Category Archives: Reviews

LAURA MEADE – Remedium

July 11, 2018

Doone 2018 Welcoming era of healing, American art-rock diva descends on a playground in your vicinity to lure you away. “Someday I’m gonna conquer the world, but I’ll take my time”: it’s a bold statement, albeit this is exactly the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews Tagged , ,

BRINSLEY SCHWARZ – Live Favourites

July 9, 2018

Vogon 2018 Rare on-stage document from simpler times when entertainment allowed itself to be carelessly topical and dangerously catchy. As the genre’s title suggests, pub-rock bands’ natural habitat was not in the studio but in front of the audience; the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews Tagged , ,

NICK HOOPER – 6 Strings

July 8, 2018

Angel Air 2018 From orchestral sweep to acoustic weep, award-winning composer explores the lore of Éire and finds depth through surface tension. Having scored a few BBC documentary series, for which he brought home BAFTA and Ivor Novello gongs, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews Tagged , , ,

MIKE HARRISON – Late Starter

July 5, 2018

Halo 2006 Warm, if monochrome, return of Rainbow Rider who wore soul on his sleeve, from SPOOKY TOOTH and beyond. For Mike Harrison, who in March of 2018 leaving this album as his last ever, it was a case of … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews Tagged , , , ,

ROBIN GEORGE – Rogue Angels

July 3, 2018

Angel Air 2018 Free agent at last: Black Country guitarist soars in in the Spanish skies to gown in glory. For decades, the legend of was tightly tied in with the names of singers he played with yet, with this … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews Tagged ,