by Glenn Sargeant | Apr 19, 2016 | Reviews
Mayer Hawthorne Man About Town (Vagrant/BMG) Hawthorne returns with another set in his own name, after his duo opus Tuxedo release of last year, nodding to 80s synthy dance material like D-Train. Once again, he has a collection of slyly funky songs, always tuneful and...
by Glenn Sargeant | Apr 10, 2016 | Reviews
Ben Poole Time Has Come (Manhaton Records) It’s a competitive field out there in the bluesrock world, with some fine players, singers and songwriters. But if an act has a particular talent in the latter they stand every chance of making an impact. Mike Brookfield is a...
by Glenn Sargeant | Apr 10, 2016 | Reviews
Kelvin Jones Stop The Moment (Epic Records/Sony Music) I first came across Kelvin Jones’s music thanks to the magical world that is YouTube. In amongst the videos of cats performing tricks, parodies and stunts YouTube is filled with entertaining music videos...
by Glenn Sargeant | Apr 10, 2016 | Reviews
Will.i.Am Featuring Pia Mia Boys & Girls (Single) (Interscope Records) So the artist known as Will.i.Am (Multi-platinum seven-time Grammy Award-winning producer and songwriter) has returned to the world of recorded music with his latest pop single offering...
by Glenn Sargeant | Apr 4, 2016 | Reviews
The Zombies Still Got That Hunger (Cherry Red Records) That the original Zombies were here and gone far too swiftly is a generally accepted fact among coneisseurs of pop/rock music and songwriting. They had something special vocally and instrumentally, they used...
by Glenn Sargeant | Mar 31, 2016 | Reviews
The Franklys ComeDown (Electric Wood Records) Is there room in your life for an international all-female spirited rock combo who write their own material around a weave of contrasting guitar tones, pumping basslines and Velvets/Cramps-style drumwork? This is an outfit...
