by Pete Sargeant | Feb 23, 2017 | Reviews
Troy Redfern Dirt Blues Ritual (Independent) Maybe it helps that I first experienced this friendly chap’s music at a live performance, where he played with skill and fire and connected with the audience very swiftly with his chat and song intros. But I was also...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 23, 2017 | Reviews
Megan & The Common Threads Stories To Tell (Independent) Here’s a mini-album from Megan O’Neill and her ensemble, all self-penned material. An Irish newspaper called her ‘The Irish Carrie Underwood’ but that kind of labelling is lazy. I am sure she wants to be The...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 12, 2017 | Reviews
Rhys Williams We Are Climbing Angel Mountain (Right Track Records) When you meet this artist, the enthusiasm for music, arranging, playing recording and above all communicating just bursts out of him. It appears to be where he is channeling so much of his energy and...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 12, 2017 | Reviews
Michael Schenker Michael Schenker Fest “Live” Tokyo (inakustik) Well this is quite a treat for longtime fans of this German guitar ace – I first saw him with UFO I think – as the guest singers are none other than Gary Barden, Graham Bonnet and Robin...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 7, 2017 | Reviews
Mark Sullivan Still Good For Nothing EP (Loudshirt Productions) This is a 3-tracker from Sullivan and produced by Steve Greenwell. The abstract turquoise sleeve art gives nothing away, so it’s down to the tracks themselves, readers….. Warm Your Bones has a forceful...
by Pete Sargeant | Feb 5, 2017 | Reviews
Train A Girl, A Bottle, A Boat (Columbia/Sony Music) The world is riddled with wars, disease, famines and shortages, less than stable governments, splintering political parties and climate shifts…but Pat Monahan is in hedonistic frame of mind! and here is a new Train...
