Atmospheric playing, dusty guitar and some compelling songs. An early year highlight. There’s no sound more Americana than a Dobro guitar played with a slide. The opening of ‘Cold Rain’ the first song on KB Bayley’s […]
Power pop for teenagers played, really well, by their dads. Opening with a rock and roll riff, and a Farfisa organ, ‘Put You On Hold’ is a solid slab of early sixties garage rock. However, it […]
A smooth-voiced Celtic offering amid the ghost of Robert Burns Karen Matheson is well known as the long term voice of Capercaillie though she has also produced 4 solo albums and now 5 with her most […]
Deeply felt thought and experience permeate Smith’s lyrics bringing both the personal and the universal to the surface How many industrial welders become purveyors of thoughtful and poignant Americana songs? Whilst you scratch your head to […]
A heartfelt and intimate tribute to one of the true greats. Hot on the heels of his tenth studio album “Migration Stories”, released in April, prolific songwriter M. Ward returns with an album of re-worked Billie […]
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