Album Reviews
Ned Collette “Old Chestnut” (It Records, 2018)
On first listening to this album it sounded like a collection of songs where you wait a long time for something to happen and not a lot does. But this is an album that rewards repeated […]
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Picnic Area “No Country For Young Men” (Limefield, 2018)
‘No Country For Young Men’ is the third album from Mancunian alt-country rockers Picnic Area – and it’s a good one. Writing in the shadow of Brexit and the rise of Trump has given this band […]
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The Pinkerton Raid “Where The Wild Spirits Fly” (Independent, 2018)
Hailing from Durham in North Carolina ‘The Pinkerton Raid’ (great name!) produce an Indie/Americana sound based around the writing of the band’s frontman, Jesse James DeConto. This is their fourth full-length album and is based on […]
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Marla and David Celia “Daydreamers” (Elite Records, 2018)
This album sounds so much like it was made sometime in the late sixties/early seventies that there’s a kind of time capsule feel to it; a little glimpse into a forgotten world. You can almost see […]
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Various Artists “Restoration” (Universal Music Nashville, 2018)
Now this is a really interesting album. To give it its full title it is ‘Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin’ and it does exactly that. Sixteen different acts from a country […]