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Mean Mary ”Cold” (Woodrock Records, 2019)

September 30, 2019 Steven Howlett 0

There is, it seems, no limit to Mary James’ (Mean Mary is a stage name) talent. This native of Alabama has, astonishingly, been writing songs since the age of five. She could read music before she […]

Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra “Eta Carinae” (Tea Pad Recordings, 2019)

September 30, 2019 Tim Martin 1

Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra describe themselves as a genre-hopping roots quintet from Newcastle. Their new EP, named after a star system, certainly covers a fair bit of ground. Opener ‘Swinging Like a Brick‘ […]

Yo Zushi “Unconditional Love” (TWGDOYP Records, 2019)

September 30, 2019 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

With publicity notes telling us that Japanese-Anglo artist Yo Zushi has spent a decade “bankrupting small labels with uncommercial music” and which describe his musical status as “absolutely obscure”, before first listening to ‘Unconditional Love’, you […]

Kacy & Clayton “Carrying On” (New West, 2019)

September 30, 2019 Mike Elliott 0

“Should’ve married for money, like any woman in her right mind would do / instead I settled for love and don’t you know that that’s the worst thing you can do.” So begins ‘The Forty-Ninth Parallel’, the […]

Sammy Kay “civil/WAR” (Independent, 2019)

September 27, 2019 Jim Finnie 0

Sammy Kay has picked a stonking opening track for his new album ‘civil/War’. Straight from the off the gravelly-voiced New Jersey singer-songwriter grabs your attention with the superb ‘Silver Dollar’ and quickly backs it up with […]