by Pete Sargeant | Feb 27, 2017 | Reviews
Marcus Malone A Better Man (Redline Music) Produced by Marcus and engineered by the late and much-missed Roger Cotton, this record is the latest from the Detroit-born blues-rock vocalist, his first since Stand Or Fall. My memory bank recalls that he was one of the...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 27, 2017 | Reviews
Krissy Matthews Live at Freak Valley (Proper Music) A proper live album is what Matthews claims to deliver here, folks. As in, not ‘fixed’ in the studio later. In the past some performance recordings have had so many parts touched up or even replaced by engineers that...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 27, 2017 | Reviews
The Ruts DC Music Must Destroy (Westworld Recordings/Sosumi) Easily the most accomplished of the New Wave English groups of the late 70’s, The Ruts suffered some serious personnel losses and derailments over their years together. But having returned in fiery splendour...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 27, 2017 | Reviews
The Gift Altar (La Folie Records) Recorded in partly in Portugal, these tracks reflect a number of factors – a creative compositional run from keys player Nuno Goncalves, mixing by Flood, a guest spot from Sonia Tavares, the wish to make a cohesive album based on a...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 27, 2017 | Reviews
Collabro Home (Peak Productions) An album from this singing group with a strong musical theatre background and brave enough to set up their own record label. Apparently they won Britain’s Got Talent, a show I cannot bring myself to watch. I know no musicians anywhere...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 27, 2017 | Reviews
Bill Kirchen & Austin De Lone Transatlantica (Proper/Last Music Company) The Master Of The Telecaster teams up with the ebullient Ace Of The 88s to make a brand new album that they are about to tour. Their live sets roll from excitement to tenderness to caustic...
