Album Reviews – Page 959

Our latest posts

[ July 28, 2026 ] The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family” Album Reviews
[ July 28, 2026 ] More People Really Should Know About: Hayden Features
[ July 28, 2026 ] Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham” Album Reviews
[ July 28, 2026 ] Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates News
[ July 28, 2026 ] Nicole Atkins “Singing In The Mirror” – hey, give yourself a break Tracks

Ned Roberts “Outside My Mind” (Aveline, 2017)

March 24, 2017 Rick Bayles 0

“Outside My Mind” is the follow-up album to 2014’s eponymous debut from London based folk artist Ned Roberts – and it’s a confident and well-produced recording. In fact, in many ways this album belongs almost as […]

Sweet Gum Tree “Sustain The Illusion” (Dreamy Bird Records 2017)

March 24, 2017 David Cowling 0

In the 1980’s alongside, all of the hardcore, reggae and The Fall, John Peel occasionally championed some bands that didn’t quite fit; they were self-consciously ‘arty’ and most of them would end up on 4AD records […]

Andrew Combs “Canyons Of My Mind” (Loose Records 2017)

March 24, 2017 Tim Merricks 0

Sometimes Americana is a fickle genre; it spins off down blind alleys and one way streets in all kinds of maverick directions. Other times it shoots straight from the hip. You may have read that compelling […]

Son of the Velvet Rat “Dorado” (Fluff & Gravy Records, 2017)

March 24, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

It would be the understatement of the year to describe the torn and ragged instrument that is Georg Altziebler’s throat as “cracked” or “whisky scarred”. It’s a hollow rattling thing that speaks of dry deserts and […]

Nick Ellis “Daylight Ghosts” (Mellowtone Records, 2017)

March 23, 2017 David Cowling 0

Throughout this record Ellis’ guitar playing is excellent and the sound is clear and resonant (it was recorded in Liverpool St George’s Hall Crown Court Room) and it’s clear the further that Ellis gets from standard […]

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0

The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0

When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]

artwork for Pete Ham tribute album "Just Look Inside the Cover"

Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”

July 28, 2026 0

A worthy homage to an often-overlooked figure. Tribute albums are a very democratic form of praise since any artist, no matter how big or small, can potentially receive this honour. Be it compositions in the style […]