Album Reviews
Izaak Opatz “Extra Medium”
True tales of romantic struggling. Izaak Opatz has been meandering towards ‘Extra Medium‘ for a while – a couple of years back he had an album of mostly country covers and two remakes of songs he […]
Reviews
Live Reviews
Live Review: Robert Jon and The Wreck, The Thekla, Bristol – 9th May 2022
The fact that Robert Jon Burrison and his crew could draw a capacity crowd on a Monday night says a lot about the pulling power of good time Blues Rock. The Wreck are a tight well […]
Album Reviews
Noble Jacks “Last Of The Wild”
High energy fiddle-driven songs that make for a great summer soundtrack. A 2019 tour with The Dead South seems to have seeped into the Noble Jacks’ song writing for their third album. That’s not to suggest […]
Album Reviews
The Wave Pictures “When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings”
There is a whole lot goin’ on here, and it is all good. The ‘Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings‘, the new double album by The Wave Pictures is a tour de force. It energetically revives the […]
Album Reviews
Elliah Heifetz “First Generation American”
Disappointing.Traditional country-folk, veering into parody and pastiche. Elliah Heifetz, from the City of Brotherly Love, born of Russian immigrants to the USA, is today’s musical cosmonaut. He’s a ‘First Generation American’, he grew up knowing poverty […]