ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Ian Prowse Album: Compañeros Reviewer: Alan O’Hare Released: 2nd October 2015 When is an album of cover versions not a covers album? When said songs are being uncovered for the first time… Ian Prowse’s new album, Compañeros, contains ten tunes written by songwriters other than the Merseysider. The rub?Continue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Moss & Jones Album: Amateur Astronomy Reviewer: Helen G – stresswitch.com Released: 28th June 2015 Merseyside-based multi-instrumentalist duo Moss & Jones waste no time in following up their debut single ‘Ella Brown’ with Amateur Astronomy, their first album and a consolidation of their unique sound. Influenced, but never overwhelmed, by aContinue 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
SINGLE REVIEW Artist – Three Minute Hero Single – 173 (Is Just A Number) Release date – 1st June 2015 Reviewer – Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10 You have only to listen to Three Minute Hero to know that inside the man sits the heart of socially aware humanContinue 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
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Derek King Album: Sometimes Reviewer: Ian D Hall, Liverpool Sound and Vision Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * When Sometimes becomes an occasion, then it takes on a completely different meaning. As Sometimes is oft to do, the spirit of it can quickly transform in to aContinue 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
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Kevin Critchley Album: As I Disappear Reviewer: Graham Holland It would seem Kevin Critchley has come full circle. Having started his recording career as Kevin Critchley then adding more musicians and morphing into the Kevin Critchley Outfit (later renamed KCO) before transforming into The Fifth Movement, he is now backContinue Reading
