grant lee phillips

The soft and gentle musical arrangements of Grant-Lee Phillips’ ‘All That You Can Dream’ may catch you off guard as these are arguably some of the most potent songs he’s written. Lyrically this is very much the iron fist in the velvet glove.

Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff, finds veteran singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips addressing the strange fragility of life.

Watch King of Catastrophes, the new video from Grant-Lee Phillips – “a bundle of anxieties, disguised as a lullaby. I tried to squeeze in every cataclysm I could think of in three minutes, all the ones that rhymed at least”

Widdershins is a potent work in response to a moment in time, when, whether it’s clockwise or anti, there seems to be, as Dylan put it, no direction home that is a road rather than a minefield.

Grant-Lee Phillips releases his ninth solo album, Widdershins, next month on Yep Roc Records. Watch his new video “Walk In Circles” and don’t miss his April UK Tour Dates.

The Narrows is Grant-Lee Phillips first recording in Music City which makes previous offerings sound like warm-ups…One of the best albums of his career.

California-born and now Nashville-based acclaimed singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips will release his new album The Narrows in March, followed by a UK and European tour, listen to the UK premiere of Cry Cry here.

Celebrating the band’s 30th anniversary, for their 28th album Howe Gelb has put together a sort of retrospective, revisiting not old songs, but rather the styles the band has embraced over the years. Its tripartite musical nature makes it an eclectic listen, a reminder of what a diverse, influential and inspired Howe Gelb really is.

Unconventional and conventional was the order of the night with Howe Gelb and Grant Lee Phillips at The Portland Arms. Paul shares the experience with some great photos from Di Holmes.