6 September:   Jeff is scheduled to be in the band backing Kate Campbell at the concert for the release of her new album 'Twang On A Wire' on Wednesday November 12 at the Ford Theater, which is located in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.   The rest of the band will be: Kevin Gordon, Will Kimbrough, Pat Buchanan, Dave Jacques, Tricia Walker and Sylvia Hutton.   Tickets go on sale Monday, October 13th. Call 615-416-2096 or 800-852-6437.   More information can be found on Kate Campbell's website.

Twang On A Wire features Kate singing with Jeff on the track 'Would You Lay With Me In A Field Of Stone', Will Kimbrough on 'Boulder To Birmingham', and Kevin Gordon on 'Mississippi Woman, Louisiana Man'.   It is an enhanced CD and includes an exclusive movie about the making and recording of the album. It contains interviews with Kate and live studio performance footage.

1 September:  It's still possible to listen to Jeff's May 2003 interview, broadcast on McLean's Country, on BBC Northern Ireland's Radio Foyle.  There's a link on that page to their Replay feature.

8 June: Uncut magazine's July 2003 issue cover CD includes Jeff's Sugar Blue.   The CD is billed as "17 classic tracks by the best of today's singer-songwriters". 

The text inside the magazine reads: 

"Jeff Finlin 
Sugar Blue 
Taken from the Gravity album Somewhere South of Wonder

"Recently seen supporting Steve Earle on his British tour, Nashville-based Jeff Finlin is something of a late developer.  He's been around in various bands and playing solo for two decades, but last year's Somewhere South of Wonder, his third album, found him really hitting his stride.  Of course, his voice and songwriting owe a debt to Dylan.   But then again, whose doesn't?   The lovely "Sugar Blue" is typical of his tales of everyman with its hobo evocation and haunting air of regret." 

6 June: BBC Radio Scotland broadcast Jeff's set from Glasgow's Barrowland on the Brand New Opry Show on Friday June 6. The show is archived for seven days and can be listened to by clicking here until the evening of Friday June 13, when it will be superseded by the next week's show.   Jeff's set starts 59 minutes into the show, and lasts 31 minutes.  Use the "Skip 5 Mins" button, which enables you to go straight there.

Jeff's setlist:  Love and Happiness, I Am The King, Delta Down, Sugar Blue, Alchemy, Where Do We Go and Good Time.

The interview with Jeff and Will Kimbrough wasn't broadcast on the show for some reason, although it was still mentioned on the Brand New Opry webpage as the show went to air.

1 June: BBC Northern Ireland's Radio Foyle have included Jeff's recent interview on their Replay feature.   You can access this by going to the McLean's Country web page.   A transcript of the interview is now available on Jeff's Press pages.

10 May: McLean's Country, on BBC Northern Ireland's Radio Foyle, broadcast a 30-min interview and live session Jeff recorded whilst he was in Ireland recently.   Jeff played acoustic versions of Sugar Blue and Where Do We Go From Here and two tracks from Somewhere South of Wonder were played - I Am The King and Miracle Along The Way.   The show is available online until the evening of Saturday 17 May and can be listened to by clicking here.   Jeff's interview starts 1hr 27 minutes into the show.
6 May:  Jeff was accompanied by Greg Trooper at his performances at Rose's Bar, Lismore, and at The Widows in Killkenny at the Carlsberg Kilkenny Rhythm 'n' Roots Festival.    Jeff appeared on Greg's 1996 album Noises in the Hallway.

25 April: A new interview with Jeff is online - it was conducted in Galway whilst Jeff was on the Steve Earle tour in March 2003.  Visit the Americana UK  website to read the interview.
11 April:  News from BBC Radio Scotland that Jeff's set from Glasgow's Barrowland will be broadcast on the Brand New Opry Show on Friday June 6, and there will also be an interview with Jeff and Will Kimbrough included in the programme.
11 April: Visit the Press page for a review of the show at the Black Box, Galway.
9 April: Photographs from the show at Sheffield City Hall on Sunday 6 April 2003 are now  on the Photograph page on this site.   More to follow.
6 April:  Jeff's set at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, on Friday April 4 has been recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland's Brand New Opry Show at a future date.   Check the Brand New Opry webpage for the broadcast date.  The show is on Friday evenings, repeated Sundays.   More later.
2 April:  Confirmation of Jeff's appearance on BBC Radio Scotland's Tom Morton Show on Friday 4 April 2003.  Jeff has recorded an interview and two songs - Sugar Blue and Where Do We Go - for the show, and this will be broadcast on Friday.    The show runs from 14:05 to 16:00 and can be listened to online by using the link on Tom Morton's page.   The archive of Friday's show with Jeff will be available online for SEVEN days afterwards here. 

