RICHARD RAY FARRELL – I Sing The Blues Eclectic – By Iain Patience
RICHARD RAY FARRELL I Sing The Blues Eclectic Blue Beet I Sing The Blues Eclectic first saw the light of day in 2011 but is once more now available this year. Farrell is a US […]
CD Reviews
Jack White – Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 by Martin Jones
XL Rock/folk When I saw Jack White step up from a dilapidated sidewalk table and blow the stage of Melbourne’s Evelyn Hotel apart to about a dozen witnesses fifteen years ago, I knew I’d just […]
CD Review – THE STRAY BIRDS – MAGIC FIRE by Michael Smith
Yep Roc/Redeye Worldwide/The Planet Company Folk/Country/Americana Now a four-piece with addition of drummer/percussionist Shane Leonard, for the first time former Lancaster County, Penns now Nashvillians The Stray Birds – Maya de Vistry (voice, fiddle, banjo, […]
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CD Review – GLEN PHILLIPS – SWALLOWED BY THE NEW by Brett Leigh Dicks
UMAMI MUSIC American singer-songwriter Glen Phillips has never shied away from the heart of the matter – be it in life or song. So when he recorded his first new album of solo material in […]
CD REVIEW – OTIS REDDING – LIVE AT THE WHISKY A GO GO by Iain Patience
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 […]
CD REVIEW – DENIZ TEK – MEAN OLD TWISTER by Michael Smith
DENIZ TEK MEAN OLD TWISTER Citadel Records Alt.rock Mixed in Sydney by his old compadre, Radio Birdman frontman Rob Younger, and Wayne Connolly, singer, songwriter and guitarist Deniz Tek unashamedly continues to mine the power […]
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FIONA BOYES – PROFESSIN’ THE BLUES – by Iain Patience
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 […]
CD Review – SNEZ – HOUSE ON FOUR WHEELS by Michael Smith
SNEZ HOUSE ON FOUR WHEELS Regal Records/MGM/Green Distribution Singer-songwriter folk Like all the best songwriters, the Blue Mountains-based Snez is a sharp observer of the seemingly simple yet subtly unique characters that pass through all […]
STEVE RIVERA – DIVIDING THE DARKNESS by Michael Smith
STEVE RIVERA DIVIDING THE DARKNESS Independent/Little Hartley Music Contemporary instrumental/classical There’s a lilting elegiac feeling of melancholy but also a subtle meditative quality that underpins this beautiful collection of instrumental pieces by southern Californian pianist […]
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CD Review – ZIGGY MARLEY By MICHAEL SMITH
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 […]