Moon – Shine: Album Review
Shine is a fine release, showing what this talented duo can produce.
Bees Deluxe – Mouthful of Bees: Album Review
It’s all blues music, just with a different coating that makes this band stand out from the rest.
Emily Wolfe – Outlier: Album Review
It is an eclectic mix of songs, sung in her own unique style and certainly from the heart.
ALBUM REVIEW: DEGURUTIENI – DARK MONDO (Voodoo Rhythm Records)
The subtitle for the album is “frightening music for scared people” which is not a bad description for this weird but very unique release
ALBUM REVIEW: BRIGITTE DEMEYER – SEEKER (BDM Music)
It is one of those songs that you’ll find yourself asking if you’ve heard it before or if it’s Norah Jones or possibly Joni Mitchell, which in itself is very high praise.
ALBUM REVIEW: BILLY ECKSTINE – THE BILLY ECKSTINE COLLECTION 1947-1962 (Acrobat Records)
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 and amassed a […]
ALBUM REVIEW: SONNY GREEN – FOUND! ONE SOUL SINGER (Little Village Foundation)
ALBUM REVIEW: JIM STANARD – COLOUR OUTSIDE THE LINES (Manatec Records)
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, love, and the world how it is. The Opium Wars is […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ADAM’S CURSE – WHAT THE ANCIENTS KNEW ABOUT YOU (Bad Reputation Records)
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 Treacy who Kinane had produced and recorded an EP with and drummer Brendan […]
ALBUM REVIEW: BEN LEVIN – CARRYOUT OR DELIVERY (VizzTone)
Whilst a lot of the world has been in lockdown, the question Carryout or Delivery has been one that we have all pondered during 2020. Recorded amid the pandemic, US-based blues artist Ben Levin chose to make this present-day conundrum his album title. The twelve-track release is very much a family affair, with Father Aron […]
