October 2020 – Page 14

Justin Farren “Pretty Free” (Independent, 2020)

October 21, 2020 Alan Fitter 0

Justin Farren is like an old-fashioned troubadour writing songs and travelling from town to town singing them and playing a battered, old guitar – in Farren’s case the Simon & Patrick model he’s had since he […]

Track Premiere: Martin Ruby “Marfa”

October 21, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Martin Ruby – who also goes under the name Marco North – is a songwriter who finds a lot to draw on for inspiration in his life. He started off in the New York music scene […]

Video: The Heavy Hours “Ache”

October 21, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

This piano-based ballad is full of emotional intensity. Lyrically, ‘Ache’ focuses on the loneliness that can be felt by both partners within a relationship in troubled times. The song builds effectively, centred around the vocal melody […]

AmericanA to Z: Zeitgeist (The Reivers)

October 20, 2020 Kimberly Bright 0

It’s the end of an era. After three complete journeys around the alphabet we finally reach the end of our A-Z series, and what a way to finish. In the first flush of early ’80s college […]

Josie Bello “Have Purpose Live Long” (Independent, 2020)

October 20, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 5

Josie Bello is a multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter born and raised in New York City and now residing on Long Island. ‘Have Purpose Live Long’, is her second album, the first, ‘Can’t Go Home’, having been released in […]