Beautiful, sublime and coming from deep within British newcomer Rag ‘n’ Bone Man’s soul; each of the 19 tracks on his stonking...
Category - Reviews Zone
Music Republic Magazine is always thrilled to bits to receive CDs/DVDs/BOOKS to consider for review coverage. Please request a postal address to send physical CDs/DVDs.BOOKS to us. Preferably well in advance of official release. We need full press information too with your submission and it is important to give us the UK release date, record label/film company/book publisher’s name and the contact information for the person handling the press and media for the release.
We cannot return anything we are sent, and we cannot guarantee coverage. For unsigned artists and bands; we are delighted to hear your self-released work. But it must be music that will be released to the public, so not demos or general stuff on your website and social media.
We prefer physical discs unless we have agreed to listen to your music on-line. Oh, and as for genres, we cover almost anything if it is really, really, really good. If we really dig it, we may well then grab you for a chat and a few piccies for our Features Zone or turn up at a gig to see what all the noise is about. So go on then, what are you waiting for?
A quartet of talented young musicians who met at University in Newcastle on the folk degree course six years ago, have committed their musical...
Here’s an obscure one that will appeal to collectors and fans of the 1960s British pop music scene. A group that many will not have come...
Dan Clews releases his third solo album, “While Middle England Mows Its Lawn” on 31st March 2017. Dan signed to Sir George...
* FIRST UK REVIEW * One of the very best soul releases this year thus far, and for a long time, in fact. Bound to appear...
Hands up who has danced around their white handbag to the timeless 1990 Deee-Lite gem, “Groove Is In The Heart”? A smash hit around...
Double-CD extended editions of two best-selling ‘80s albums by popular US R&B band Starpoint – with nine bonus tracks. Starpoint began as a Maryland...
Whenever I read the description “Supergroup” on a project, I expect an over-hyped and mediocre affair, usually with has-been once big-name...
Long forgotten by many, this British soft rock meets country meets folk band from the 1970s were taken under the wing of...
Fans of the likes of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden will flock to this one, which offers a total of 47 cuts. Formed in 1982, Tokyo Blade dropped their self...
This man was my absolute hero back in the 1970s. I adored his guitar playing, his vocals, his song writing and his brilliant band Be Bop Deluxe...
The third and final album by this Welsh prog’ rock band, who hailed from Newport, formed in 1967 but moved to London a year later when they signed...
Newly re-mastered and expanded edition of “Rebirth”, the classic 1970 album by Welsh Progressive rock group Blonde On Blonde. Featuring a line-up of...
A pretty rare and hard to get hold of album for collectors; Austrian multi-instrumentalist and composer Gandalf, aka Heinz Strobl’s ambient...
A real gem…“I Kinda Miss You – The Anthology: Columbia Records,1973-87,” is a two disc first-of-its-kind set by the legendary Manhattans that...
Long admired by fans of Afro Funk, Matata were contemporaries of Osibisa, Cymande, Assagai and other black groups from the early 1970s...
Big Break Records presents the debut CD release of jazz-fusion funkateers Chameleon, re-mastered and re-packaged with the 12” disco...
Two cracking albums on one CD. “Night Cruiser” was originally released in 1980. The lead-off title track ‘Night Cruiser’ begins with syncopated...
One of my favourite interviews of a four decade career in journalism, was the time I spoke to bass legend Larry Graham. What a nice guy. What a player. A...
A fabulous collection here. Great band. Great singer. Superb song writing. Two discs, 40 tracks in total, including nine previously unreleased...
With Quo fans still mourning the death of Rick Parfitt, here’s a new release that Rick appears on; albeit as a backing vocalist with his partner in crime...
Record collectors who sold a kidney to get their sweaty hands on sought-after albums, singles and EPs from this Leeds post-punk explosion since the...
Atomhenge, the label home for the Hawkwind catalogue between 1975 and 1997, releases a triple CD set of all three of Hawkwind’s albums originally...
Are you ready to rock? You need to be if you are gonna spin this pure gem of a five-disc box set. Those who know Rick Derringer’s work as a guitarist will need...
It kicks off melodically and grabs the attention from the off with the commercial cut “Life Forms.” Then the lead vocal slaps you round the chops, with a...
The debut album from Manchester-based duo Alive In Theory – Kirsty Mac and Paul Ayre – has been a long time coming. The pair met a decade ago when...
The latest album by this story-telling blues and soul songstress is a sweet combination between the old and new. “People We Become” being Jo Harman’s...
Back in 2013/14, I reviewed a Birmingham-based artist’s latest album, and followed-up with a telephone interview with him for a major music...
Now this is a real blues man with a real blues voice on a real blues album! If cool, roots blues is your thang and the likes of Keb Mo, Taj Mahal and...
This five-track EP has grabbed the attention of a heck of a lot of radio DJs and producers who are showing it big love with lots of spins on blues and rock...
A 15-year hiatus has clearly re-charged the batteries of UK rock and blues outfit The Outsiders UK. Their new album “Everything’s Gone Vintage” is a...
We need more songwriters like Chris Wood. His self-produced album “So Much To Defend” wraps up modern day issues and everyday activities into well honed tales...
Mike Grogan’s third album is a another step up the ladder in strength and quality. The opener, “Show Them What Love Can Do,” is like the rest of this album; a...
The duo Dipper Malkin is John Dipper and Dave Malkin. John well known for his contribution to The English Acoustic Collective and the string quartet Methera...
Two tracks into “El Dorado” and I am hooked on the great sunshine feeling that emanates from this album – from the Spanish guitar on the...
An album recorded in Texas and marking ten years as a recording artist, “Codeine Dreams” opens proceedings with Sean’s piano skills and some mellow sax...
Alistair Anderson, a leading light in the music of Northumberland, launches a brand new band with the release of their superb debut album. Alistair Anderson...
You have probably never heard of this 21-year-old guitar player, singer and songwriter from deepest Peterborough way. Chris King Robinson. But you will………… If...
Discovered by Buddy Guy when he was eight-years-old, now 17, young Quinn has also shared the stage with Eric Clapton, Los Lobos, The Roots, Derek Trucks &...
His first album in a decade, you can tell that for Ronnie Baker Brooks, son of renowned Chicago Bluesman Lonnie Brooks, it is a labour of love. A love of the...
We have Mayall. The undisputed Godfather of British blues releases a brand new studo album, at 83-years-old but with the energy of a guy 30 years younger, and...
Quite apt that this album from this singer is on a label called Jalapeno. It’s hot stuff. Or rather this singer’s voice is. One of the best vocal performances...
If you are Jools fan, if you love the sound of the piano and you also fancy a couple of tracks of his trademark big band sound, then this is the stocking...
Philly Sound group People’s Choice, despite high acclaim within Soul, R&B, Funk and Disco circles are among the most underrated of the soul groups that...
Wow. We get a stonking 44 tracks on this double CD gem celebrating 50 years of this great R&B and soul group. The set includes all of the group’s chart hit...
Karyn White became one of the most successful international artists in R&B with this, her debut album, in 1988. A chart topper in the US R&B chart and...
A first-ever compilation of all of the recordings by Vivian Reed, cut between 1968-1971 for Epic Records. Included is Vivian’s sole self-titled Epic LP, along...
The first ever 2CD complete career retrospective of soul diva Deniece Williams, which includes all of her chart hit singles from 1976-1989. Newly re-mastered...
DVD / Blu-ray, Eagle Rock Entertainment, 2016. Running time: Approx 128 minutes. “Gregory Porter Live In Berlin”, features sixteen songs from his stellar...
