A Free Man

A Free Man is going to be off the grid for a while during our relocation Down Under. Check out my Australian playlist here and look for more music as soon as we work out those inverted Antipodean interwebs.

Since my son was born I’ve been introducing him slowly to the greats - we’re currently doing The Clash. The other day, however, he returned the favor. We were playing and listening to the podcast of NPR’s All Songs Considered. Something that I would have missed entirely caught the boy’s attention and enchanted him completely. […]

When I was a younger man I lived in Athens, Georgia and worked behind the counter of a popular coffee house. It was a wonderful job because built into it was the opportunity to meet and chat with the illuminati of the Classic City. One of them, the lead singer of a rock band who […]

“Well, he came without warning
like 10,000 men swarming.
Right out of the sky, like a torch
in the night.
The rocks were screaming, and
the sand it was breathing.
I’ve been here before,
When I was killed in a war.”
-The Black Angels - “The Return (a warning to prepare)”
Austin’s The Black Angels sophomore LP stomped its’ way on to the interwebs […]

Ok, I owe the musicians of Florida an apology of sorts. A few days in the anodyne sunshine after a long British winter has rendered me languid and lacking in the drive required for writing. So, I can understand why their may be fewer great bands coming out of the Florida sundaze. I also have […]

A Free Man is away. Next stop - Florida.
MP3: Eric Clapton - “Mainline Florida”
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Eric Clapton’s “461 Ocean Blvd.” is available from or Amazon.

A Free Man is stopping back in th UK for a couple of hours before heading on to the sun, sand and sea. Seemed a good time to fit in a quick chat with an exciting British band. Frightened Rabbit are a quartet anchored by brothers Scott & Grant Hutchinson. They hail from north of […]

A Free Man’s trip to Sweden is coming to an end and I’ve saved the best for last. Malmö’s Moonbabies are easily one of the best bands that I’ve come across during my time here. Their American label, Parasol Records, tells me: “Here they are, the Moonbabies – your new favorite band.” I don’t […]

We head back to the capital today for something a little bit different. In our tour of Sweden we’ve chatted with representatives from the Swedish Electronica and New-New Wave scenes. Today Rickard and Joel of the wonderfully named Robert Church and the Holy Community introduce us to some of the great Lo-Fi music coming out […]

A Free Man is still wandering the wilds of southwestern Sweden, but before I left Blighty I lined up a chat with East London road warriors Blah Blah Blah. Their new EP “Death To The Indie Dancefloor”, which the Guardian called “Arctic Monkeys performed by Madness circa “Baggy Trousers, is out today. I’ve been impressed […]