“The sound of tomorrow and yesterday: Talk-Show blend Velvet Underground, Kraftwerk and McCartney into new pop”. So the PR...
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A fabulous seven-disc collection which offers a total of 75 tracks. Six of the CDs captures gigs in the UK, USA and Japan, and the...
This collection gathers three albums Graham Bonnet recorded across the 1990s; “Here Comes The Night” (1991), “Underground”...
I saw and photographed the legendary Mark E. Smith and his iconic band The Fall this past May, at a festival. He didn’t look too...
This veteran British rock band don’t get the acclaim and credit that maybe they have earned and deserve over a 50 year period. Esoteric...
While listening to this lovely second album from Dublin band Kingdom Of Crows, it struck me that there’s plenty of stuff here for...
One of the coolest and classiest albums to hit my desk this year. Really infectious. In fact, cooler than the temp’ inside my...
French rock band Electric Ducks drop their new studio album, recorded and mixed by Mike Fraser – who has worked with the...
The latest chapter in the musical evolution of guitarist and vocalist Mato Nanji is an excellent example of the US blues...
For a bloke who sings most of his repertoire in his native Italian language, and the majority of his fans around the world...
Three disc box set. As the iconic rock band Deep Purple embark on their final live dates around the globe on the “Long Goodbye...
New York rock-blues outfit Jane Lee Hooker are back with their second album, “Spiritus”, which is not a great choice for background...
Yesterday, an old friend of mine said on the telephone that “jazz is dead”. Not any old person, but a guy who knows more about jazz...
There’s a mesmerising and immensely calming quality to the material found on this joyous trip to Senegal and Belgium, and this...
Nicely done chaps. Nicely done…The very impressive debut album from four very talented musicians who collectively call themselves...
This is a real belter of a three disc set; delivering a total of 51 tracks by this fabulously over the top US band who for me...
Jools Holland’s favourite female singer. Hailed a national treasure in the UK, the Jamiacan-born artist spent her formative years...
Class. Pure class. That just about sums up soul artist Phyllis Hyman. Here we have a much welcomed anthology, a two disc homage to...
The title as it is written on the CD cover is a tad misleading. It says III after the band’s name, and then “Moment Gone In The Clouds”...
Music reviewers often use the words “honest” and “real” and “passionate” when describing a performance on recorded work or on stage...
A pretty credible line-up of special guests on this album. Walter Trout, Debbie Davies, Mike Zito, Mike Finnigan and Dennis...
This is a colossus of a line-up; Robben Ford, Jimmiy Haslip and Vinnie Colaiuta on their first album together under the Jing Chi...
Don’t know this band. T-Bear aka Torbjorn Solberg is from Sweden, but the band are better known in Norway where they play...
If I said Ted Horowitz has a great new record out in the blues / blues-rock genre, it may well attract blank stares and little else. But...
Their sixth album. The first in four years. This skillful Canadian outfit delivers an all originals album that is the sound of musical...
An extremely accomplished debut album from hard rockers Kiss The Gun – a very promising and powerful new British, female-fronted...
Belgian blues-rock singer and guitarist Joost de Lange delivers a blistering power trio format live album of a dozen cuts – a mix...
We all like before and after contrasts, don’t we? Such as home renovations, vintage car restoration or even major weight loss…...
My favourite harmonica players? Funny you should ask…Stevie Wonder, Magic Dick of the J Geils Band, Mark Feltham of Nine Below Zero, Giles...
Canadian singer-songwriter Jasper Sloan Yip drops a third album, seven years after his debut which was released on his 23rd...
The main photo on the Home page of the website of this five-piece band based in Hamburg, is taken in front of a bunch of open umbrellas...
On my very first trip to Nashville in 2004, I went into the fabulous but sadly now closed Tower Records store, and filled two...
Former front man of mega US band Hootie and the Blowfish and now a big country star, Darius Rucker is back with a brand new album, “When...
A new name on the blues-rock scene; Ghalia Vauthier. Belgian singer-songwriter fronting a band from Louisiana on some raunchy...
What a lovely pianist. One would need to be very careful how to say that out loud! Richard Bennett is a Canadian, moving to New York in...
One of my favourite albums of 2017. Yes indeed. Quite something. One of those song collections where it is impossible to second...
Exclusive – First Review Anywhere If Steve Jordan, superstar drummer and mega producer, and Will Lee, superstar bassist and mega...
What have we here? A ballsy, in your face rock album with a bluesy core, that packs a bumper punch from the off. A superb singer, great...
FIRST REVIEW ANYWHERE There’s a bit of a story behind how I first discovered this guy. It involves a backstage VIP toilet and the awning...
Had the pleasure of this guy’s company in Nashville a couple of times. Nice guy, great voice, skilful guitarist and a superb song...
This legendary British band are partly responsible for the fact I have spent almost 40 years in the music business in some capacity...
Ballsy, no holds-barred blues – killer guitar licks and growling vocals from this exciting US artist. His ninth solo album...
Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart: The Usual Suspects (3MS Music) 6th October 2017 – Vinyl LP
This album came out on CD previously, launched at Glastonbury Festival when the band appeared there. Here’s a new limited...
Graham Bonnet is a singer for all seasons. From his days with The Marbles, two hits with Bee Gees’ songs (“One Woman” and...
This is a fun read. 208 pages, updated from a previous edition, this book traces the 230 nights of touring across six continents with...
Live recordings are hit and miss. Often they are patchy, an uneven listen and unless there are big bucks in the budget, more often...
Miss the summer? Yeah, in the UK, blink and we missed it! No, I mean; do you yearn for the warmer and longer days, now the chill winds...
Let’s begin by a little bit of under-statement, shall we? Taken from Daisy’s own website, which says the new album, her third, is: “An...
If your face doesn’t break out in a great, big fat smile during first ear-hole of this album, I’d check your pulse to make sure you are...
Lovely blend of voices and some very fine and uber-classy singer-songwriter material, on an album that shines very brightly indeed...