There’s a scene in Murray Lerner’s film (“Festival”), about the 1963 Newport Music Festival, where Peter, Paul and Mary are shown obliging a resounding call for an encore with the protest song, “If I Had A Hammer.” Peter and Paul face… (Read More)

There’s no point in trying to unearth an obvious “single” in Other Lives’ second album, Tamer Animals. Here’s a better idea instead: succumb. Let every last song wash over you like proper long players once did, from the swift strings and… (Read More)

“And now the only piece of advice that continues to help is anyone that’s making anything new only breaks something else” – “When My Time Comes” It was just about the last song Taylor Goldsmith wrote before Dawes hit the studio… (Read More)