Helen Jones

Wayne Hancock “Man of the Road: The Early Bloodshot Years” (Bloodshot Records, 2019)

November 21, 2019 Helen Jones 0

“Got to make it day to night in El Paso / I’m going there as fast as I can go / I’ll take the road anyday / ‘Cause that’s the kind of life I’ve made / […]

Joshua Radin “Here, Right Now” (Nettwerk, 2019)

November 4, 2019 Helen Jones 0

It’s hard to begin listening to a Joshua Radin record without it conjuring visions of the kind of melodramatic scenes that might feature in a certain breed of US television drama. Radin first found success in […]

Sidney Lindner & The Silver Wilderness Collective “Summer Ghosts / Nightfalls” (Broken Sparrow and Burst & Bloom Records, 2019)

October 28, 2019 Helen Jones 0

“Sweet brother moonchild / We’d talk til all hours / You told me about that time that you had all the power / You brought the sunlight / The rain brought the flowers,” Sidney Lindner sings […]

Robert Ellis, Phase One, Liverpool, 22nd October 2019

October 28, 2019 Helen Jones 0

Before Robert Ellis took to the stage tonight, a bunch of yellow roses were carefully spread out over the portable piano and the edge of the stage; this act would help set the tone for an […]

Sean McConnell, Manchester Academy 2, 29th September 2019

October 11, 2019 Helen Jones 0

When Sean McConnell came on stage without fanfare – clad in denim and holding his guitar, testing his microphone before beginning – the audience weren’t prepared for the powerful performance he was about to unleash. Opening […]