by Pete Sargeant | May 15, 2018 | Reviews
Joe Bonamassa British Blues Explosion Live (Provogue/Mascot Label Group) So it’s a balmy Summer evening out at Greenwich, with Joe bringing a quality band onstage to play a set that took in the various works of and numbers made famous by Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and...
by Glenn Sargeant | Apr 28, 2018 | Reviews
Hailey Tuck Junk (Sony Music) I enjoy various genres and styles of music and I don’t really have a ‘favourite’ per se. However, I do like jazz and have been a fan of artists such as Gregory Porter and Jamie Cullum for several years. It seems like such ‘free’ genre...
by Pete Sargeant | Apr 24, 2018 | Reviews
Jon Allen Blue Flame (Monologue Records) Easily one of our favourite songwriters, Allen has a husky, soulful voice to be envied and a way with a tune. Females love his intimate delivery and the chaps marvel at his melodic and emphatic guitar playing and slivers of...
by Pete Sargeant | Apr 21, 2018 | Reviews
Rita Coolidge Safe In The Arms Of Time (Blue Élan Records) I had a first listen to this new Rita Coolidge release without looking at any background notes or recording / players information, just to let the songs sink in and as a result was left with some firm...
by Glenn Sargeant | Apr 20, 2018 | Reviews
Brothers Osborne Port Saint Joe (Snakefarm Records) Nashville-based Brothers Osborne have returned with a brand new album following their incredibly successful debut album ‘Pawn Shop’. Having enlisted the services of producer Jay Joyce (Eric Church and Little Big...
by Pete Sargeant | Apr 19, 2018 | Reviews
My Indigo My Indigo (MVKA) There’s a rather unusual inspiration to this release, leading to an album that both had to be made and is something of a left turn. The act is fronted by Sharon den Adel, star vocalist and songwriter with Within Temptation, well-known to...
