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ao'donnell has written the following articles:
My Morning Jacket, Fionn Regan at London Upstairs at the Garage, Mon 03 Feb
Fionn Reagan turns up on stage late but looking assured and confident. The set goes quickly; lots of bass in the guitar and the melancholic intricacy of the songs benefits from it. All of his recent 'Reservoir EP' is played, the strummiest parts blasted out under his undeniably catchy f»
Ron Sexsmith - Cobblestone Runway
The songs are in the man; or the man is in the songs?… Not the most profound trueism I’ve ever come up with, but hey, it’s Ron. New Ron. Maybe someone can explain something to me. This it seems, is the rub; New Ron has just come out of a fifteen-year marriage-split-up-break-up-cry scenario and he’s reco»
Fionn Regan - Reservoir EP
This Dublin-turned-Brighton troubadour brings us the first real recorded evidence of his talents since ‘Little Miss Drunk’. Think J.Mascis’ solo acoustic stuff crossed with the intricate pickings of Nick Drake (but everyone compares anything acoustic with Nick Drake these days, don’t they?)»
Ron Sexsmith at London Islington Academy, Thu 05 Dec
When did Ron release his first album? I think it sold O.K. Enough for Ron, anyway. A long while ago, it was all 'Elvis Costello's favourite songwriter' and Mojo articles, wasn't it? The Marquee. Not John Mayall or Led Zeppelin, or even Oasis. Islington. I hate it»