by Kieran White | Nov 28, 2014 | Reviews
Ruben V True http://www.rubenv.com It isn’t long listening to this set before you happily concede that this cat can sing AND play and has a nice line in crisp crafted material. The cuts are built around confident vocals and to-the-point guitar work. Opener...
by Kieran White | Nov 11, 2014 | Reviews
WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS Rhythm The Leaf Label Ltd Now here’s something very different and ideal for JLTT, as the likes of Simon Cowell would jump on the dump button rather than listen properly. This album presents a series of percussion-based vocal...
by Kieran White | Nov 2, 2014 | Reviews
CHARLIE WOOD New Souvenirs Perdido Records At the launch of Mr Wood’s previous album in London, I found myself talking to him about his days on the road as keyboardist as some time arranger for blues giant Albert King – a man I saw playing a Flying Vee guitar...
by Kieran White | Oct 27, 2014 | Reviews
ANNIE LENNOX (Nostalgia) Blue Note Annie Lennox is of course renowned for her full-on delivery and strong clear vocal delivery – here she is tackling a set of standards. And so we know exactly what we are going to get. Facts first and overview later – so here goes……...
by Kieran White | Oct 16, 2014 | Reviews
Virgil & The Accelerators Army of Three www.vataband.com / Mystic Records You can’t get more ‘in your face’ than this lil’ trio – they turn up the amps, dig into the power trio bluesrock vibe and just go for it. Whilst they have a cleaner overall band sound than...
by Kieran White | Oct 16, 2014 | Reviews
CHRIS TAYLOR Daylight lo-fidelity records Perhaps best described as a quirky American troubadour going his own way and coming up with songs that are his own but may have further appeal. He doesn’t seem to want to jump on any bandwagon or be a trendsetter ..though I...
