by BMonline | Mar 7, 2021 | Album Reviews
The Questionnaires are Jane Ward and Steve Hall who originate from the north-east of England. The rest of the band is made up of session musicians that also originate from the same area. Heavy Heart starts the album very sweetly and softly. It has all the hallmarks of...
by BMonline | Mar 7, 2021 | Album Reviews
As it says on the tin this double CD package covers output from the group immediately following the end of WW2 up to 1959. In common with their contemporaries The Flamingos, Dells, Penguins, Five Satins Moonglows and Cadets by today’s standards this music is well...
by BMonline | Mar 3, 2021 | Album Reviews
Billy Eckstine started out as a trumpeter and then became a big band leader in the early 1940’s. He later took the step of going on a solo career and this collection of seventy-four songs on three CD’s is the latest delve into the archives. He was a crooner of his day...
by BMonline | Feb 25, 2021 | Album Reviews
Veteran LA based blues and soul singer brings his wonderful vocal prowess to this set of vintage songs mixed with newer material. Kid Andersen handles production duties and also adds his superb guitar chops to the mix. The classic I’m So Tired features Green’s gritty...
by BMonline | Feb 25, 2021 | Album Reviews
Colour Outside the Lines is an album of mature lyrics, married to a soundscape that blends in elements of pop, Appalachian music, Bluegrass, and folk. The eleven tracks, all written and sung by Jim Standard, who also adds acoustic guitar, look at modern relationships,...
by BMonline | Feb 24, 2021 | Album Reviews
This is the debut album from Adam’s Curse a trio formed by ex Glyder guitarist and songwriter Bat Kinane. During the noughties Glyder released five albums and toured around Europe as a well-respected classic rock style outfit. Joining Kinane is Bassist John...