The new album from the RAA is an album that inspires mixed emotions. It certainly offers little new or ground-breaking (but then how many acts truly do offer that?), but if you seek grandiose, uplifting and massive choruses, or like…
Jeff Tweedy has long since proven his worth in the general landscape of popular music. He has turned from young alt-country man into middle aged alt-rock legend. This time he wears another new hat, as he offers Tweedy’s debut album.…
Lucinda has surely cemented her eternal place with the greats of country blues rock over the past years. Having recently got married you might forgive her for laying low and having a quiet time of it. Not so, for the…
Palme is short, compact, stunning. It’s a record a little like a music box, with ballerina popping up and spinning intoxicatingly, especially to those who let themselves become one with it. It’s like a fragile and wonderful little universe. Artists…
Earle Junior’s latest album starts with the gorgeous ‘Worried Bout The Weather,’ and the chilled out country vibe instantly impresses. This apple didn’t fall far from the tree. In fact, this track by way of an introduction to the artist…
The new Moonface release feels like both an album and an EP. There are five songs here, with the final two totalling over 19 minutes and the stretched-out length doesn’t feel much like an EP as we know it. But…
Sean Rowe’s voice is an astonishing instrument. It has soul, it has a deep, warm, raw animal energy, and it has a magnificent bluesy timbre. Yet, it is also focussed and beautiful. It’s hard not to be totally overwhelmed by…
Hiss Golden Messenger’s latest record, the band’s fifth, is one of those records that does what the artist would hope – it encapsulates the act in a ten-song set, and at its peak, paints a beautiful scene on a canvas,…
You could be forgiven for having forgotten about this band. Avi Buffalo’s wonderful and summery debut hit like an early decade bullet to the senses. It wasn’t just the sound and how good the songs were, but the potential the…
Dr. John has been making white funk soul for over 45 years now. He loves it. You can still hear it. In everything he does. He’s getting towards his mid 70s and it sounds as much fun and asnecessary to…