EP REVIEW Artist – Vanessa Murray EP – It’s About Time Release date – 7th November 2015 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating **** Vanessa Murray has been quietly biding her time on the Liverpool music scene, just out of the spotlight’s glare, intriguing enough people and entertaining many moreContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Paul Wilkes EP – Patterns Release date – 25th November 2015 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare Hot on the heels of ‘Take The Sunlight’ and ‘River Running With Me’, comes his third EP of the year, the delicate ‘Patterns’. It’s lower key than the previous releases – out go the strings and widescreen arrangements,Continue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Emilio Pinchi EP – Trying Man Release date – 4th November 2015 Reviewer – Graham Holland In the current climate when new music is more often than not digitally recorded and old recordings are digitally remixed before being re-released I’m reminded of John Peel’s famous quote on being told that CDs are better thanContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Richard Batty EP – Loaded Gun Release date – 18th June 2015 Reviewer – Graham Holland UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2021 Richard Batty is now performing under the name Ambro River. I’d been aware of the name Richard Batty for some time but hadn’t heard any of his music until I managed to catchContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Paul Wilkes EP – Take The Sunlight Release date – 8th June 2015 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare Listen on Soundcloud How does a prolific artist sustain interest in 2015? There is no answer to that. But, in these disposable times, one plan of action is to release music often and to strive toContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Rossa Murray EP – Only By The Wayside Release date – 29th April 2015 Reviewer – Ian Sharp Tracklist – Don’t Be a Stranger / Fight or Flight (feat Rebecca O’Donnell) / Swim (feat Rebecca O’Donnell) / Take Care (feat Rebecca O’Donnell) / Always Something / The Toll of Time (feat Rebecca O’Donnell) Hailing from Portaferry in Northern Ireland,Continue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Rosenblume EP – All Through The Fire, All Through The Rain Release date – 27th April 2015 Reviewer – Stuart Todd Tracklist – All Through The Fire, All Through The Rain / Constant Lover / Lost In The Air / Nerves Of Steel Fresh from playing festivals at Unity Theatre and Threshold, Rosenblume continues toContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Alex Hulme EP – Back Of The Pack Release date – 23rd February 2015 Reviewer – Stuart Todd Listen on Bandcamp Tracklist: Back Of The Pack / Hunt / River Recorded & mixed by Ciaron Bell & Richard Woodcraft Mastered by Stefan Kazassoglou at Kinicho, Liverpool Back Of The Pack is the new EPContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Paul Wilkes EP – River Running With Me Release date – 19th January 2015 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare Listen on Soundcloud Paul Wilkes has been around for a long time. One of his first tunes, the delicately bruised ‘Rihanna’, still occupies a space in the file marked ‘great lost songs’ of theContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist – Iain Till EP – The Rise And The Fall Release date – November 2014 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare (Listen on BandCamp) To make music this sparse stand out from the crowd, the singer has to be able to whisper something into your ear. Fortunately for Iain Till, his voice is sublime. The songwriter (andContinue Reading
