The gentleman before me I’ve known for a while, his kindness and good humour known to many, but today a mantle of grief enfolds Lewis Wharton, a scant five months since the unexpected death of his friend and Little Barrie…
We’re downstairs just south of Denmark Street. It’s still 1966 down here, such is the décor and the quietude that’s reminiscent of an older, softer London. A table top separates us and, though his eyes are watchful, far back within…
On entering the 100 Club’s dressing room you’re stopped in your tracks. You look around to take it all in. There’s a beaten up naugahyde sofa, a glass-fronted fridge, an arcade machine (that isn’t plugged in), at the room’s centre…
In 2015, with the alignment of three musical constellations that are Steve White (The Style Council, Paul Weller, The Who) Matt Deighton (Mother Earth, Brian Auger, Chris Difford, Paul Weller, Bill Fay) and Damon Minchella (Ocean Colour Scene, Richard Ashcroft),…
If there is one avatar that has managed to lodge itself in our collective consciousness in the post-war decades, it is that of the lone troubadour, a guitar slung across his midriff, his neck craned, leaning into the microphone, alone…
A generation of Northern Irish singer-songwriters is coming of age if Gareth Dunlop‘s debut album, ‘No.79’, is anything to go by. An East Belfast man, he today stands alongside contemporaries Joshua Burnside, Duke Special and Pat Dam Smyth and walks…
This is a band making a very welcome return to the fray with The Wild River, a 10-track album (recorded in Andalusia) that’s a sweet blend of pop, soul, funk and rock. The Blow Monkeys, a band that made its…
The Los Angelina’s gaze is what catches the attention when passing by the poster. It’s the sultry, somewhat narcotised glint in Sade Sanchez’s eye that turns the head and makes you listen to this record – LA Witch eponymously titled debut;…
The throat growl of a more feminised voice begins this curious and affecting album, coming as something of a relief considering the techno punk of opener ‘Headless Children’ rides the same groove of one John William Weller on ‘Around The…
“All I wanted to do was climb trees and read books when I was younger, so I didn’t expect any of this to happen,” says Jenny Rossander, a.k.a Lydmor. “I am happy with it. But the little, unpopular girl that’s…