The playlist is usually available from 14:00 each day, and can be used in conjunction with the "Skip 5 Mins" button on the Radio Player if you don't have time to listen to the whole show.   Although I would recommend that you listen to the whole of Tom's excellent show!

29 March   There's a possibility that Jeff may be recording a live set for BBC Radio Scotland whilst he's in Scotland next week.   Stay tuned for any developments.
28 March:  Jeff is being very well received by very supportive audiences on the Steve Earle tour.  There are still a few tickets available for some shows, check the Tour Dates page for a show near you.    If you've been to a show already, why not tell us about it on our Message Board.
27 March:  A remix of "Sugar Blue" is being released as a single in the UK on Monday April 7 2003.
14 March:  An extra date has been added to the Steve Earle tour - Wednesday April 2, Shepherd's Bush Empire, London.
13 March:  Message from Jeff:
Just wanted to say I'm ready for spring, how 'bout you?    The daffodils are poking their heads up only to get slapped into submission every time the cold wind blows.      I'll be heading over to England, Scotland and Ireland to open for Steve Earle in a couple of weeks, and hope to see many of you out - come and say hello please!

Just finished a three-week jaunt through Ireland and Holland - ate lots of cheese and am still trying to work off all that Irish fry (granola please) - and I hope to hit everywhere in the fall again.

It's been a great year already and I look forward to doing a lot of playing until I start another record next year - and oh, by the way, I'll be playing the Kilkenny Festival in Ireland on May 3rd as well.

See you soon... Jeff 

12 March:  More dates in Ireland have been announced.   Also, Jeff's appearance at the Carlsberg Kilkenny Rhythm 'n' Roots Weekend is scheduled for Saturday 3 May.  Jeff also has a show in Lismore the same evening.    See Tour Dates page for further details. 
11 March: Billboard magazine's annual Staff Top 10 Lists for 2002 include a list compiled by Tom Ferguson, their International Editor.   Tom has placed Jeff's Somewhere South of Wonder at 9th place.     Billboard's website has the details.
10 March: Maverick magazine recently conducted a survey to find their Readers' Album Choice for 2002.   Jeff's Somewhere South of Wonder was at second place.   The full list is on Maverick's website. 
7 March:  The BBC Radio 2website now carries biographical information on Jeff.   Use this direct link to Jeff's page.  Otherwise visit the main site and use the 'Radio 2 Music' link on the left, then the search box. 

21 February:  Confirmation of Jeff's appearance at the Carlsberg Kilkenny Rhythm 'n' Roots Weekend in Ireland 2-5 May 2003.  Other artists playing at this event include Greg Trooper, Josh Rouse, Hem, Laura Cantrell and Buddy Miller.   See Tour Dates page for details.
1 February:  The Saturday 1 February 2003 issue of The Times (magazine section) includes an article on Nashville, headed "Another Country", detailing how "new cool clubs, happening bars and a hip breed of talented young musicians are consigning the city's redneck past to history".   Included in this article are contributions from Jeff Finlin and WIll Kimbrough.  See Press page for the article.

23 January:  The details of Jeff's tour of the Netherlands in February have been announced.  See Tour Dates page.
22 January:  Jeff will be accompanied by Will Kimbrough on guitar on the Steve Earle tour in March.
21 January:  Jeff will be supporting Steve Earle and The Dukes on their UK Tour in March 2003.   Siobhan Maher-Kennedy, who is also on the Gravity label, will be in Steve Earle's band. The Tour Dates page has the details.
20 January:  The dates for Jeff's solo tour of Ireland are now on the Tour Dates page.
2 January:  Somewhere South of Wonder is now available from our Online Store.