Jimmy Regal & The Royals – First And Last Stop: Album Review
Jimmy Regal & The Royals stick to their roots while embroidering with an influence or several.
Louise Dodds & Elchin Shirinov –Two Hours After Midnight: Album Review
Louise Dodds and Elchin Shirinov have produced a wonderful collection of jazz influenced interpretations of traditional Scottish folk songs.
McHale’s Permanent Brew – Lessons From The Darkest Storms…: Album Review
McHale’s Permanent Brew channel classic influences on their second album.
John Jenkins – Tuebrook: Album Review
Wistful reveries and other stories from Liverpool singer-songwriter John Jenkins.
Roy Buchanan – When A Guitar Plays The Blues : Album Review
Alligator continue their passion for their reviving and reminding of the giants, Roy Buchanan with one of the longer cast shadows.
William the Conqueror – Excuse Me While I Vanish : Album Review
King William further bolsters his place on the battlefield, bringing folkier tropes back into his southern-rock drawl from Cornwall, via his convoluted history and geography.
Instant Funk – The Albums 1977-1983: Album Review
Instant Funk get the Cherry Red treatment with their seven albums of disco/funk goodness reappraised and reissued. Expect to be moving when you listen to this!
Phil Bancroft Quartet – Degrees of Freedom: Album Review
The Phil Bancroft Quartet have crafted a musical tour de force, that provides an intriguing palette of dazzling musicianship and composition.
Beatrix Players – Living & Alive: Album Review
The return of The Beatrix Players . Living & Alive is s delicacy to be savoured.
The Nadas – Come Along For The Ride: Album Review
We’ve had the appetizers; now here’s the main course. The Nadas new album, Come Along For The Ride is a sunny, summery, Americana triumph
The Fierce & The Dead – News From The Invisible World: Album Review
A thoroughly wild and wonderful set from the quirky crew at The Fierce & The Dead.
Karnataka – Requiem For A Dream: Album Review
Karnataka return with a stunner. Is Requiem From A Dream worth the wait? You bet!
Adam Masterson – Time Bomb : Album Review
Chameleonic magpie maverick keeps enough of himself on board to be both convincing and a contender.
Demi Marriner – The Things We Didn’t Say: Album Review
Black Deer’s Emerging Artist of the Year, 2023, shines in her full length debut, bridging old school Nashville with SoCal Americana. Fashioned in Wales and formed in the Black Country.
Mull Historical Society – In My Mind There’s A Room: Album Review
Giants of the literary world flock to collaborate on the first Mull Historical Society album for over five years
