Stax Records Soul I’m not a great fan of many ‘F’ words save for the ubiquitous, essential four-letter variant, but this sixty-four track, six-disc release is simply stunning, fantastic, fabulous fun, fun, fun. Loaded with […]
As Jimmy points out in his new autobiography, Working Class Boy, the accompanying photo is the only known image of the short-lived cover band he was in, aged 16, before getting the call to join […]
Fiona Boyes Professin’ The Blues Blues Reference Recordings Sixteen tracks in a new release from Bay area label Reference, show-casing the evidently earthy, considerable talents of Ozzie picker Boyes, Professin’ The Blues is an outstanding […]
Grant Lee Phillips had only just moved to Nashville when I met him at Americana Festival three years ago. He seemed to have been immediately accepted by the leftfield musical story-tellers at the heart of […]
Sarawak Cultural Village, Malaysian Borneo Many elements make the Rainforest World Music Festival unique. The ‘living museum’ setting, a 35-minute drive from the state’s capital Kuching, is a sprawling green and serene world of its […]
April 29, 1922 – August 22, 2016 Toots Thielemans was one of those remarkably rare birds – a multi-insturmentalist of note, he survived numerous musical changes and challenges switching from his initial love of […]
The Loire is France’s last true, wild, untamed river, a meandering, sprawling affair that mirrors its US counterpart the Mississippi by frequently flooding, bursting its banks, claiming lives and capturing the imaginations of artists, musicians […]
ZIGGY MARLEY ZIGGY MARLEY Tuff Gong Worldwide/Source Music Reggae and beyond Sixteen albums into a career that began when he was ten years old accompanying his legendary father in the studio, Ziggy Marley knows exactly […]
When you listen to the Hussy Hicks you can be sure what you are listening to is good and will suit your mood. Their name, as well as their music, is reflective of the diversity in the […]
The pyrotechnics produced by the Punch Brothers quintet on the opening night of the 2016 Adelaide Guitar Festival at the city’s Town Hall made them an awfully tough act to follow, but Bela Fleck and […]
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