Tag: banjo

Hard Rock In A Combat Frock: We Catch Up With Emily Capell

July 7, 2019

We first met Emily Capell at The Boisdale Awards last year, where she won Best Newcomer. She’s had a very busy year since then, and so it was great to catch up with her at Cornbury, where we talked about her music, guitars, The Clash, Steve Marriott, Tom Hardy, Danny McFly, and Jedward.

Free Willy – ‘Remember the Alamo’

January 16, 2018

‘Remember The Alamo’, the new album from Free Willy, is a collection of twelve tracks in Americana, alt country, and bluegrass styles. The quartet hails from Crockett, Texas, and comprises WB Jones on lead vocals and rhythm guitar; Jim Taylor on bass and backing vocals; Spence Peppard on lead guitar, drums, and backing vocals, as well as lead vocals on ‘American Medley’; Kevin Carter on fiddle and mandolin, and Steve DeVries on banjo and harmonica.

Gangstagrass At The Borderline, Soho, London 26th November 2016

November 27, 2016

Steve Holley checks out hip-hop bluegrass band, Gangstagrass, at London’s Borderline venue.

James Brant’s Album is ‘Strange By Design’ and We Like That

February 13, 2016

With his first solo album, ‘Strange By Design’, folk/rock singer songwriter James Brant lets us have a little look inside his life.

James Bay – Bournemouth International Centre – Live Review

December 8, 2015

Alan Ewart, from music blog, The Sound of Summer, guest blogs for us with his live review of James Bay’s show at the Bournemouth International Centre.

We Talk to The Rising

July 3, 2015

The Rising, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, dropped into London the other week for a gig.

The Rising – ‘Calling You’

May 28, 2015

The new single from The Rising, ‘Calling You’, is New Irish Country at its best – the perfect blend of pop, rock, and of course country.