A monthly column from US-based “A-List” session musician, songwriter, producer and one time Rolling Stone magazine writer, Jon Tiven. Lifting the lid...
Archive - May 2018
Legendary singer and songwriter Rita Coolidge is back with a sparkling new record – at the age of 73. She wants it to inspire those who feel like...
As front-man of pop group Haircut 100, Nick Heyward was an integral part of the 1980s pop explosion. But that taste of household-name fame and the loss...
As part of their 40th anniversary celebrations, Britain’s world-famous reggae band UB40 will release their first new studio album in five...
Bowie fans are marking next year’s calendar already. Spiders From Mars drummer Woody Woodmansey and legendary Bowie producer Tony Visconti...
The uber-prestigious Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London is a very appropriate venue for soul music Royalty The O’Jays to choose for a...
Legendary singer and songwriter Graham Nash first came to fame as a founder member of The Hollies, before he become part of supergroup Crosby, Stills...
The Jamaican reggae and ska legend is back in the UK this summer to perform a select bunch of gigs and festivals. He exclusively tells editor Simon...
Yet another legendary British punk band re-release; a good old plunder of the archives to package up a collection of previously issued...
Punk re-releases are like buses! Not a sausage and then hey presto; a few come along all at once. Right now, I’ve a bumper post bag of box...
This is a belting 79-track, five-CD box set rounding up the early and most successful years of British punk legends the Angelic...
The 1960s probably spawned more distinctive and instantly recognisable British pop lead singers and soloists than any other decade. The voices...
Oohh, if you, like me, are a Pie fan; that’s Humble not Jonathan; then you are being properly spoiled right now. Not...
What can one write about this British band and their frigging amazing front man and singer Steve Marriott that has not been written or said about...
There is an age-old debate of who was the first band or artist to invent punk music as a genre. Everyone comes up with different names to each...
A three CD box Set of Samson material which features 1989’s previously unreleased “Look To The Future”, 1990’s “Refugee” and the 2006 final album...
I have a confession to make…I have exclusively heard the as yet unreleased new solo album from Stray singer...
In a previous life, I wore the hat of record producer, among other things. The quality of the end result and the...
Her sixth studio album release. 10 cuts. Produced by Dale Murray. This Canadian singer songwriter has delivered something...










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