Owen Gillham

Jaime Wyatt “Felony Blues” (Forty Below Records, 2017)

July 6, 2017 Owen Gillham 0

“I stayed out of trouble most the time in jail” is, in its honesty and openness, as stark and discomforting a statement as you would expect an artist to make when describing how they came to […]

Hillfolk Noir “Junkerpunch” (Independent, 2017)

June 28, 2017 Owen Gillham 0

An obscurely entitled 5th outing if ever there was. “What is a ”Junkerpunch?” we hear you cry. Even good old Google appears to be bereft of answers on that one. Thankfully, the press release accompanying Hillfolk […]

Sound of the Sirens “For All Our Sins” (Independent, 2017)

May 31, 2017 Owen Gillham 0

The press release for the debut album from Exeter-based duo Sound of the Sirens paints a rather misleading picture of an (incredibly English) take on Americana. To suggest there is any parallel to be drawn between […]

Little Lapin “Wake Up With The Sun” (Independent, 2017)

May 17, 2017 Owen Gillham 0

Juxtaposing comparisons with Regina Spektor and Laura Marling against kind words from BBC Cornwall perhaps paints, somewhat immediately, a picture of rural English gentility. And quaint though this, Little Lapin’s third outing, undoubtedly is… unfortunately, it’s also […]

Beth Bombara “Map & No Direction” (At The Helm Records, 2017)

May 16, 2017 Owen Gillham 0

St Louis resident and punk rock refugee, Beth Bombara, might lack some of the credentials and accolades of her long-serving influences, Gillian Welch and Aimee Mann, but on this, her fifth album (sixth if you count […]