Jody And The Jerms – Love Descends: Album Review
The joyful spirit of 1980s jangly guitar pop is alive, well and – definitely – kicking, as Oxford power-pop combo Jody And The Jerms demonstrate with their fourth album, Love Descends.
John Barlass
John has been a music obsessive since he first heard 'Love Me Do' seeping out of the family radio in 1962. he spent a career in the rail industry before turning back to his first love of music. He plays bass guitar and melodeon, loves folk/rock and lives in Warwick.
Jeen – For The Romance: EP Review
Existential crises and bouts of free-fall all play their part in making For the Romance – the eighth release from alt-indie songwriter Jeen – a rewarding experience.
Aquakultre – What Are You Sayin’: Single Review
Lead single, What Are You Sayin’ provides a taster of what’s to come. on the forthcoming album singer/rapper/composer Aquakultre.
Katy Guillen & The Drive – Make That Sound: Album Review
Make The Sound, the eagerly-awaited sophomore album from Kansas City indie-roots-rock duo Katy Guillen & The Drive is with us at last.
Connor Sobieri – Love Song: Single Review
Greenwich CT composer, saxophonist and bandleader, Connor Sobieri takes his listeners on a dreamlike float through wispy clouds with his debut single, Love Song.
Logan Richard – Kissing My Love: Single Review
Live-in-the-studio cover of a Bill Withers classic from Prince Edward Island singer-songwriter Logan Richard.
Fairport Convention, Autumn Tour – Medina Theatre, Newport, Isle of Wight: Live!
And the bus just keeps rolling along – this time with the aid of the Portsmouth-Fishbourne car ferry. It’s Saturday 25th October and Fairport are paying their first visit to the Isle of Wight in nine years. At The Barrier was there to help welcome the Folk/Rock World Champions back to Vectis.
Waylon Jennings – Songbird: Album Review
Shooter Jennings, son of Waylon, unearths a treasure trove of his father’s unreleased songs, polishes and presents them. Result: the first ‘new’ Waylon Jennings album in many a year. And it’s a scorcher!
August Gilde – The First Of August: Album Review
Yorkshire-based singer-songwriter August Gilde returns with another set of his signature warm, unguarded songs on an album to savour and reflect upon.
Beauty Sleep – The Whole Damn Cake: Album Review
Belfast dream-pop duo Beauty Sleep are in a defiant mood as they express their commitment to Radical Happiness on their second album.
Mishra & Deepa Shakthi – Turn O Spinning Wheel: Album Review
Mishra take the concept of cross-cultural music to a new level when joined by international fusion vocalist Deepa Shakthi.
Novelty Island – Jigsaw Causeway: Album Review
“Stitched together like the fragments of a dream.” Liverpool songwriter Tom O’Connell -aka Novelty Island – presents a painstakingly-assembled collage of sounds.
Dollpile – Stoplights: Single Review
Second single to preview the forthcoming album, Someone Else’s Heaven. Stoplights is another alluring chunk of Fuzz Folk from Denver. Colorado outfit. Dollpile.
George Mann & Mick Coates – Ghosts Of The Old West: Album Review
The talents of Ithica, NY polemicist George Mann and Aussie folky Mick Coates fit together very well as Ghosts Of The Old West demonstrates.
Katherine Priddy – Matches: Single Review
First foretaste of These Frightening Machines, the forthcoming third album from wavemaker Katherine Priddy.