Review and live images by Jonathan Taylor Instagram: jonathantaylorphotography After an 11 year artistic break since the release of their last studio album ‘Kingdom of Rust’ we welcome back the re-emergence of the mighty DOVES and the release of their…
Released back in 1973 Goats Head Soup might be considered by some as The Rolling Stones waving goodbye to their golden period and settling down into stadium rock comfort, Fast forward to this 2020 release and the album settles into…
Rating: It’s interesting how lockdown seems to be sorting the wheat from the proverbial chaff when it comes to music making Regardless of genre, those who feel the need, or even necessity, to express themselves through song, are finding a…
When there’s talk of heavyweight artists little come so close to achieving this hallowed accolade than the dynamite soul singer Solomon Burke. His Atlantic material is a part of the very best soul back catalogue you can get your hands…
One of the many shining lights of the 1960’s soul, jazz and blues scene was the outstanding vocalist Esther Phillips and her recordings on Lenox, Atlantic and Roulette records. Released via Soul Music Records a subsidiary of Cherry Records a…
Compilation albums are often a fortress of goodies both heard and unheard to the listening ear in possession of the music. Doctor Bird Records, a division of Cherry Red Records, specializes specifically in Jamaican beats licenced from the legendary Trojan…
For those of us old enough to have spent our formative years listening to John Peel’s late night sessions under our duvets, the fusion of Western and African music feels like an entirely natural one. After all, at the same…
Mixes various musical styles but with a firm stamp in the direction of The Cure, Slowdive and MBV, Bdrmm’s new longer player Bedroom released via Sonic Cathedral will wake you up from your slumber before reaching into your heart and…
The latest album Time To Dream But Never Seen released via Castles In Space by electronic keyboard wizard Keith Seatman delves into an often mysterious sound yet keeping an intriguing musical angle through the long player, the sort of release…
If there’s one thing you could never accuse Alex Keevil’s project The Microdance of, it’s under ambition. Everything about ‘Our Love Noire’, the London-based band’s follow up to 2015’s well received ‘New Waves ofHope’, is cranked up to 11. We’re…