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Rick Maddocks “Blue Horse Opera”

January 22, 2026 Andy Davidson 2

Country & Western collisions. “Anyone can come up with a story… you just need a few lies and a few loose wires upstairs and enough time alone to tie them all together”. So says Gene, a […]

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Van Morrison “Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge”

January 21, 2026 FredArnold 5

Popular music icon explores the blues in depth and sounds just fine. And your humble writer gets to review yet another musical icon, in the form of Sir Van Morrison, as he releases the 51st  (give […]

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Tony Poole “Faith In Us”

January 21, 2026 Rick Thorn 3

An album that harks backwards but yet is very much of today. “Faith In Us” is Tony Poole’s first solo album in over fifty years as a musician, and it’s an absolute cracker. If ‘Tardis Rock’ […]

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Henry Grace “Things Are Moving All Around Me”

January 20, 2026 Pete Hill 0

Back home and looking forward to a bright future. A move to LA in 2021 inspired Henry Grace’s debut album “Alive in America”, which brought the London-born singer-songwriter plenty of admirers. He returned home after studying […]

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The Paper Kites “If You Go There, I Hope You Find It”

January 19, 2026 Peter Churchill 3

Early album of the year contender from a long-established Aussie five-piece. A bold statement for a new year. The seventh studio album by Australian band The Paper Kites, ‘If You Go There, I Hope You Find […]

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