Empress – Wait ‘Til Night: Album Review
Empress blur the lines of many musical genres. Their music is full of depth and emotion and is soothing and haunting in equal measure.
Ashley Hutchings with Becky Mills & Blair Dunlop – A Midwinter Miscellany: Album Review
Delightful Seasonal offering from the Guv’nor – Ashley Hutchings – guaranteed to stop Christmas from misfiring
The On Track series: Book Review
A couple of new appearances on the On Track bookshelf from Sonicbond. Crosby, Stills & Nash and Barclay James Harvest get thoroughly discussed with an every album, every song analysis.
Kepler Ten – A New Kind Of Sideways: Album Review
The second album from Kepler Ten is one that could well have you backtracking to see what you’ve been missing. A tremendous slab of polished progressive tinged songs.
Grumblewood – Stories Of Strangers: Album Review
Stories Of Strangers is the excellent debut album from New Zealand progressive folk-rock group Grumblewood, out on Gravity Dream.
Frank Turner & Jon Snodgrass – Buddies II, Still Buddies: Album Review
The man in perpetual musical motion, Frank Turner, keeps his momentum going. A reunion with his ‘buddy’ Jon Snodgrass and a very welcome sequel.
Thomas Hine – Ledgers And Stones: Album Review
Thoroughly absorbing set of thoughtfully introspective songs from Colorado folk/roots troubadour Thomas Hine.
Paul TJ O’Neill of The Bolton Iron Maiden – Puppet Master: The Rise And Rise Of Slick Dandy: Album Review
Welcome Back. Through the wonders of time travel, Paul O’Neill picks up where The Bolton Iron Maiden left off 44 years ago.
Jo Quail – Five Incantations Reissue: Album Review
Cellist Jo Quail reissues the haunting Five Incantations album in a beautifully packaged set.
Rita Braga – Time Warp Blues: Album Review
Bold, quirky and hilarious – Portuguese songstress Rita Braga challenges and entertains on her third album.
Hayley Ross – Moving All Around: EP Review
Mature Americana from Brighton’s lady-to-watch Hayley Ross. Her new EP, Moving All Around is out on Barracuda Recordings.
Isobell Campbell – Amarino and Milkwhite Sheets re-issues: Album Review
Two Isobell Campbell re-issues from Cooking Vinyl on the back of the exceptional There Is No Other, give us a deeper understanding of her expertise and versatility.
Medicine Head – New Bottles Old Medicine (50th Anniversary Edition): Album Review
Stage buskers’ lo-fi debut masterpiece gets the deluxe repackage treatment. New Bottles Old Medicine by Medicine Head is fifty.
Lunatic Soul – Through Shaded Woods: Album Review
On album number seven, Lunatic Soul (that’s Mariusz Duda from Riverside) explores the darkness of Slavic and Scandinavian folk. And it’s brilliant!
Why I Love: The Erkonauts on The Scorpions
Ales Campanelli from The Erkonauts joins us at the barrier to tell us why he loves The Scorpions.