by Pete Sargeant | Mar 1, 2018 | Reviews
Various Artists Strange Angels – In Flight With Elmore James (AMPED/Sylvan Songs) When Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac formed and started gigging, they were one of the first acts that my pals and I regularly saw play. In my recent chat with Mick Fleetwood (searchable on...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 1, 2018 | Reviews
Lance Lopez Tell The Truth (Provogue/Mascot Label Group) As we reported in our album review, Lopez’s sterling vocals helped the last Supersonic Blues Machine reach the heights it did. Now comes this new album from Lance. It’s a studio effort, I am pretty sure the last...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 24, 2018 | Reviews
Mary Spender The Taking Shape EP (Independent) So here is a four-tracker from Mary Spender, all titles self-written and produced by Jake Bright, who does play on the cuts, accompanied by Ian Bostic and Rob Grist. An acoustic guitar at the core of the songs, the clear...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 24, 2018 | Reviews
Matthews Southern Comfort Like A Radio (MIG Music) Out of the blue and with a band of Dutch musicians whose grip on this artist’s feel for roots and folk music and vintage and modern Americana is eminently displayed here…a new album from Iain Matthews and the new...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 24, 2018 | Reviews
Leeroy Stagger Love Versus (True North Records) Leeroy looks a little like a missing member of Iron & Wine. On the album cover he is lying in reflective mode on his studio floor, surrounded by leads and gadgets. For this record and with Colin Stewart at the...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 10, 2018 | Reviews
The Bad Flowers Starting Gun (Independent) All the songs on this debut album by the hard rock trio are group compositions. Guitarist and singer Tom Leighton fronts the act, Karl Selickis plays drums and bass and backing vocals come from Dale Tonks. Co-producer Adam...
