Darren Lumbroso

Live Review: Lloyd Cole, The Barbican, London – 25th January 2025

February 3, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0

Upon opening the Barbican Centre on 3 March 1982, the Queen remarked that it is “one of the wonders of the modern world”. That remains a moot point, however, it can’t be denied that the centre […]

the innocence mission “Midwinter Swimmers”

December 12, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0

Refined, thoughtful, fragile and beautiful indie folk album. The innocence mission came together in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1986. The group’s current members are Karen Peris, her husband Don Peris, and Mike Bitts, who have reconvened after […]

Peter Alexander Jobson “Burn the Ration Books of Love”

December 4, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0

Poignant and beautiful debut release from former I Am Kloot bassist. Peter Alexander Jobson spent the best part of two decades as the bassist in the Mancunian group I Am Kloot. Since the band folded in […]

Chris Acker “Famous Lunch”

November 14, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0

Humourous and touching perspectives on life’s fleeting and provocative banalities. In 2014, Chris Acker left his childhood home of Seattle in Washington State to hitchhike to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Since then, he’s worked as […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Steve Earle

November 13, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 2

In 1974, aged 20, Earle hitchhiked to Nashville to find one of his favourite songwriters, Guy Clark. Earle managed to blag a role in Clark’s band as a bassist and played on his 1975 album “Old […]

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0

“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0

The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0

When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]

Articles by Darren Lumbroso

Live Review: Lloyd Cole, The Barbican, London – 25th January 2025

the innocence mission “Midwinter Swimmers”

Peter Alexander Jobson “Burn the Ration Books of Love”

Chris Acker “Famous Lunch”

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Steve Earle

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”

Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates