Cologne Public Service Broadcasting Interview, Yuca, Cologne, Nov 26th After two albums and an EP (“Inform-Educate-Entertain”, “The Race For Space” and “The War Room”), all of which were setting audio footage (and visuals on stage) from public information films
Charles Layton The Wedding Present @ Nieuwe Nor Oct 21st & interview If you are standing outside a venue in a picturesque pedestrian road of a small town and cars with registrations from far away trundle searchingly by and a guy wondering
All We Are Hamburg at its best: Reeperbahnfestival 2017 Hamburg – you need loads of time for a visit to Germany’s second largest city that was built on the labour the river Elbe port had to offer and the ensuing trade opportunities it generated. Of course, Hamburg has been severely damaged in World
Autumn Autumn is upon us...with music Autumn is upon us…with music. Thankfully. Yes, us poor souls in the northern hemisphere have autumn descending upon us again and for most parts it has not been an
Benjamin Mason Molly Pinto Madigan and more Last but by no means least in the batch of new releases feature Molly Pinto Madigan and more: Slow Decades, Benjamin Mason and James Daniel Best. Hoping you will find some music to accompany you through summer and beyond. Molly Pinto Madigan Molly Pinto
Chicago Laucan and more Summertime = no releases time? Ha, not really. Of course I will let you participate generously in the wealth of music to pick from and hope you will find something you
Andrew Taylor Together Pangea and more I will not leave you without music for the remainder of the summer – of course not. Here is part one of some posts about new releases. Featured here are Together Pangea, Katalina Kicks, Andrew Taylor and The Black Watch! Together Pangea Together Pangea hail
Armstrong Dedicated to the music - new labels A couple of shortish notes coming up on music you might want to spice up the summer lull with or for any other time of course, too. This first post is on a couple of new labels – or let’s say, labels that you
Canada Timber Timbre at Muziekgieterij, Maastricht - an interview What is going on? I will arrive later in Maastricht, Netherlands, than the band itself, Timber Timbre, who have travelled all the way from Switzerland…Holiday traffic jams, roadworks galore
Bill Janovitz Buffalo Tom play Muziekgieterij Maastricht plus interview Do you get this feeling too? You have listened to a certain album so many times that the first little sound of just one song off it, makes your mind
Future Echoes Pictish Trail - an interview in May 2017 Yours truly has long been a fan of Pictish Trail – Johnny Lynch with his band, as a duo or solo. Nothing like the longing and wildness in the song “Winter
British Sea Power British Sea Power - Interview May 2017 Just as often as we despair about the music industry, especially in this day and age, shaping the tastes of people who in turn then support those artists that would
David Eugene Edwards Wovenhand interview at Reflektor, Liège, 2017 Here’s man who thinks that not many people listen to his music. I have heard otherwise and if all the gigs are like the one I attended, it could
Bamboo Diner In The Rain Interview with The Wave Pictures, May 2017 Staying true to yourself, no matter how little you earn, no matter how much scorn you face – is that not the true aim of an artist? To do what you
Finn Andrews Interview with The Veils Interview with The Veils at Muziekgieterij, Maastricht, Netherlands, April 20th 2017 Following the release of their album “Total Depravity” (Network) The Veils are touring. You can be sure to catch
Elkhorn Elkhorn, Envy The West, Happy Sadness, somesurprises Music – what would we do without it? As always I am thankful for all those musicians out there who present us with their hard work, their innermost thoughts and the beautiful results. Today I would like to draw your attention to new releases by
Indie Introducing Lemonade Kid, Oblong, Lusterlit Three very different artists on the blog with new releases today or rather tonight – but all of them involved in music with the sheer joy and dedication that you would expect from any musicians but would not find so often in the fodder that
Black Needle Noise Waiting for spring to come Is this blog hibernating? Not at all (too many cups of tea). The author of the blog is patiently waiting for spring in the northern hemisphere. In the world of music spring has already come – tours being announced, new releases galore and the festival
Indie The Trouble With Templeton, Richard Osborn & New Apostles On Offbeat’s turntable in January you’ll find a bit of everything. What the songs have in common is that they provide heart and soul with much needed warmth. Offbeat Music Blog introduces new releases to you: The Trouble With Templeton, Richard Osborn
blog Album review: First Tiger - Dedicated Happy New Year to you all! I know – what is it but a fracture of time that divides the new from the old in some parts of the world only.
Bic Runga An interview with Bic Runga Regard this as a little holidays present from Offbeat Music Blog: An interview with Bic Runga! The first time I heard one of Bic Runga’s songs was way back
album and book Kristin Hersh: Wyatt At The Coyote Palace This year has seen and heard a lot of brilliant new releases (not to mention the loss of many artists that will leave a hole for generations to come). Amongst
Eyes On The Lines Steve Gunn & The Outliners Interview November 2016 Dear blog reader, I can almost feel you doubling back in sheer horror at the length of this post. Wait now, something good is coming or would you think that
Efterklang Heather Woods Broderick Interview Offbeat Music Blog presents to you what was a long time coming: A Heather Woods Broderick Interview! Heather Woods Broderick hails from Maine/USA and you must have come across
At Swim Lisa Hannigan Interview November 2016 Lisa Hannigan released her third album “At Swim” to much critical acclaim a couple of weeks ago. Currently she presents her new and some old songs on tour in Europe
