Rick Bayles

The View From Across La Manche #4 – from our own correspondent

April 26, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Markets, Macron and Musique. Rural France is, pretty much, in semi-hibernation for much of the winter. Around mid-October, it all goes very quiet. Many bars and restaurants shut up shop and people just hunker down to […]

Ferris & Sylvester “Superhuman”

April 14, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Is it too early to call this the debut album of the year? Wow. That certainly blows away the cobwebs! ‘Superhuman’ is the debut album from British duo, Ferris and Sylvester, and it’s fair to say […]

Multimedia (Book/Music) review – Darden Smith “Western Skies”

March 30, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

A Multi-Media release that combines photography, lyrics, essays and songs to paint a bigger picture. Back in 1989, I stumbled across a very interesting album. “Evidence” saw The Bible’s Boo Hewerdine teamed with a young Texan […]

The View from Across La Manche #3 – From our own correspondent

March 24, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

In which we look at Spring, Campaigning and French Country Music bands… A week may be a long time in politics, but a month would seem to be a lifetime where politics is concerned! When I […]

The Remittance Men “Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons”

March 23, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

A slow-burner that will stay with you given time. Yet another lockdown project here, with The Remittance Men being a Boston based musical collective pulled together during the pandemic to give some local musicians a continued […]