Album Reviews
REVIEW: JOANNA CONNOR, 4801 SOUTH INDIA AVENUE
IMAGE BY: Maryam-WilcherThis is Joanna Connor’s fourteenth album. It follows on from her highly acclaimed release Rise. Here she has got in tow with producer and acclaimed guitarist Joe Bonamassa. He assembled the stellar band for Joanna that has Josh Smith on guitar...
Review: MARK T – Circle of Sounds
Following up on his highly regarded first album, here we have a quick taster of things to come with a three track EP featuring Fran Wood on vocals on track 3, which with track 1 is the second original on the EP, the second track being Marks take on Bob Dylan’s George...
Review: CHARLES BROWN – The Collection 1947-57
Perhaps my favourite blues track of all time is Have You Ever Loved A Woman, first recorded by Freddie King in 1960 and subsequently taken to the next level by Slowhand. It’s usually credited to songwriter Billy Myles. So, I was taken aback to hear Charles Brown’s...
Review: ANDREW “Smokey” HOGG – The Collection 1937-57
The career of Andrew ‘Smokey’ Hogg spanned two decades, and this two-CD set offers purchasers 56 of the 70 or so sides he is known to have cut for various labels. Arranged chronologically, you can hear how Hogg develops over the decades in question. Born a Texas farm...
REVIEW: Emma Wilson, Loveheart
Emma Wilson, like many other emerging artists, was just getting into her stride, making a name for herself and starting to get regular gigs when Covid struck. Emma freely admits how much she misses gigs , but has been hard at work honing her skills and writing...
REVIEW: JAMES WILLIAMSON & DENIZ TEK: TWO TO ONE
Sometimes you have to just put your hand up and say sorry but I have never heard of your previous band. So I do just that in respect of Deniz Tek out of Australia and the band in question Radio Birdman. On the other hand James Williamson is well known as a member of...
CRISTINA VANE – OLD PLAYED NEW
Self Release Cristina originally hails from Turin, but to listen to her smooth vocals and authentic steel resonator guitar you could be forgiven for thinking she was born and bred somewhere in the Mississippi Delta. Cristina had been based in Venice Beach, California,...
Album Review – How Low Can You Go?
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?MARCUS LAZARUSThis appear to be the 6th album from Marcus, who despite the convincing sounds on the CD, currently is based in Watford! That never stopped Elton John did it? 11 tracks, 10 of which are self-penned by Marcus and shared credits with...
ALBUM REVIEW: CONNOR BRACKEN AND THE MOTHER LEEDS BAND – NIGHTBIRD MOTEL
I’m just going to initialise CBATMLB and say that they hail from that hotbed of American rock and roll Asbury Park, New Jersey. So what we have here is a collection of ten tracks, roughly thematic, where a band and the creative driving force, Connor, are growing...
Sitting in with KAZ HAWKINS plus Album Review
Sitting In With… Kaz Hawkins by Colin Campbell Multi-award-winning Kaz Hawkins is a singer, songwriter, actress, radio presenter and mental health campaigner. The Belfast born singer-songwriter now lives in France and is fast becoming a performing icon using her music...
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