Darren's music blog
Alt-rock: album review – Vinyl Floor ‘Balancing Act’
‘Trying Not To Breathe’ fourth single from Little Lore album inspired by Tennessee Williams
This week’s featured artists: Melanie Crew & Ross Palmer – new album ‘Some Other Stories’
Americana: album review – Valerie Smith ‘Maggie’s Journal’
Wirral teen band Pareidolls release debut single: ‘Jessie’
‘Don’t Speak’ third single from Little Lore album inspired by Tennessee Williams
This week’s featured artist: Holly Clarke – new album ‘Wild Feral Fierce’
Live review: On Thin Ice – Pink Floyd tribute at Blackbox, Hastings 6/3/26
Interview with Fairport Convention’s Chris Leslie
Live review: Atomic Rooster at The Piper, St Leonards 25/2/26
‘Evil Eye’ second single from forthcoming Little Lore album inspired by Tennessee Williams
Folk: album review – Andy M. Stewart ‘Songs of Robert Burns’
‘Fair Weather’ – first single from Little Lore’s new album inspired by Tennessee Williams
Folk Rock / Indie: album review – The Revellers ‘Reactors’
This week’s featured artist: singer-songwriter Stuart Mick Macfarlane – new album ‘The Test of Time’
Rock and Roll Survivor: interview with Del Bromham of Stray
2025 in Darren’s music blog – the ten most popular posts of the year
Live review: The Amy Winehouse Band at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill 18/12/25
Classic rock: album review – Peter Goalby ‘Don’t Think This Is Over’
Live review: Steeleye Span at Revelation, St Mary the Virgin Church, Ashford 13/12/25
Live review: Planet Enid Collective and Motörqueens at the Carlisle, Hastings 12/12/25
Live review: Sweet at Birmingham Town Hall 4/12/25
Live review: John Illsley – The Life & Times of Dire Straits at White Rock Theatre, Hastings 29/11/25
Live review: Slade at White Rock Theatre, Hastings 28/11/25
‘Steeleye Span 1970-1989 On Track: Every Album, Every Song’ – Book reviews round-up
This week’s featured artist: original Rock and Roll / Americana from Sufferin’ Fools
This week’s featured artists: The Metagama Ensemble – new album ‘Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey’
Folk/bluegrass: album review – Damien O’Kane & Ron Block ‘Banjovial’
Live review: X Generation X at the Brunswick, Hove 9/11/25
This week’s featured artist: Scottish folk musician and singer-songwriter Donald WG Lindsay
Folk: album review – Ninebarrow ‘The Hour of the Blackbird’
This week’s featured artist: singer-songwriter Jim Borrows – debut album ‘Carry Me Back to My Old Front Door’
‘Not Good Enough’ – the ‘glamtastic’ new song featuring late Glitter Band founder, John Rossall
Interview with Mark Laff – X Generation X
Live review: Mott Fest 2025 at the Corn Exchange, Ross on Wye 3-4 October 2025
Folk: Album review – Amelia Hogan ‘Burnished’
This week’s featured artists: folk trio Curmudgeon – new album Travelling North
Folk rock legends Fairport Convention embark on Autumn 2025 UK Tour
Alt-rock: album review – Revolution Rabbit Deluxe ‘Rise’
This week’s featured artist: traditional flute player, Frances Morton – new album ‘Sliocht’
Americana: album review – John Jenkins ‘Restless Hearts’
This week’s featured artists: psychedelic indie alt-rock band, Innocents Abroad
Live review: Fairport’s Cropredy Convention August 2025
Book review: ‘The Rock and Roll Almanac’ by Andrew Craneman
Visit to the Eel Pie Island Museum, London