Album Reviews
Long Mama “Poor Pretender”
A more than passable debut, but the music needs to catch up with the words and their ambition next time. Long Mama are led by singer songwriter Kat Wodtke, on what they describe as “a haunting […]
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Kyp Harness “Poverty Line”
A songwriter walking in the footsteps of Dylan and Lou Reed. A Canadian who has released 17 previous albums but who remains something of a secret on this side of the Atlantic, Kyp Harness has built […]
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Hal Cannon “Nothin’ Lastin’”
Stunning collection of songs that will be one of the lasting classics of the year. The rattling percussion and graveyard choir of opening song ‘Thirty Six Miles’ goes straight to the heart of Cannon’s assertion that: […]
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Caleb Caudle “Forsythia”
Masterclass in song-writing and delivery of bluegrass-tinged country. Caleb Caudle knows how to make very good music, and deliver it with his rich voice that harks back to the very roots of country music. Being helped […]
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Samuel James Taylor “Wild Tales and Broken Hearts”
A retro seventies classic singer-songwriter sound from Sheffield via 21st Century Nashville. Samuel James Taylor may hail from the Steel City, Sheffield, in God’s own county of Yorkshire, but to record his latest album after over […]