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 material for her next album, Siren, which should […]
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 proto […]
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, but has recently moved to Nashville. An extremely accomplished musician, having studied […]
Album Review – How Low Can You Go?
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? MARCUS LAZARUS This 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 drummer Kev Hickman for track 10. […]
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 exponentially. The overall sound of the album is […]
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 in her own personal mental health awareness campaign. Kaz embodies true grit and honesty and […]
SID WHELAN – Waiting For Payday
Album Review for Sid Whelan – Waitin’ For Payday – Released via Presidio. New York-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Sid Whelan has a varied background that includes associations and working with the likes of acoustic blues guitar ace Woody Mann, country and rock singer Steve Earle, and world music acts The Lijadu Sisters and Afro […]
ROBBIE REAY – Up and Down
Album Review for Robbie Reay’s new album – Up and Down – Released Independently. Loving the vibe on this new release from Robbie Reay, ten original songs influenced heavily by an authentic delta blues inflexion. There are different styles, blues, roots, even folk influences. There is a real flow to the construction in lyrics and […]
LIBBY RAE WATSON & BERT DEIVERT She Shimmy
Album Review for Libby Rae Watson & Bert Deivert – She Shimmy – Released via Hard Danger Records. Now here’s an interesting album, a collaboration between two mighty fine acoustic blues musicians. Deivert hails from Boston, Mass, but has now lived in Sweden for almost forty years with many albums behind him including a few […]
DIK BANOVICH In Transit
Album Review for Dik Banovich – In Transit – Released Independently. Banovich is one of those journeyman musicians with a near-baffling history that includes birth in Scotland followed by many years growing up in US blues hot-spot Chicago before returning to his native Scotland where he played the 1970s, bustling, influential folk-circuit, a club-scene that […]
