Album Reviews
Robert Plant “Saving Grace”
A rock icon’s pilgrimage to the heart of roots music. Robert Plant is a name set in the history of popular culture. Best known for his role as singer of Led Zeppelin, Plant helped define the […]
Album Reviews
Album Reviews
Jared Dustin Griffin “The Perseverance of Sisyphus”
A record that revolves around change and the arduous process of accepting. Jared Dustin Griffin’s sophomore album – “The Perseverance of Sisyphus” – could be seen as dreary yet formidable. It is a brooding rumination on […]
Album Reviews
Laura Veirs “Laura Veirs and the Choir Who Couldn’t Say (Live In Angoulême)”
This collaboration between Laura Veirs and a French school choir offers a different perspective on songs from Veirs’ back catalogue. Don’t you just love an album with a fascinating back story? Well, this album has one […]
Album Reviews
Will Rainier “Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em”
Hanging around in bars pays off for Seattle-based wordsmith. Without wishing to venture into the dodgy world of American stereotyping, particularly at this moment in its history, it may be fair to say that hanging around […]
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Neko Case “Neon Grey Midnight Green”
After an eight year absence Neko Case returns with a richly textured album. In the wake of her harrowing and well reviewed book “The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You: A Memoir” Neko Case delivers […]