Album Reviews
Splendid Torch “Icon”
Debut album from New England trio with roots firmly in bluegrass. “Icon” is the debut album by New England trio, Splendid Torch. A debut it may be, but this is by no means the first knockings of […]
Reviews
Book Reviews
Book Review: Andrew Lauder, Mick Houghton “Happy Trails – Andrew Lauder’s Charmed Life And High Times In The Record Business”
Andrew Lauder will be a name well known to readers of several different vintages but especially from those clued in to the output from United Artists in the early 1970s and pages of Zigzag magazine from […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls + Lucy Grubb + Amigo The Devil, UEA, Norwich – 12th April 2025
Few acts can command the fervent live following that Frank Turner can. With a relentless touring schedule that recently saw Turner celebrate his 3,000th solo gig, he has steadily grown a huge and passionate fan-base, many […]
Album Reviews
Ghost Hounds “Almost Home”
Southern rock with words of love, loss and heartache, done well. This is Ghost Hounds’ fifth studio album and the southern rock here has a comforting familiarity starting with the ZZ Top-like opener ‘She Runs Hot’. […]
Album Reviews
Andrea Nicole King “Harvest Love”
Artful evocation of heartbreak and hope in song form. The latest project from Andrea Nicole King is an LP named ‘Harvest Love’, a record that seeks to ‘honour grief honestly and authentically’. To call ‘Harvest Love’ […]