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Tyrone Cotton “Man Like Me”

December 22, 2023 Darren Lumbroso 0

A deeply personal record which brings together a host of musical styles. Tyrone Cotton’s songs are a blend of folk, blues, soul, jazz and rock’n’roll. He’s been a fixture on the Louisville music scene for the […]

Paperback Riders: And the top Christmas book in the USA is…

December 21, 2023 Tim Martin 2

Good Reads is a great place to talk about books. And as everyone loves a list, they have one for Christmas books. When we talked about the great American novel a few months back, we found […]

James Jonathan Clancy “Sprecato”

December 21, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Out there experimentalism from ‘Alien Cowboy’… it’s a trip. This is way out there. A cosmic, lo-fi postcard from the edge perhaps. What edge is probably the question? We never find out. There’s strummed guitars, echoey […]

Oliver James Brooks “In A Little Long While”

December 21, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

Lo-fi alternative folk on Canadian songwriter’s fourth album. This is Toronto-based Oliver James Brooks’ fourth studio album. Two years in the making, the recording was done with friends in Oliver’s living room using seventies gear for […]

Artwork for Lesley Gore album "Ever Since [Deluxe Edition]"

Re-release Review: Lesley Gore “Ever Since [Deluxe Edition]”

December 21, 2023 Peter Thompson 1

Reissue of mature, sophisticated 2005 release given Deluxe Edition tag with inclusion of a previously unheard recording. Lesley Gore shot to prominence in 1963 with the #1 (US) hit ‘It’s My Party‘ which she recorded when […]