Missed some great music in January? Check out the RGM Spotify playlist.
January was a busy month at RGM with loads of news, new albums and tours announced. If you've missed anything, or just have a hunger to check out some new music, why not take a listen to our first Spotify Playlist that showcases artists featured during the month.
2018 got off to a great start with the arrival of the first EP by Walker McGuire and continued with strong releases from Glen Hansard, Mary Gauthier, Althea Grace and the debut from Dane Joneshill. Amongst the newcomers featured in January were folk duo Percival Elliott who bought us 'Forever' which bodes well for an upcoming album and multi-national country/pop duo O&O released a new single. Elsewhere Norwegian Torgeir Waldemar won't release his new album in the UK until March but for those of you who prefer things with a little more rock edge 'Streets' should fit the bill. On the soundtrack front, 'American Folk' looks like a cool film and the soundtrack is folktastic. January concluded for RGM with a trip down to Islington Assembly Hall to catch Deer Tick play two sets, one quiet and one not so quiet which was pretty cool. February is just around the corner and who knows what'll turn up, all I do know is a new favourite song/artist is waiting to be discovered.
While it’s hardly unusual for a songwriter, or songwriters in this case, to revisit songs that were semi-forgotten or seemingly doomed to live forever in a dusty notebook or on some long-since obsolete hard drive (Chris and Glenn strike me as very much old school ruled notebook types). I’m sure you never know when or how inspiration will strike, and there’ll be the odd gem ripe for rediscovery. With ‘Trixies’, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook have taken this idea to its extreme, bringing a complete album - a concept album or rock opera, if you will - written while they were in their teens, back to life. The result is a record sure to please Squeeze fans old and new.