The straight-talking monthly column on all things country, Americana, roots and acoustic… The past few years has seen the emergence of several UK...
Archive - July 2017
What can one say or write about Miles Davis that has not already been covered a zillion times before? Best to let his musical legacy speak for...
A character in the recent smash hit movie “La La Land” – musically and fashion-wise – was influenced by real life jazz legend...
Ahh, good old Clive Powell, aka Georgie Fame. he has also been known as Georgie Fortune in his time, too. The man’s music career has...
Ohhhh, now this is talking my language. Tom Browne is a superb artist and his classic track “Funkin’ For Jamaica” was a cut I played to...
Five discs, a bumper 65 tracks. Unavailable for many years on CD, the two albums from 1981 have now finally been treated to a...
Does this band get the credit and full recognition that their pioneering music deserves? Answers on a post card to……………In the meantime...
A much anticipated release for rock fans and especially for admirers of the NWOBHM bands. Samson formed in the 1970, and stormed on to the mid...
One of my all time favourite guitarists. Back in the 1970s, I wore out the vinyl LPs by the New York-based session player supergroup Stuff. Eric...
Glenn Hughes aka “The Voice Of Rock”, is a man who really doesn’t need any introduction. His work as front man with Deep Purple was enough...
This man really does deserve the label “legend”. Still going strong at the age of 64, still in very fine voice indeed. Solo and as part...
If it is big band music at its finest you are after, then look no further than the fifth album release from the exciting US 18-piece, The...
A beautiful voice on a beautiful six song EP of originals from this talented Swedish singer songwriter. The title referring to her choice...
The fourth studio album from UK singer songwriter Russell Joslin delivers 14 impressive self-penned songs which examine heart, unrest and...
There’s been quite a few decent albums come out of Australia in recent times. Especially in the roots and acoustic genres. This one is toward the...
A fabulous way of celebrating your 20th studio album release, putting out a record that it would not be unfair to describe as, “career defining”...
This Baltimore outfit make a wonderful noise. They say it is “alt. country”, but that’s not the full story by any means. The alt. bit may well be...
Exciting “new” UK soul man Decosta Boyce is sat at his Hertfordshire home on a warm and sunny Tuesday lunchtime, talking on the mobile about his...
Fresh off the back of two sold out and triumphant performances at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall, Tony Bennett brings his 90th birthday...
Stax soul legend William Bell – one of the last surviving soul pioneers – has an exclusive UK show with the 12-piece Stax Academy Revue in July. ...
The straight-talking monthly column on all things country, Americana, roots and acoustic… When I first became seriously interested in music as a spotty...
Manchester band Cabbage describe themselves as an “idiosyncratic, satirical attack in the form of discordant neo post-punk”. Verging on pretentious...










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