One Step Forward – One Step Forward

11 November, 2015 The soundtrack to my drive to work today - the fabulous (& briefly reformed) One Step Forward (Maree Robertson, Ann Bermingham, John Thompson). Brand new album, launched at their one off gig at Magda Community Artz…

Fred Smith – Home

15 September, 2014 Soundtrack for today's journey - the brand new album from the inimitable Fred Smith which dropped in my PO box this morning. Funny, sad, bittersweet, twisted, shaken, stirring, emotive & enrapturing - it's all here!!…
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Tony Cuffe – Sae Will We Yet

8 December, 2015 This album (Tony Cuffe - Sae a Will We Yet) arrived in the post this morning, & has been the soundtrack to my commute to work today. Best known as guitarist & singer of seminal Scottish folk group Ossian, Tony Cuffe…

Michael Fix – Classic Fix

9 December, 2015 Gorgeous set from Michael Fix last night at The BUg Folk Club, & I joined the queue which bought up all the albums he'd brought for sale!! So here's one of those albums today as the soundtrack to my commute to work -…

Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus – Round Trip

31 March, 2016 Today's commute to work soundtrack (half the album got me home last night from the gorgeous performance by Tony McManus & Beppe Gambetta at The Danish Cub, Brisbane!!) I've seen Tony in various guises, solo & in duo…

Sadie & Jay – Curious

3 March, 2016 The soundtrack to my commute to work  this week - "Curious" by the extraordinarily talented Sadie & Jay (Sadie Gwynn Jones and David "Jay" Penman). I bought the album after mixing their performance at the first Folk…

Kate Heart (Self-titled EP)

The soundtrack to my commute this morning (5 November, 2015). Kate Heart's eponymous 5 track EP (I got to hear it twice in the 40 minute drive!!) Big drums, jangly guitars (electric & acoustic), lovely songwriting, and a gorgeous voice…
The Casuarinas - Into The Clearing review

The Casuarinas – Into The Clearing

Mini Review by Ian Dearden The soundtrack to my commute to work today - the mini-LP "Into The Clearing" by Brisbane group The Casuarinas. Proudly recorded AAA (multitrack tape, mixed to a master tape, mastered to a lacquer & pressed to…

Rebecca Wright & Donald McKay – Over Burns and Braes

My 'commute to work' soundtrack over the past couple of days - this stunningly gorgeous album by Rebecca Wright & Donald McKay called 'Over Burns and Braes'. The recording quality is superb (recorded, mixed & mastered by Pix Vane…