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ALBUM REVIEW: THE JOY FORMIDABLE 'A BALLOON CALLED MOANING 10TH ANNIVERSARY'
Ten years ago the Welsh trio defied convention by releasing a debut album, that was in fact a deluxe EP with a running time of half an...
JOE BONAMASSA LIVE AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE ALBUM REVIEW
It's often said that if you work alongside brilliant artists, it makes you up your game. From the virtuoso piano into from Reese Wynans,...
JAN AKKERMAN CLOSE BEAUTY ALBUM REVIEW
It's been eight years since Jan Akkerman's last solo release, and if he wanted to confirm the idea that absence makes the heart grow...
MAGPIE SALUTE HIGH WATER II ALBUM REVIEW
When Magpie Salute released their debut, High Water I, it became obvious that part II was going to come along. For Rich Robinson, the...
FLYING COLORS THIRD DEGREE ALBUM REVIEW
When a group of musicians with such a diverse lineage get together, you just have to add a tiny spark and watch the whole thing go off...
DANNY BRYANT MEANS OF ESCAPE ALBUM REVIEW
Danny Bryant- the UK’s answer to Walter Trout- returns with another full scale blues album. That certainly aims to give blues fans what...
BETH HART WAR IN MY MIND ALBUM REVIEW
War In My Mind is a tempestuous album that overflows with songs about addiction, death, mental illness, abandonment and extremes: records...
JEREMY IVEY THE DREAM AND THE DREAMER ALBUM REVIEW
There's a bit of advice when it comes to writing that advocates sitting on an idea for just a bit longer, even when you are desperate to...
APOLLO JUNCTION MYSTERY ALBUM REVIEW
Apollo Junction's debut is rooted in carefree electro tones that collide on a cross roads somewhere between Walk the Moon and New Order,...
LOUIEN NONE OF MY WORDS ALBUM REVIEW
Listening to the debut album from Norwegian folk songwriter Louien - AKA Live Miranda Solberg – is a pretty intrusive experience. The...
SAMANTHA FISH KILL OR BE KIND ALBUM REVIEW
It would be easy for any artist with six albums under their belt to become complacent; to slide into a comfortable groove and ride it...
KRIS BARRAS LIGHT IT UP ALBUM REVIEW
There is no sticky second album hurdle for Kris Barras to jump over. If anything, he's leaped over the success of his first and kept on...
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