ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Ashley Théberge Album: Ba Doo Day Website: ashleytheberge.com MySpace: myspace.com/ashleytheberge Ba Doo Day is the assured debut album from Canadian songstress Ashley Théberge. Currently based in Liverpool, the artist delivers a set of songs that can be described as melodic folk indie pop. French European influences dominateContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: The Southbound Attic Band EP: Southbound Train MySpace: myspace.com/southboundatticband One of the aspects that makes the vibrant acoustic music scene in Liverpool and the surrounding area so exciting is the variety. Folk, singer-songwriter, pop, Irish, jazz, blues, and rock – there’s something for everyone. Americana also playsContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Alun Parry CD: We Can Make The World Stop Website: parrysongs.co.uk MySpace: myspace.com/parryal facebook: facebook group We Can Make The World Stop is Alun Parry’s first CD since 2007’s Liverpool 800: True Love Of Mine EP, and his first full length album since his debut Corridors ofContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Jimmy Rae CD: Deliverance Website: www.jimmyrae.co.uk MySpace: myspace.com/jimmy_rae I’m going to break with the standard album review convention by coming straight out with it. Deliverance, the new album from Jimmy Rae, is brilliant! Buy it now! In fact, buy lots of copies – one for yourself, oneContinue Reading
Back at the beginning of April we posted the news that Billy Bragg would be appearing at The New Picket on 22nd May. At the time it seemed a long way away, but now it’s just round the corner. So we though now would be a good opportunity to remindContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Jessicas Ghost CD: The Winning Hand Website: jessicasghost.co.uk MySpace: myspace.com/jessicasghost “All I want is to see you smiling” Don’t you just love it when a new CD grabs you from the very first chord? Jessicas Ghost’s debut album The Winning Hand does just that. The opening trackContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Tony Kehoe CD: Not Everything Must Lead To Nothing MySpace: myspace.com/kehoesongs “No-one ever said it’s going to be fantastic” Ah, yes – the tricky second album. We’ve all seen it before, haven’t we? A new artist comes along and blows us away (or at least mightily impressesContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artists: The Kevin Critchley Outfit CD: Scars Website: kcomusic.com MySpace: myspace.com/kevincritchley “Fully charged” Back in the summer of 2006 I was at Alun Parry’s Acoustic Slice event handing out flyers to advertise the new It’s A Frog’s Life Acoustic Podcast (still going strong at itsafrogslife.net/podcast, by the way!)Continue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW CD: Poor Boy (Boronda Records 2008) Artists: The Good Intentions Website: thegoodintentions.co.uk MySpace: myspace.com/thegoodintentionsmyspace Liverpool’s Sweethearts of the Rodeo The Good Intentions consist of R.Peter Davies (lead vocals and guitar), Gabrielle Monk (vocals) and Frank Roskell (electric guitar and vocals), and whilst based in the UK this recordContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW CD: Long Way North Artist: Rob Clarke Website: myspace.com/robclarkeunplugged “At the end of September, when the crowds melt away, and the sun turns to rain.” These are the opening lines to September, the first track on Rob Clarke’s new CD Long Way North. As an opening track itContinue Reading
