hearts are a Birmingham-based group who play some superbly uplifting bluegrass and western swing. Consisting of several Johnson family members - Sisters, Hannah (lead vocal/mandolin) and Sophia (guitar/harmony vocals) and their father, Stewar...more
01/11/2009
The Toy Hearts Interview: Sophia Johnson
The Toy Hearts are a Birmingham-based group who play some superbly uplifting bluegrass and western swing. Consisting of several Johnson family members - Sisters, Hannah (lead vocal/mandolin) and Sophia (guitar/harmony vocals) and their father, Stewar...more
01/11/2009
The Toy Hearts Interview: Stewart Johnson
The Toy Hearts are a Birmingham-based group who play some superbly uplifting bluegrass and western swing. Consisting of several Johnson family members - Sisters, Hannah (lead vocal/mandolin) and Sophia (guitar/harmony vocals) and their father, Stewar...more
01/11/2009
Kerr Fagan Harbron Interview - Part 2
Here the trio look at the complexities of a musician's working life - with colleagues and with babies!...more
22/09/2009
Kerr Fagan Harbron Interview - Part 1
Recently, We were mightily impressed with 'Station House from Kerr Fagan Harbron. And now, a year later, the trio are together again for some dates. This time around, however, they're looking ahead to a new album from Nancy and James with Rob in a mu...more
22/09/2009
Patrick James Eggle, guitar maker - Interview
Patrick James Eggle has been fascinated with guitars since the age of fifteen when he built his first. Luckily for us he didn't stop there. Since that time Patrick has as built himself an extraordinary reputation as a luthier with impeccable standard...more
14/09/2009
Rachael Dadd Interview - Part 2
Rachael Dadd is a Bristol-based musician who handles a multitude of projects from her own solo work to various collaborations and her unique textiles. Here we chat to her about how she keeps so many plates spinning, her new solo album, her lyrics and...more
06/09/2009
Rachael Dadd Interview - Part 1
Rachael Dadd is a Bristol-based musician who handles a multitude of projects from her own solo work to various collaborations and her unique textiles. Here we chat to her about how she keeps so many plates spinning, working in Japan, her latest work ...more
06/09/2009
Judy Dyble: The making of Talking With Strangers
Judy Dyble's story and place in modern music folklore is interesting and unquestioned. From the original vocalist of Fairport Convention to the beginning of the King Crimson story; one half of revered acid duo Trader Horne, crossing paths with Hendri...more
21/08/2009
Dave King: New models from the master instrument maker
Dave King has been making guitars for over 20 years. At the age of nine he saw a picture of a parlour guitar on the cover of a Bert Jansch album and fell in love with them. Since that time Dave has designed and built not only "parlours" but also a wi...more
30/07/2009
Interview with Alister Atkin, guitar maker - Part 1
After a lenghty period of research and design Alister launched his range of acoustics about ten years ago. Then in 1999 Boo Hewerdine placed an order for a standard OM model. From then on the list of high profile players began to take shape. Througho...more