Tag Archives: soul

JACK SPANN – Beautiful Man From Mars

April 11, 2017

Daystorm Music 2017 From Mississippi to Hudson and beyond, piano player takes a spanner out of works to pull all the stops and reach for outer space. With this album’s title allusion to John Gray’s book, one could sense certain … Continue reading →

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BILLY VALENTINE – Brit Eyed Soul

March 24, 2017

Goldenlane 2017 Not too tight: casting his glance over the ocean, Californian artist ties loose ends to bring out hidden layers in well-known melodies. Since The Fabs crossed the pond, there’s been an intense cross-pollination of American black music and … Continue reading →

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RADCLYFFE HALL – Ghosts

January 9, 2017

Radclyffe Hall 2016 Dark, yet soulful, electronica from haunted house of unshattered dreams. Named after an English poet whose “The Laying Of Ghosts” was a specters-banishing paean to love, this Boston collective created a world that’s austere and opulent at … Continue reading →

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JORDAN HURWITZ – Lovesick.

December 28, 2016

Tarpan 2016 Young singer-songwriter turns her troubles into party patterns and goes up where the others fall down. There’s something finite about the period at the end of this EP’s title, and quite often that’s how teenagers roll with affairs … Continue reading →

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JENNIFER SARAN – Walk With Me

August 2, 2016

Tarpan 2016 Invitation that’s hard to refuse: one singer’s personal journey commences in earnest. As any seasonal experience, the piety of Jennifer Saran’s has proved to be transitional. No, the singer’s second record still has a lot of spirituality to … Continue reading →

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