Lyndon Bolton

Live Review: Fairport Convention, The Exchange, Twickenham – 4th November 2023

November 16, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

Going to see Fairport Convention is like catching up with old friends. It certainly is for this reviewer who tonight was nine days short of a half century since his first Fairport gig. If the welcome […]

Christian Kjellvander “Hold Your Love Still”

November 8, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

Searching for a better world through layers of sound. There can be no more suitable music to accompany the wave upon wave of cloud, rain and storm of recent days. Our weather’s relentless cycle of melancholic […]

The Menzingers “Some Of It Was True”

October 16, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

A live album with studio sound. Eighteen years on from when Scranton, PA punk rockers The Menzingers started out guitarist Greg Barnett clearly does not undersell this, their seventh studio album, describing it as, “a pivotal […]

More People Really Should Know About: Ian M Bailey

October 4, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

One of reviewing’s most appealing aspects is discovering artists I have never heard before. AUK have opened my ears to many such musicians but one who made a deep impression both instantly and lasting is Ian […]

Teenage Fanclub “Nothing Lasts Forever”

September 20, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 1

Scottish quintet find themselves in a reflective mood for their 11th studio release. As the title might indicate there is a sense of taking stock for the new album by Teenage Fanclub, perhaps that is not […]