In League With Paton

Iron and Wine - Around The Well (Sub Pop Compilation, 2009) I've been quite vocal in my admiration for the songwriting of Sam Beam many ...

Nick Lowe and Ron Sexsmith - London Royal Albert Hall, 18th May 2009 Can there be a less fashionable musician currently at work than Nick Lo...

AC Newman – Get Guilty (Matador, 2009) Neko Case – Middle Cyclone (Anti, 2009) This week two solo albums arrive from members of the infectio...

Emmylou Harris, London Hammersmith Apollo, 14th September 2008 It’s taken me a while to get round to writing up my thoughts on my first Emmy...

Kurt Wagner, Cate Le Bon, James Blackshaw - The Borderline, London 10th September 2008 Every so often London blesses us with a club night th...

Calexico - Carried to Dust (City Slang, 2008) Lambchop - OH(Ohio) (City Slang, 2008) If I see the words ‘return to form’ used in reference t...

Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be (Nonesuch, 2008) When musicians reach a certain age it becomes tempting to speculate on what might be ...

Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade Bettye LaVette - Scene Of The Crime It's not really necessary to add to the voluminous amount o...

Robert Plant/Alison Krauss - Raising Sand It’s difficult to admit it now, but one of my earliest infatuations as a teenager was with Led Zep...

Lucinda Williams is that most frustrating of singer-songwriters. At her best, she is capable of a sublime artistry of breathtaking directnes...

It's been a while, so I've been saving a great outpouring of rage for this post. First of all, let's get the obvious subject out...