by Pete Sargeant | Mar 21, 2018 | Reviews
Lydian Collect/ve Adventure (Lydian Label) This grouping comprises Aaron Wheeler, Todd Baker, Ida Hollis and Sophie Alloway with composition, production, recording and mastering down to Wheeler and Baker. There are guest singers and players on this release. Off we go...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 21, 2018 | Reviews
The Kris Barras Band The Divine And Dirty (Provogue/Mascot Label Group) This outfit comprises Kris Barras on guitar and vocals, Josiah J Manning on keys, Elliott Blackler on bass plus drummer Will Beavis and production here is by Manning. Barras says that he has been...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 18, 2018 | Reviews
Vanja Sky Bad Penny (Ruf Records) Ruf is a label has always had talented females on their roster. Vanja is from Zagreb in Croatia and started playing guitar five years ago. These recordings are the result of sessions in Stantonville and in Berlin with the renowned and...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 18, 2018 | Reviews
Angel Forrest Electric Love (Independent) This album release has two discs – both live – and mixing Angel’s own compositions with he own favourites from others. Forrest is a Canadian artist BUT has Irish, Welsh and Italian strands in her DNA. Eschewing a string...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 18, 2018 | Reviews
Jamie Williams & The Roots Collective Diff’rent Gravy (3ms Music) One of the independent acts under the 3ms Music banner, this ensemble has singer and guitarist Williams as spearhead and stars harpist Nick Garner, guitarist Dave Milligan, son Jake Milligan as...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 18, 2018 | Reviews
Dita Von Teese Dita Von Teese (Record Makers) I last saw Ms Von Teese in an alluring erotic outfit – her, not me – sitting in a large champagne glass at an event in London. She is to many devastatingly attractive..and she knows it. A queen of burlesque, she...
