ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Rob Clarke Album: About A Time Website: soundcloud.com/rob-clarke Rob Clarke has recently been busy recording with his new group The Wooltones and has just been featured on Folkscene for BBC Radio Merseyside. Recorded at Number 4 studios with Fran Ashcroft, ‘About A Time’ is the third album to emerge fromContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: The Science of the Lamps EP: Science of the Lamps EP Website: thescienceofthelamps.com Rating: **** There is something unerringly beautiful about the music of Science of the Lamps. Almost mythical in its presentation, stunning in its creation and just that pinch of Nordic noir/folk fairytale that filters through and givesContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Jessicas Ghost Album: Losing Track Of Time Website: jessicasghost.co.uk Formed in 2005, Jessicas Ghost are Emma Thorbinson (vocals/acoustic guitar,) Christoph Demetriou (violin and backing vocals), Ian Moxham (bass, backing vocals, mandolin, mandola, banjo, harmonica), Christopher “R-Chris” Shaw (electric and acoustic guitars, tenor ukulele), Craig Smith (keyboards, percussion, drum programming) andContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Lizzie Nunnery & Vidar Norheim Album: Black Hound Howling Website: lizzienunnery.co.uk There’s a musician I know who has four albums to his name – albums which, despite containing well-written, well-produced songs, could easily be interchanged with each other and nobody would be any the wiser. That’s becauseContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: Only Child EP: Only Child EP Website: onlychildmusic.co.uk Listen to this CD at five to midnight, with 40 watt bulbs and rain against the skylights and cast your eye over the dedication in the sleeve, “dedicated to anyone who is missing someone”. At that moment, it becomes prettyContinue Reading
SINGLE REVIEW Artists: Lizzie Nunnery and Vidar Norheim Single: Poverty Knocks (featuring the Liverpool Socialist Singers) Website: lizzienunnery.co.uk Poverty Knocks (not to be confused with the old mill-workers’ song Poverty Knock) is the first single from Lizzie Nunnery’s eagerly awaited second album Black Hound Howling, due for release on 17th September.Continue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Gerry Murphy Album: Crescent City Daze Website: gerrymurphymusic.com The latest album from Gerry Murphy is quite an eclectic mix. Ranging from Cajun flavour on track one to ballads and blues. There are some with a studio influence feel and others that feel stripped bare but don’t suffer forContinue Reading
EP REVIEW Artist: The Hummingbirds EP: Doesn’t Really Matter Website: wearethehummingbirds.com The Hummingbirds’ description of themselves as 5 lads and a box seems appropriate enough, but would this latest set of recordings justify their self-proclaimed title of “pioneers of modern skiffle”? I’ve seen the band play live a couple of times inContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Ian Prowse Album: Does This Train Stop On Merseyside Website: amsterdam-music.com A ‘Best Of’ is a funny proposition for the listener. For the artist, a summation of a lifetime’s work, neatly presented in a box with lots of photographs and comment, is a lovely idea. It’s something tangible toContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Mary McCombs Album: Selling Flowers Website: myspace.com/marymccombs Mary McCombs‘ album Selling Flowers is a collection of self penned songs, where Mary’s voice and guitar lay before us stories from her life and experiences. Some recent, I believe and others like the title song ‘Selling Flowers’ from the notContinue Reading
