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Album Review:   Gus Eaglehorn, The Hornbook Beautifully Bonkers This is a remarkable album.  My gut response to it was to seek out where this guy and his band are playing.  With an album title that suggests witchy spells for aphrodisiacal purposes, Gus Eaglehorn has produced a collection of songs that promise a theatrical event, an American rock musical for the age of The Great Pushback on Humanity we are living through.  With its quirky drama and humour, Eaglehorn demonstrates vital aspects of American art as old as the travelling freak shows of the Wild West and Victorian Britain.  Released on 31 st  January, 2025 ,   The Hornbook wraps up all that is to be loved about the indie American music scene in a candy-coloured bag that invites you to pick out what we fancy, but I reckon, you’ll not want to share and just swallow it all in one go.  It’s witty and weird enough to be played repeatedly – and it rocks where it has ...

Red  Rooster 2024 Weather Ain't Nothing to Crow About I woke up last night Cursing the rain Wind howling through my curtains  Temperature down Weatherman looked happy He'll have plenty to say No two hours the same Let alone three days I'll be heading there soon Got my tent and waterproofs Heading to Thetford With my Wellington boots ~ Yep, Red Rooster '24 , The UK's biggest and best blues and Americana festival, held in the grounds of Euston Hall , Suffolk, near Thetford.  The festival runs from this evening, 30th May through to the night of 1st June, 2024 . Some of the big name artists and bands performing include, William Bell , Asleep At The Wheel , Robert Finlay , North Mississippi Allstars and Muireann Bailey and the beautifully bizarre,  Bob Log III .  William Bell, is a huge catch for this year's festival. He is writer of many, many hits, such as Born Under A Bad Sign and Private Number. He will be performing with Take Me To The River. Here is one of W...

Hanging Out With the Stars The Hanging Stars – Norwich Arts Centre 19 th  March 2024   Americana is a tough trail to follow and the highway is pretty crowded.  There are plenty of bands heading West looking for El Dorado these days and not all of them are going to succeed, but The Hanging Stars are making good headway, ploughing their own deep furrow of cosmocity under the big skies of the Mid-West.   The band has just released a bright, sparkly album On A Golden Shore  that has been very well-received.  If they don’t make it further down this particular dusty track, not one of this energetic band will be faulted for lack of commitment to the cause.  On A Golden Shore, The Hanging Stars   Richard Olson is the front man, lead singer and guitarist, who by the end of the set was wiped out.  Leaning on the wall by the merch stand, he looked absolutely drained.  I am not sure I have ever seen a musician so visibly exhausted at...