Album Reviews
Rick Maddocks “Blue Horse Opera”
Country & Western collisions. “Anyone can come up with a story… you just need a few lies and a few loose wires upstairs and enough time alone to tie them all together”. So says Gene, a […]
Year: 2026
Tracks
Rebecca Bangfield “New Girl” – drinking wine, all the time
Even without a note of music, Rebecca Bangfield is impressive – the Norwegian-Greek singer has a background in choir, revue, theatre, and classical ballet, and is a qualified school teacher, specialised in 17th–18th century Norwegian childhood […]
Videos
Video: Katherine Priddy “Frightening Machines” – trapped in a malfunctioning, self-sabotaging machine
Katherine Priddy’s recent single, ‘Frightening Machines’, is achingly gorgeous. Equally as haunting and beautiful as her vocal performance are Priddy’s intimate words, which explore her relationship with herself: “Strip down this engine for parts // I […]
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it
Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Ron Sexsmith
When I went to see Ron Sexsmith in London’s Islington a few years ago, his friend Nick Lowe was in the audience. The Jesus of Cool acknowledges a fine writer of popular song when he hears […]
Album Reviews
Van Morrison “Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge”
Popular music icon explores the blues in depth and sounds just fine. And your humble writer gets to review yet another musical icon, in the form of Sir Van Morrison, as he releases the 51st (give […]