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08/20/2026

British songwriter Beau describes himself as a free speech absolutist. His new album documents protests, book burnings, and cancel culture. It also uses humor to address the fact that some speech may be ridiculous even if it's protected.

Christopher John Trevor Midgley, who goes by Beau in his folk career, is the first musician I’ve ever met to be pleased by being compared a man shovelling horse faeces. In the opinion of the critic…

08/13/2026

We’ve got an awesome interview lined up for today!!! Tune in at 4pm to hear Steve Hackett and Steve Rothery talk about their upcoming album, “The Roaring Waves”. Hear a preview of it, too!

Hackett on The Roaring Waves:
“I suspect that most guitarists tend to make albums where people try to outplay each other and show their chops to an enormous degree. I’ll be very interested to see what the reaction is from fans. If you’re expecting something typically proggy, I don’t think this is it. It’s more cinematic, almost ambient at times”.

Waves has been in the making for the best part of eight years, though the initial idea of the pair making an album together was first mooted around three years before that, but their respective day jobs and touring itineraries kept them from working together for months at a time. Though recording sessions at the Racket Club, and their respective home studios yielded a rich seam of creativity.

“It was a bit old school our approach, like the idea of mates getting together in the garage and playing and hanging out.”

If you miss it, check out the recording at wusb.fm!

08/11/2026

America has seen economic uncertainty spun into populist anger. Hal Odell makes it into country gold on his deeply empathetic album that truly understands human nature.

“He holds the rich in the palm of his hand,” sings Hal Odell on the magnificent “Four Dollar Wheat.” Odell is singing from the perspective of a former farmer. Like most of Odell’s characters, he’s …

08/02/2026

Bella White has the skill to write wisely about feeling out of her depth in such a way that both perspectives bring depth and heartache out of the other. This is as good as songwriting gets.

On “Without Making A Sound,” the final track on Bella White’s so-far career best and 2026 best album A Sign In The Weather, White describes feeling that a relationship is over as like a change in t…

07/30/2026

Amy Hopwood created this album to make death a more approachable concept. The mysteriousness and sweetness are expected notes for an album like this, but the fun and serenity are special.

“We all have our seasons/So why should we grieve?”  asks Amy Hopwood on Gone To Flowers, a serene examination of aging, dying, and continuing to exist. Her album sometimes can feel a little me…

07/25/2026

Joshua Ray Walker overcame the odds and is touring his own funeral album. The sorrow is bitter and plain spoken, but it's his gratitude for the time he had that hits harder. It's all made him change his outlook on everything from mental illness to time spent on the road.

“I always knew it was coming, I just really didn’t see it coming at 33,” said Joshua Ray Walker of his cancer diagnosis. Seven of Walker’s eight grandparents had at the very least suffered fr…

07/06/2026

Happy 250th, America. If we're looking for a way forward, the spirit of the West as presented by an achingly nostalgic Andy Hedges seems like a good option.

Andy Hedges is careful to say that he’s not a cowboy, though to assume he is one is an understandable mistake. Hedges has an encyclopedic knowledge of ranching and cowboy culture and a love for eve…

07/02/2026

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