by Glenn Sargeant | Feb 20, 2016 | Reviews
Elton John Wonderful Crazy Night (Mercury Records/Universal) So Elton’s back in the studio and looking at the artwork he’s very pleased to be there. Luckily John seems to put out a collection only when he feels like it rather than bowing to the industry demand for...
by Glenn Sargeant | Feb 20, 2016 | Reviews
Lucinda Williams The Ghosts of Highway 20 (Thirty Tigers) Teaming up for the production with Greg Leisz and Tom Overby, our singer is not taking it easy. Any onset of mellowness seems a few decades in the distance yet, whether Williams intends to come across this way...
by Glenn Sargeant | Feb 20, 2016 | Reviews
Mollie Marriott The Truth Is A Wolf MITA Records The interesting thing about Mollie to me is that she seems to dig deep and sing in a bluesy way without aping black female singers. This means the notes don’t get twisted every which way, as the horrific ‘soul’ singers...
by Glenn Sargeant | Feb 20, 2016 | Reviews
Mike Brookfield Love Breaks The Fall (Golden Rule Records) Irish guitar slinger rides into town with bag of own songs. And pretty good they are, too. Having seen this fella live and backed by a very dynamic and flexible rhythm section I was already in his corner. This...
by Glenn Sargeant | Feb 20, 2016 | Reviews
SEAL 7 (Warners) When this singing deity strode on to the stage at the 2015 Cornbury Festival here in England, to join Trevor Horn’s crew the crowd erupted. When he’d finished a spellbinding rendition of the Grace Jones gem ‘Slave To The Rhythm’ the...
by Glenn Sargeant | Feb 2, 2016 | Reviews
SIMO Let Love Show The Way (Provogue/Mascot Label Group) Youngish but seasoned rock-blues trio Simo have a bit to live up to as the same label’s star act Joe Bonamassa flew their flag and helped them sign. This is something we talked about when JD Simo and the guys...
