by Glenn Sargeant | Oct 27, 2018 | Reviews
Liv Austen A Moment Of Your Time (NUA Entertainment) With some EP releases and several live performances under her belt including Cornbury Music Festival at C2C Music Festival in London to name a few, Liv Austen has released her debut album entitled ‘A Moment Of Your...
by Glenn Sargeant | Oct 20, 2018 | Reviews
The Struts YOUNG&DANGEROUS (Polydor) I’m not overly familiar with The Struts I must admit. I have read about them in the music press and how when they opened for the Foo Fighters the band’s frontman Dave Grohl stated that “they’re the best opening...
by Pete Sargeant | Oct 7, 2018 | Reviews
Katie Melua Ultimate Collection (BMG) This is a pretty comprehensive round-up of Melua gems plus a few new efforts on a double-album, with some cool monochrome imagery in a fold-out digipak format and a decent booklet. Melua’s DNA has traces of folk,...
by Pete Sargeant | Oct 7, 2018 | Reviews
Michael Armstrong Looking For The World (Harbour Light Music) A new single from the Surrey songsmith and taken from a second album long in gestation but out in a few weeks. Armstrong writes on guitar and keyboards and is in the tradition of Billy Joel, Gilbert...
by Pete Sargeant | Oct 7, 2018 | Reviews
Lara Smiles All For You (Wonky Pop Records) Working with Jamie Grashion and with input from Michael Rendall and Youth, no less this collection finds Smiles singing and playing guitar on a set of fresh material. The band embraces drummer Sara Leigh and...
by Pete Sargeant | Oct 3, 2018 | Reviews
Ben Poole Anytime You Need Me (Manhaton Records) Poole returns with a new studio album, almost entirely own material therein and production by drum ace Wayne Proctor. I think I have known Proctor some twenty years now and his forte is capturing a crisp...
