Whitsun Roundup: Mike Tod, Sansome/Quinn, Fiona Rutherford
Another bank holiday, another backlog…. Here’s a trio that missed the deadline but aren’t worth losing altogether.
WITCH – Zango: Album Review
WITCH, originators of Zamrock, return with their first album in 39 years. And they pick up right where they left off.
Kassi Valazza – Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing: Album Review
Cosmic American music, nothing more, nothing less: a tonic for tired ears to steady the soul and please the heart.
Liz Hanks – Land: Album Review
Debut album from cellist-to-the-stars Liz Hanks rediscovers the lost pastoralism of bygone Sheffield
Chris Squire – Fish Out Of Water: Album Review
Chris Squire’s Fish Out Of Water album, is a complete classic of progressive rock, in its most creative and ambitious form.
Terry Emm – Wish You Were Here: Album Review
Languid summer fizz beckons a welcome return from missing, presumed lost, troubadour Terry Emm.
Calexico – Feast Of Wire (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition): Album Review
Tex-Mex pioneers Calexico celebrate the 20th anniversary of their seminal Feast Of Wire album – with a few very special surprises…
Richard Hawley’s 28 Little Bangers: Album Review
Lovingly curated from the Richard Hawley jukebox – what happens when you can’t walk past a record shop…
Dan Whitehouse – Reflections On The Glass Age: Album Review
Dan Whitehouse reimagines his The Glass House album into an intimate acoustic setting.
Eliades Ochoa – Guajiro: Album review
Buena Vista Social Club original returns with more irresistible Son Cubano. Guajiro features a few special guests…
Jon Wilks – Before I Knew What Had Begun I Had Already Lost: Album Review
Intriguing, confusing and confounding in turns, the real Jon Wilks stands up and out convincingly.
The Madeleine Stewart Trio – s/t: Album Review
Three masterful musicians at the very top of their game. The Madeleine Stewart Trio show just what can be done with just a fiddle, a piano, a bodhran and a wealth of great tunes
Annie Keating – Hard Frost: Album Review
She’s back! The two-year wait is over and Annie Keating’s new album, Hard Frost, makes every day of that wait worthwhile
Def Leppard – Drastic Symphonies: Album Review
Def Leppard and the Royal Philharmonic merge on the hits and the hidden gems.
Marillion – Seasons End Deluxe Reissue: Album Review
From black clouds to Cloud nine as Marillion’s Seasons End gets the full deluxe treatment.