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News: Fairport Convention fiddle player Dave Swarbrick dies at 75

WE had to check it was for real this time, following The Telegraph’s famous obituary published back in 1999. Sadly it is. Former Fairport Convention fiddle player Dave Swarbrick has…

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Not Forgotten – Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks

Blood On The Tracks is that rare thing, an album that deserves every word of praise heaped upon it. At this stage in his career Bob Dylan had done his…

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Track: Heron Oblivion – Your Hollows

Heron Oblivion are making it easy for us to love them with their new single Your Hollows. Although they’re a new band out of San Francisco, they boast members of…

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Track: Promised Land Sound – Push and Pull (All the Time)

Ahead of the release of their sophomore album, For Use and Delight, Nashville’s Promised Land Sound give some indication of what we can expect with the rustic psych-rock/folk of Push…

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Not Forgotten: Jethro Tull – Benefit

For some reason Jethro Tull are never spoken of in the same hushed tones of awe as Led Zeppelin or King Crimson. Or Deep Purple and Yes. Or Wishbone Ash……

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A Beginners Guide to Bob Dylan

Over the last fifteen months we here at Backseat Mafia have been publishing a series of Buyers Guides on a number of musical acts. Sometimes these guides have covered a…

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From an old record box: R.E.M. – Orange Crush

“I’m only a person, with Eskimo chain I tattooed my brain all the way Won’t you miss me? Wouldn’t you miss me at all?” My love for R.E.M. has been constant…

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Not Forgotten: Neil Young – On the Beach

Some albums become legendary because of the huge amounts they sold (The Joshua Tree, The Dark Side of the Moon), some because they made a distinct cultural impact, (Revolver, The…

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Feature: Cheerio Jethro Tull – thoughts on the ending

Following a particularly demanding day at work, I wandered into Sheffield branch of HMV on Tuesday. As I walked through the doors, my eyes inevitably flicked to my right and…

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A buyers guide to Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull are a band who are special to me. They’re the first band I saw live, the first band that I felt a genuine connection to, the first band…

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Folk – rock

News: Fairport Convention fiddle player Dave Swarbrick dies at 75

Not Forgotten – Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks

Track: Heron Oblivion – Your Hollows

Track: Promised Land Sound – Push and Pull (All the Time)

Not Forgotten: Jethro Tull – Benefit

A Beginners Guide to Bob Dylan

From an old record box: R.E.M. – Orange Crush

Not Forgotten: Neil Young – On the Beach

Feature: Cheerio Jethro Tull – thoughts on the ending

A buyers guide to Jethro Tull