The Levellers – Zeitgeist: Album Review
The Levellers give a 30 year anniversary, bells & whistles clout to Zeitgeist.
Mike Ainscoe
Mike has been photographing and writing about bands going back many years. A former writer and Reviews Editor on Louder Than War as well as several online music blogs, he also contributes to Fireworks and to Powerplay Rock & Metal magazines.
Saxon – The O2 Apollo, Manchester: Live Review
Saxon fly the flag for the NWOBHM at Manchester’s Os Apollo, celebrating their iconic Wheels Of Steel album.
Lunatic Soul – The World Under Unsun: Album review
Mariusz Duda’s Lunatic Soul reaches its eighth and final installment. The result is a piece of work on an epic scale with some stunning highs.
Leprous – An Evening Of Atonement: Album Review
Leprous capture their in concert magic with an expansive live album
Stuart Anthony & Larry Beckett – I Love You: New Single
The next single is out from the Larry Beckett / Stuart Anthony & Friends collaboration on the songs of Jacques Brel.
Fairport Convention – The Tung Auditorium, Liverpool: Live Review
We’re at The excellent Tung Auditorium in Liverpool for the final date of the Fairport Convention tour. And Peggy’s birthday.
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage – The Strangers’ Share: Album Review
Calling on the lightning spell, Sanders & Savage back to their signature pin-drop intimacy and exquisite songcraft.
Fairport Convention, Autumn Tour – The Met, Bury: Live!
We’re at the regular hunting ground of The Met for our first encounter with the Fairport Convention Autumn tour.
Damien O’Kane & Ron Block Band – Band On The Wall, Manchester: Live!
Banjos get real. An evening of banjoviality with the Damien O’Kane & Ron Block band at Manchester’s Band On The Wall.
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage – Stoller Hall, Manchester: Live!
Subliminal offerings from the peerless duo of Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage in the Stoller Hall.
Angel Snow – The Kings Arms, Salford: Live!
The Kings Arms in Salford plays host to a date on the Angel Snow ‘Midnight Sun’ UK tour.
The Magpie Arc – The Mantle: New Single
The Mantle – New single from the ‘new’ Magpie Arc – plus a couple of fabulous friends…
Raphael Weinroth-Browne – Lifeblood: Album Review
Raphael Weinroth-Browne takes his cello – and plays. Be prepped for something special.
Larry Beckett & Stuart Anthony – Song Of The Old Lovers: New Single
First single from the Songs Of Jacques Brel album from Larry Beckett and Stuart Anthony.
Damien O’Kane & Ron Block – Banjovial: Album Review
The banjo boys – O’Kane & Block – return for another bout of banjo trickery and tomfoolery.