Music :: Live Review 27 Oct 2008
Chris Buckle: “I took the train from Liverpool today,” drawls Seasick Steve, and the crowd inexplicably woop and cheer. It appears that, much like his music, the magic lies not in what he says, but how; the warm and funny anecdotes scattered elsewhere in...
Records :: Album Review 03 Oct 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: You all know the 'Seasick' Steve Wold story by now: boy is taught how to play guitar by Mississippi blues man KC Douglas; boy leaves home to escape abusive stepfather; boy finds refuge as a hobo, hopping freight trains to make his way round the country...
Music :: Preview 02 Oct 2008
Rachel Loxton: Dodging a beer cup thrown from the T in the Park crowd, Seasick Steve barked in his deep southern drawl: “Anyone throws any more shit at me and I’m gonna come down there and pound his ass… unless it’s whiskey.” A roar of...
Music :: Preview 08 Jul 2008
Jason Morton: When one stops to think about the UK summer music festival scene – the sheer number of events, the stages and attractions, the amount of talent trekking across the country to entertain the drunk and drugged up crowds – one could easily thin...
Music :: Preview 06 Jan 2008
Neal Parsons: Story-telling bluesman Seasick Steve returns to Glasgow looking to build on his increasingly burgeoning reputation. Having exploded into our collective consciousness with album Dog House Blues, an electrifying performance at Glastonbury and a killer UK...
Music :: Live Review 08 Sep 2007
Duncan Forgan: It's the middle of August but the endless sheets of apocalyptic rain are giving the capital an eerily biblical air. Inside the Liquid Room, the feeling that things are weirdly out of joint is enhanced by the entrance on stage of a gnarled figure, his f...
