Heaven 17 – O2 Institute, Birmingham: Live Review
Heaven 17 finally make it to Birmingham again after the now obligatory postponements. I think the phrase ‘better late than never’ is extremely apt.
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Starry Eyed & Laughing – Bells of Lightning: Album Review
70s janglemasters, Starry Eyed & Laughing, take flight a full forty six years, and counting, since their last Byrds infused outing. Has the wait been worth it?
Fraser Fifield – Piobaireachd/Pipe Music: Album Review
Jazz ambient bagpipe fusion from Fraser Fifield: approach with inquisitiveness and be somewhat surprised.
Alicia Stockman – These Four Walls: Album Review
Zesty debut from Utah folkie turned Nashville country rocker. Alicia Stockman releases These Four Walls.
Charm Of Finches – Wonderful Oblivion: Album Review
Close knit sibling harmonies from the antipodean sisters weave more ethereal magic on the third offering from Charm Of Finches
Ian M. Bailey – Songs To Dream Along To: Album Review
Sunshiny jangle pop awash with Rickenbacker melodies and harmonic charm from Ian M. Bailey.
Margo Cilker – Pohorylle: Album Review
Debut release from polished newcomer Margo Cilker; retro Americana hues in a new light, looking both backward and forward. A name to watch and remember.
Mà nran – Ùrar: Album Review
The ever evolving MÃ nran continue to deliver their solid wedges of rock infused trad. hues.
The Hello Darlins – Go By Feel: Album Review
The Hello Darlins deliver a classy and sophisticated wash of Canadian country-pop, with echoes of Alison Krauss guesting with Fleetwood Mac.
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Symphony Hall, Birmingham: Live Review
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis tour their joint recording, Carnage, invoking the spirits at a prayer meeting in all seven stations of Hell. Praise be!
Five Points Gang – Wanted: Album Review
Multinational retro-blues-rockers with a modernist twist present their scorching studio debut. Here’s Wanted by Five Points Gang.
Felice Brothers – From Dreams To Dust: Album Review
Country contrarians from the Catskills, the Felice Brothers, keep ’em coming, still like nothing or nobody else out there. Like that’s a good thing, and, unmistakably, it is.
The Bean Pickers Union – Greatest Picks: Album Review
Timeless, feelgood music from The Bean Pickers Union that embraces, with rapture, as many styles of American country infused rock as you can shake a leg at. And probably will.
Maverick Festival 2021, 3rd-5th September: Live Review
Our man in a sleeping bag corrals up in East Anglia, finding it all a bit better than OK. Seuras Og takes us to the 2021 iteration of the Maverick Festival.
Eric Bibb – Dear America: Album Review
Considered and insightful thoughts on the state of his nation, by the master of folk-blues, Eric Bibb, managing to counter the sometime bleakness of vision by embracing a number of styles.