Jessicas Ghost Losing Track Of Time album art

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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

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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

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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

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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

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ALBUM REVIEW Artist: Lizzie Nunnery Album: Company of Ghosts Website: lizzienunnery.co.uk MySpace: myspace.com/lizzienunnery Facebook group: facebook.com/group.php?gid=11557365886 Company of Ghosts is Lizzie Nunnery’s debut album, and it’s not before time. Her previous two releases – Monkeys and Devils (2006) and Hungry (2008) – are both EPs. Don’t get me wrong, I’veContinue Reading