Album Reviews
Mavis Staples “We Get By” (Anti-, 2019)
As we noted earlier in the year – when her live album recorded on her 2018 London dates was released – Mavis Staples is showing no sign of slowing down, in fact quite the opposite would […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
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Franc Cinelli “Fly” – Listen
Born in Rome, raised in London, Franc Cinelli is a songwriter who sounds steeped deep in English folk traditions – he also acknowledges Nick Drake as an inspiration. ‘Fly’comes from his second album ‘Night Songs’, due […]
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TK & The Holy Know-Nothings “Desert Rose” – Listen
We love a new genre subdivision, and TK & The Holy Know-Nothings have one for us, describing their sound as “psychedelic doom boogie“. Fair enough. The band are the latest project for songwriter Taylor Kingman, and he […]
Live Reviews
Topic Records 80th Birthday Party, The Barbican, London, 7th June 2019
At 80 years of age Topic Records is the world’s oldest Independent Record label – and if it hasn’t been called Topic for the whole of that time there is at least a good continuity all […]
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Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes “The Road” – Listen
You may feel that you’ve heard every song about life on the road, that there’s nothing more to hear. Well, there are a lot of songs about the touring life but Australia’s Lachlan Bryan brings enough […]