ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Only Child Album: From Muddy Water To Higher Ground Reviewer: Lis Garrett Alan O’Hare told us at the launch of Only Child’s album “From Muddy Water to Higher Ground” that this was an album all about love. He’s not wrong. This album is overflowing with it –Continue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Gary Fulton Album: Judas Reviewer: Allan Cairns This is Gary’s forth album, the others being ‘Wail and Holler’, ‘Dark Water’, and ‘The Devils Hand’. All the songs are written by Gary and whereas I’ve not heard any of his earlier work I will try and remedy thisContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Mark Pountney Album: Mark One Reviewer: Ian D Hall Rating: 9/10 Some performers ooze class without even having to play a cord or a single note. Of course when they do put together the start of a new song that you just know is going to capture the imaginationContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Ian Prowse Album: Who Loves Ya Baby Reviewer: Alan O’Hare Categorising music can be a dangerous thing to do. Sure, we’re all guilty of it: critics, fans… even artists can get side tracked by what people think. It’s natural. But, sometimes, you can put something in aContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Wilson Minds Album: I Am We Are With the air having that cold crispness and as the leaves finally start to fade and fall we can look back over 2013 on what has been a tremendous year for music in Liverpool. With the flourishing of Sound CityContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Alun Parry Album: When The Sunlight Shines It’s a funny thing, a great song. While us music lovers can take it to our hearts and listen to it for the rest of our lives, for the songwriter, a great song can freeze their art into a moment inContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Maxi Dunn Album: Edmund & Leo With a music career than spans some twenty years, Liverpool born Maxi Dunn released her third and highly acclaimed album Edmund & Leo back in February. It took several plays for me to appreciate this album, but have to say itsContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Anne Marie Howard Album: Rubric Website: annemariehoward.bandcamp.com Its a beautiful Sunday morning. The warm sun is beaming through the window and the coffee is brewing. The perfect time to listen to some melodic, soothing Indie Folk. My choice today is Rubric, the debut album from Anne MarieContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Band: Merry Hell Album: Head Full Of Magic, Shoes Full Of Rain Website: merryhell.co.uk Have you ever been in that situation where a band’s debut album has fast become one of your favourites, and then they release a follow-up and you’re apprehensive about listening to it just in caseContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Tom George Album: Postcards Website: tomgeorgearts.com The key to a good album is to be both eclectic and cohesive, and paradoxical as it sounds, that’s exactly what Tom George achieves on ‘Postcards’. Opening track ‘Drifter’ has that wonderful, dreamy, jangly quality of the Stone Roses at their mostContinue Reading
