Marc Almond – Stranger Things Reissue: Album Review
Marc Almond’s highly acclaimed 11th solo album, Stranger Things, blends synth and orchestration in a 3 CD package.
Heidi Talbot – Sing It For A Lifetime: Album Review
Heidi Talbot releases Sing It For A Lifetime. Seldom has heartbreak sounded so beautiful. And so positive.
The Bros Landreth – Come Morning: Album Review
Plaid shirt rootsy rockers , The Bros Landreth, take on a swirly sheen of soul that adds lustre to their cabin fevered dreams.
Rick Wakeman – The Myths and Legends of Rick Wakeman: Album Review
4CD Box Set featuring vintage concert recordings focusing on the mid-‘70s work of Rick Wakeman.
Malevolence – Malicious Intent: Album Review
Malevolence return to take 2022 by the scruff of the neck with their third long player; Malicious Intent.
Lee Rogers – Gameblood: Album Review
Lee Rogers releases Gameblood; blue collar rock from a hardman gentler than he knows.
xPropaganda – The Heart Is Strange: Album Review
Original Propaganda vocalists return with legendary producer to gift us an album that not gets better with every listen.
Mavis Staples & Levon Helm – Carry Me Home: Album Review
Eclectic, poignant and unbelievably exciting – Mavis Staples gives it everything at Levon Helm’s Last Waltz
Trish Clowes – A View With A Room: Album Review
Trish Clowes, with the album, A View With A Room, has created a memorable musical landscape, with playing full of imagination and soul.
Toyah – Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!: Album Review
Third installment in Cherry Red’s deluxe reissue series of Toyah’s Safari Records catalogue
The Pineapple Thief – Give It Back: Album Review
The Pineapple Thief revisit some of their back catalogue in a rework, remodel, retake type situation.
Gustaf Ljunggren with Skúli Sverrisson – Floreana: Album Review
Nordic Duo, Gustaf Ljunggren and Skúli Sverrisson, deliver restful and introspective tunes – an emotionally transportive experience
Bear’s Den – Blue Hours : Album Review
Bear’s Den return with their fourth LP, Blue Hours; one of their most personal records to date. It is sure to be an album of the year contender.
Jo Quail – The Cartographer: Album Review
Jo Quail crafts another set of evocative pieces on the meisterwork that is The Cartographer.
Kate Rusby – 30 Happy Returns: Album Review
Time flies. Kate Rusby celebrates 30 years of touring as a professional folk singer with a set of star-studded reinterpretations.