Elton John, and his then manager and business partner John Reid, signed UK singer songwriter Judie Tzuke to their record label...
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Here we have the debut album from folk artist James Auger under the guise of ‘A Choir Of Ghosts’… Sweden...
Legendary US soul groove merchants Tower Of Power don’t really need introduction… Their long and storied...
Super triple-CD set delivering 39 tracks written, produced or performed by Donald Byrd – covering a period starting in...
Blackbird & Crow are singer Maighread Ní Ghrásta and Stephen Doohan, who plays guitars, bouzouki, mandolin, stomp box and more...
Bai Kamara Jr. isn’t an artist I had heard of before this album dropped through the door from German label M.I.G...
If your parents christen you Forster and your dream is to write songs and travel the world with a band to play guitar...
Some 51 years after leaving folk supergroup Fairport Convention, and half a century after securing the number one spot in...
* ALBUM OF THE MONTH * A growing number of US modern country and Americana fans love this young Nashville band, but they...
Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Becca Stevens drops her tremendously exciting fifth...
Robert Cray’s new album. This review could easily be a short one. Because three words sum up this 20th studio...
FIRST REVIEW ANYWHERE… Times may well be hard out there for pro’ musicians trying to earn a living from...
Folk star Seth Lakeman’s latest offering, the ambitious concept album “A Pilgrim’s Tale” is a pleasing musical...
You can buy warranties for cars and washing machines. But you get an automatic guarantee of quality when you see two words...
With the word Delta in the band’s name, you’d be forgiven for expecting this record to be a set of old blues songs from...
Canadian band Bywater Call are armed and dangerous. Their secret weapon is singer Meghan Parnell. She’s got some...
It’s rare that you will come across a young band with such a strong identity and sense of direction, so early on in their...
Crowd Company drop their third studio album, which features two of the horn players from Grammy-nominated US funk band...
Bernard Allison has a lot to live up to. His famous surname. Following in his legendary father’s blues shoes was...
The Jazz Defenders. “Scheming” So what have we got here then? A British jazz album that sounds like it...
I recall a certain famous radio and TV presenter who really knows his music, jumping down my throat during an interview...
In today’s sea of musical mediocrity, awash with those ravenous for fame for fame’s sake, now and again along comes...
To write music alone is a difficult task. A task often struggled with. But Tamara Schlesinger, otherwise known as...
* First review anywhere………. Being a singer-songwriter/solo artist can be a lonely job. There’s no...
Who is Rob Law you may ask? Well, a quick Google (other search engines are available!) will reveal that he is the...
A name new to me, about to drop an impressive eight-track collection of original material that certainly deserves...
ALBUM OF THE MONTH (August) One of the best soul voices you’ll ever hear. Otis? Stevie? Aretha? None of the above. I am...
Esoteric Recordings have been poking about in the vaults to unearth a previously unreleased live BBC concert and session...
This newly re-mastered four-CD set offers up the first four albums by Tangerine Dream, originally released on the Ohr label in...
Two seminal Trojan albums from the golden age of reggae, on one disc, delivering two dozen tracks from the final days of the...
We have for your delight….a brilliant blast of sizzling jazz tinged nu-soul from Norwegian eight-piece Fieh – pronounced Fee...
March is a very big month for UB40. Their 39-date UK tour sets off to celebrate their 40th anniversary and they drop...
We are really loving this at Music Republic Magazine…Rising Scottish outfit The LaFontaines and their cracking new single “All...
If you do not know who Sigrid is by now, maybe go back to the remote cave you’ve been living in this past two years or so. Since...
March 29th 2019 is a significant date. The day us Brits are supposed to be leaving the European Union and what some...
One of the best blue-eyed soul singers to emerge from the UK in my lifetime, and I’m knocking on a bit now! Paul...
Legendary record producer Mike Vernon was very excited. As we watched a band on stage and then later chatted...
Harmonica player Giles Robson just made history. He’s the first and only Brit’ or European to land a record deal with...
Three discs delivering 66-tracks from six albums, which is the first-ever retrospective of The Staple Singers years...
Want to see two words that adequately and concisely define classy and talented? Well here they are: Thelma. Houston. A...
This is a first-of-its-kind three-CD collection of Carrie’s six albums. As “The First Lady Of Solar (Sound Of Los...
Music triggers memories. Some good, some bad sometimes. We can often trace our lives by the soundtrack to it; and pin down...
A newly re-mastered and expanded double-CD edition of the 1973 debut album by British prog’ rockers Greenslade. This set includes a...
There are 78 pretty good reasons to shell out around a score for this four CD clamshell box set rounding up all of...
In the same year as the legendary Trojan record label is celebrating its 50th anniversary, Doctor Bird are...
. Two words to get me excited: Box. Set. Add a third “punk”, and you have my complete attention. In this case, a...
These multi-albums on one or two CDs re-issues on CD are coming out thick and fast; especially in the soul...
If you are a fan of period drama on TV and you catch the Sunday night prime time showing of Vanity Fair...
Kiwi artist and producer Blair Jolland is a new name to me. He’s London-based these days and earns a crust...
Live albums, compilations and tribute records with lots of stars turning out to pay homage to a hero or...