by Pete Sargeant | Apr 18, 2018 | Reviews
Mike Zito First Class Life (Ruf Records) Zito doesn’t go for that racing around, foot on the monitor, extreme face-pulling style of guitar. He just plays out and keeps his cool, channeling soul through his fingertips. Better still he doesn’t shout or groan, he...
by Pete Sargeant | Apr 6, 2018 | Reviews
Chris Farlowe From Here To Mama Rosa With The Hill (Repertoire Records) This is another lost treasure (from 1970) in many ways and represents something of a left-turn by the now-established soul stylist. Here Farlowe collaborates with a band christened The Hill. Now...
by Pete Sargeant | Apr 6, 2018 | Reviews
Chris Farlowe Live At The BBC (Repertoire Records) This double CD set evidences the soulful, powerful and wolverine vocal attack of one of the UK’s great roots music stars. The Thunderbirds prove themselves to be a sterling band, soaking up American influences but...
by Pete Sargeant | Apr 6, 2018 | Reviews
Rick Parfitt Over And Out (Special Edition) (e a r Music) A few years back, my patience was rewarded when The Fantastic Four version of rock band Status Quo reconvened for some tour dates – with Wilko Johnson, no less. THIS was the edition of Quo that I had first seen...
by Pete Sargeant | Apr 3, 2018 | Reviews
Finbar Furey Don’t Stop This Now (BMG) Long and deservedly a folk icon in Ireland and globally, hearing this very varied set of new songs from Finbar Furey is not just refreshing but really an intriguing pile of aural postcards that make the listener think as...
by Pete Sargeant | Apr 3, 2018 | Reviews
Love Forever Changes (50th Anniversary Special Edition) (Rhino/Warners) Is it really fifty years that this singular West Coast album has been thrilling us and intriguing us? As in the case of The Byrds, all Love releases have their fine moments, memorable tunes,...
