Madness, Money & Music – Sheena Easton: Review
Sheena Easton has her 1982 album, Madness, Money & Music, reissued and expanded via Cherry Red Records.
Rita Braga – Illegal Planet: Album Review
Quirky Rita is back – and she’s as challenging and entertaining as ever. Illegal Planet is an album that we’re going to want to hear again and again.
Merry Hell – Croston Old School House: Live Review
Merry Hell’s Winter tour hits the road after a stunningly successful summer. In the quaint village of Croston, they deliver a brilliant performance.
Nunnery Norheim – You Are Here: Album Review
“But what if I arrive”; is this journey or destination? Be beguiled by this play of songs, cast in a chamber folk light by the literate duo of Nunnery Norheim.
The Curator – Living Space: Album Review
An intriguing multi-media projection of a future that never came to be – from The Curator, aka Alistair Murphy
Spurv – Brefjære: Album Review
Spurv’s fourth full-length release – Brefjære – evolved from musical ideas that express the far northern landscape of Norway, recognising the strength needed to survive a harsh environment.
Penguins Go Pop – 20th Century Pop: Album Review
Reissue of a piece of lost treasure from Norwich’s quirky pop masters, Penguins Go Pop. 14 riveting and hilarious stories, guaranteed to cut through the deepest moods.
Paris Texas – Bird In Hand: Album Review
Sweet melodies, tight harmonies and lots of nifty picking – Antwerp Appalachians Paris Texas show what they can do.
Various Artists – Round and Round – Progressive Sounds of 1974: Album Review
Round and Round is a superlative box set collection of artists and bands who were making an impact in 1974, under the broad banner of progressive rock.
Nieve Ella – Lifetime of Wanting: EP Review
Nieve Ella makes a powerful comeback with her incredible second EP, ‘Lifetime of Wanting’.
She’s In The Trees on Bonnie Prince Billy: Why I Love
She’s In The Trees are a Liverpool based band dealing in haunting, ethereal music. Amy from the band joins us to write for our Why I Love column.
Ava Earl – Too Much: Album Review
After the preliminaries, here’s the main event. Alaskan singer-songwriter Ava Earl gets brutally honest – with herself, as well as with us.
The Eisenhowers – Nudge Unit Blues : Album Review
Glasgow post-punk polemicist, Raymond Weir, is angry…..The Eisenhowers release Nudge Unit Blues.
Aynsley Lister Band – Kendal Brewery And Arts: Live Review
On a hot night in Kendal, Aynsley Lister and his band rocked up with everyone in the right mood for top quality blues… and that’s exactly what we got.
Tennessee Waltz – Over Hulton Folk Club: Live Review
Jimmy Rae and Sarah-Lou Fletcher dispel the view that some have that country music is all about grim bad luck songs; this harmonious couple gripped the audience with much cheer.