Darren Lumbroso

Artwork for Little Quirks EP "Call To Unknowns"

Little Quirks “Call To Unknowns”

September 5, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

Likeable EP from young Australians, for fans of Mumford And Sons, First Aid Kit and The Staves. Little Quirks are a band of siblings and cousins hailing from New South Wales in Australia. Sisters Abbey and […]

Art work for Fritillaries album "Fritillaries"

Fritillaries “Fritillaries”

August 17, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

Sensitive, wistful and accomplished folky debut album from Bristol based duo. Fritillaries are a type of plant which produce bell-shaped, chequered flowers in the spring. The Fritillaries the band comprise Hannah Pawson and Gabriel Wynne who […]

Art work for Mariel Buckley album “Everywhere I Used To Be”

Mariel Buckley “Everywhere I Used To Be”

August 3, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 1

Exceptional and sincere record from Canadian singer songwriter aimed at underdogs everywhere. Mariel Buckley hails from Calgary which sits in a vast, often brown coloured plain, in southern Alberta in Canada. Her excellent third album is […]

Live Review: The Felice Brothers + Sister Lucy, Islington Assembly Halls, London – 2nd July 2022

July 20, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

Normally we aim to have live reviews online within a week of a gig but, stuff happens, and we do love The Felice Brothers. So, read on… Support for The Felice Brothers tonight came from Sister […]

Artwork for Whitney Lockert album "Long Way To California"

Whitney Lockert “Long Way To California”

July 12, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

Blues, folk and country influenced album featuring some virtuoso guitar playing. Whitney Lockert was a stalwart of the New York country scene in the 2010s, before returning home to California a few years ago. ‘Long Way […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 2

If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”