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Andrew Weiss and Friends “Beverly Hills, Thanksgiving Day”

December 20, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

Deep thoughts with deft turns of phrase all to a warm West Coast sound. Amid the gloom under relentlessly grey skies as the year draws to a close a glimmer of sunshine appears from Long Island […]

Alex Nicol “Been A Long Year Vol.1 & Vol.2”

December 20, 2023 Peter Churchill 0

Montreal melancholia chills nicely. Having released ‘Been A Long Year Vol.1’ as an EP earlier in the year Canadian Alex Nicol has now added another 5 songs to create a full-length album, ‘Been A Long Year […]

Hank Wangford and Noel Dashwood “Promises, Promises”

December 20, 2023 David Jarman 1

Atmospheric Hawaiian-influenced roots country features characteristic wry humour from Wangford and fine dobro from duo partner Dashwood. Hank Wangford–the performing alter-ego of Dr. Sam Hutt–will need no introduction to many readers, as a home-grown pioneer in […]

artwork for Dean Owens album 'Pictures".

Dean Owens “Pictures” (ft Neilson Hubbard and Will Kimbrough)

December 19, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

From East Lothian via East Nashville, Owens reunites with long-term collaborators to deliver eleven songs written during the pandemic years. There would be little exaggeration in suggesting that Dean Owens is possibly one of the hardest-working […]

Artwork for Malena Cadiz album Hellbent And Moonbound

Malena Cadiz “Hellbent And Moonbound”

December 19, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0

First album in seven years sees Malena Cadiz reach for classic LA sound. Malena Cadiz’s last album, ‘Sunfair’, was released in 2016. The intervening seven years has seen Cadiz move homes, become a mother and working […]