Videos
Video: Ron Pope “Can’t Stay Here”
From his forthcoming album, Work, this is a fine and gritty track with echoes of Tom Petty. UK dates in November.
Year: 2017
Tracks
Hayley Thompson-King “Large Hall, Slow Decay” – Listen
What do you get when you mix trained operatic vocals with Joe Cocker’s soul shrieks and blend that vocal with a lo-fi vibrato heavy rockabilly country sensibility? You get Hayley Thompson-King. And what do you get if […]
Album Reviews
Catherine MacLellan “If It’s Alright With You – The Songs of Gene MacLellan” (True North Records, 2017)
Gene MacLellan’s not a name this writer is familiar with but mention two of his songs, Snowbird (a hit for Anne Murray) and Put Your Hand In The Hand (covered by just about everyone including Elvis […]
Album Reviews
Slaid Cleaves “Ghost on the Car Radio” (Proper Records 2017)
Slaid Cleaves releases his first album since 2013’s “Still Fighting the War” and it has to be said that the four-year wait has been worthwhile as “Ghost on the Car Radio” is an outstanding return. Born […]
Live Reviews
Mercury Rev, The Barbican, London, 14th July 2017
Mecury Rev have a sound that is often described as symphonic, so this appearance at The Barbican with the Royal Northern Sinfonia offers a real chance to hear the huge sounds of their albums as they […]