by Pete Sargeant | Sep 23, 2016 | Reviews
Tony Wright Walnut Dash (Independent) When I go to see a live show, I feel better connected to the act if he ?she makes some sort of effort to announce the songs clearly, explain origins of songs and generally chat to the crowd. If the artist(s) can be funny, so much...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 20, 2016 | Reviews
Dave Hanson Almost Horizontal (Six String Social Records) “Dave Hanson’s “Almost Horizontal” is a breakthrough album in many ways. Combining blues and melodic changes in its song structures, the record has a a futuristic sense about it. This...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 20, 2016 | Reviews
The Beatles Live At The Hollywood Bowl (Apple Records) The trouble with previous versions of these shows in 1964 and 1965 – official or not – is that the screaming of hysterical female fans buried the actual music. Now that the tapes have been worked upon and by Giles...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 20, 2016 | Reviews
Eric Clapton Live In San Diego with Special Guest JJ Cale (Reprise/Bushbranch Records – Warners) When the buzz about JJ Cale first started, he brought his band over from the US to play in Victoria in London. The show started with a row of musicians getting into the...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 20, 2016 | Reviews
King King Live (Manhaton Records) This ensemble creates powerful and crafted studio records. Their songs are either custom-written and arranged or well-chosen. But to appreciate their firepower, interplay and deft use of light and shade – being their strongest...
by Pete Sargeant | Sep 20, 2016 | Reviews
Pete Gardiner Pretty Smiles (Single) (NUA Entertainment) He’s Irish, he writes songs, he is known as a lively performer. But enough about Daniel O’Donnell…just kidding. This singer-songwriter has a new single ‘Pretty Smiles’ just out and we can show you the...
