Kenny Loggins is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His early songwriting compositions were recorded with...
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My late Step-Father was a trumpet player in big bands, jazz gigs and recording. A good one too. Really knew...
I love this man. As an artist, a songwriter, a killer singer and as a humble human being… In a previous life, I had...
One of four new releases from major league Italian solo artists to be issued in the UK in December 2017, on the Blue Wrasse...
This guy is a superstar in Europe and one of the biggest selling artists in Italy for decades. He has shifted in excess of...
Italian music CDs are like buses! None at all on the horizon and then no less than four come along at once! World music at...
World music. What does it mean? To some; they’d expect music played and/or sung by musicians and artists from the African...
He’s back with his annual delve into the Craig Charles trunk of funk – and plenty of soul, R&B and much more. 19 choice...
No wonder Chris Stapleton leads the country nominations for the 60th annual Grammy awards, with multiple nominations...
A 14-track sampler on one disc, of the best of the blues in the form of the 14 solo, duo and band acts that made it to the...
Stunning Latin jazz album, which raises the bar several feet, and is a welcome return for the acclaimed Cuban-Scandinavian...
Decisions, decisions. Do I start this review off with a particular line of praise I have in my head after hearing this album...
Debut album from British hard rockers Saints Of Sin, to capitalise on the impact of their first release, the self-released demo EP...
This is a first. All the band’s singles from the 1970s, 80s and 90s collected together on one 18-track album. Ohh, and a...
An early Christmas present for me and all other soul fans out there…this little gem dropping through my letter box this cold and...
I defy anyone to stick a fruit pastel sweet in their mouth, and not chew. To sit in front of the TV when the X Factor is on...
Peter Gabriel writes the foreword here. Genesis fans will love this. But it’s a pretty decent read as a rock and roll, anecdotal journal...
Now you are talking my language…..Steve Marriott is one of the greatest singers to come from these shores in my lifetime, and I admit...
I don’t usually “do” compilations. In my personal music collection or to review as a music journalist. I find many can be...
“The sound of tomorrow and yesterday: Talk-Show blend Velvet Underground, Kraftwerk and McCartney into new pop”. So the PR...
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...