Guy Lincoln

Tyler Ramsey “Found a Picture of You” (Fantasy Records, 2020)

November 23, 2020 Guy Lincoln 0

Tyler Ramsey has been pursuing his solo career now for long enough and with sufficient rigour for us to approach his music without any thoughts of his previous band. The new covers EP ‘Found A Picture […]

E.Z. Shakes “The Spirit” (Pow Pow Sound, 2020)

November 10, 2020 Guy Lincoln 0

South Carolina’s EZ Shakes return with knowingly titled album number two, ‘The Spirit’. You can be forgiven for not being aware of their earlier work as they are only just beginning to find an audience beyond […]

Peter Bruntnell Trio, Caroline St. Social Club, Saltaire, 27th September 2020

October 12, 2020 Guy Lincoln 3

AKA – Live music returns, how was it for you? So it came to pass that on a chilly late Sunday afternoon, we tentatively headed for Saltaire with a sense of expectation not felt for some […]

St. Ove “County Show” (Half A Cow, 2020)

October 2, 2020 Guy Lincoln 1

When is a band not a band? We might all agree that Bon Iver, Palace Music, Smog, Car Seat Headrest and the like are/were really just individuals masquerading as bands. Sure they might have a musical […]

Album Reviews

Brand New Trash “Right in Front of You” (Independent, 2020)

September 23, 2020 Guy Lincoln 0

With their new album ‘Right in Front of You’ Brand New Trash have fashioned a career-defining statement. Over the course of 34 short minutes the record morphs from making out like it wants to be the […]

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”