I enjoyed that greatly. Well done!

Thanks for sharing that with us, a wonderful tribute to your son

I bought Cuttin Grass Vol 2 by Sturgill Simpson, The Beacon by Harbottle & Jonas, Plastic Bouqet by Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams. The latest John Smith doesn’t appear to be on Bandcamp. After this bonanza, […]

I read that the drummer Don Heffington died just over a week ago, aged 70 and being treated in hospital for leukemia. He recorded and toured with many big names in the Americana genre. I know his came from Emmylou […]

Former Afterword stalwart Beany worked there for quite a while, I’m guessing as an Accountant? He seems to have fond memories of it, according to his Twitter output

HEARD:
I’ve been doing my bit on Bandcamp Friday. February’s faves include Joan Shelly’s “Live at the Bomhard”, the Rodney Crowell curated Music Health Alliance Compilation “Songs from Quarantine” and Nubya […]

I just spat my coffee out! See what you made me do!!!

I sometimes perform this at singarounds. People are impressed that I can remember so many words

I played for 2 years in Dino & the Dolphins in Belfast. Our singer’s brother was Chrissie Stewart, ex bass player with Eire Apparent, Spooky Tooth and others, and at that time a regular in Frankie Miller’s band . […]

16? A mere lightweight! That Grauniad page also has an obit of Bunny Lee who died last October. It says he is believed to have had 35 children

That’s a great piece @blue-boy. I grew up in NI and was very aware of Van, but not Seamus. I think that on recommendation from this very website I watched a very interesting documentary on Seamus the best part of […]

Sorry, late to this. Here’s my top ten 😉

It’s Too Late To Stop Now
Hard Knows the Highway
Poetic Champions Compose
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher *
St Dominic’s Andrew Preview

Contains my favourite […]

Me: “I can’t seem to keep a steady girlfriend”
Counsellor: “Do you know the symptoms of relationship phobia?”
Me: “Can’t say I do”
Yer man: “That’s one of them”

The elephant in the room is that just over 2 months more than 70m US Citizens voted for him

The death was announced yesterday of Steve Brown, producer of records by The Manic Street Preachers and The Cult, amongst others. He was 65

How did Rachel Newton’s To The Awe not win this poll? This is VOTE-RIGGING on a MASSIVE scale. A lot of people are saying that. Many many people
In all seriosity, top work on the compiling Lodey. Good man yerself

Another vote for Rachel Newton’s To The Awe. We’re on a roll here!!

I’ve been in a few. For someone who is not overly accomplished I did alright, particularly in the right place at the right time department. Favourite band name was at college in 1976 when I was bassist / singer […]

Without going into a full-on hissy fit I am beginning to wonder what the point of the Obituaries 2020 thread is. I suppose my case is not helped by the fact that it never seems to refresh on the main forum page.