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Album Review: David Bronson - Story (Self Release)19 January 2013 - 1:00amFor anyone wanting an easy life, the confusing release of the second instalment of an autobiographical twenty-two song cycle concept album, before the first part, is somewhat slightly baffling. New York-based singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist David Bronson has spent a good deal of time on this project, collectively entitled THE LONG LOST STORY, which effectively runs...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Album Review: Kate Denny - Closer To Home (Lapwing)19 January 2013 - 1:00amFormer fiddler/singer with the folk trio The Kittiwakes, Kate Denny releases her debut solo record after ten years of composing, arranging and performing on the British folk circuit and in the theatre. As it says on the tin, the songs on this album centre around people and issues associated with home, which includes those around her. The songs are both personal and gentle, adopting...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Album Review: Rita Payne - Stories From the Suitcase (Self Release)19 January 2013 - 1:00amFormer school pals Rhiannon Scutt and Pete Sowerby otherwise known as Rita Payne, an artistically licensed anagram of their combined names, have spent the last few months recreating what they do perfectly well at home on stages large and small both locally and further afield, gathering a core following along the way. In the autumn of 2012, the duo entered Wavelength Studios in Doncaster...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Album Review: Solarference - Lips of Clay (Self Release)14 January 2013 - 10:01pmThe latter half of 2012 proved to be a productive time for Bristol-based duo Solarference. Having developed a unique approach to live performance since forming in 2008 and with an increasingly busy gigging schedule, Nick Janaway and Sarah Owen also found themselves the subject of an enthusiastic article in fRoots magazine, received the Innovation gong in the annual Fatea Awards and...By: Kev Boyd |
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Album Review: Nicolas Repac - Black Box (Naive)9 January 2013 - 8:34amRemarkably, almost fourteen years have passed since American electronica artist Moby sampled the field recordings of Alan Lomax, proving that sampling could provide some rather tasty moments of musical experimentation. Ever since the release of Moby's 1999 album PLAY, the eerie sound of almost century-old work songs and crackly blues melodies layered over contemporary back-beats and...By: Liam Wilkinson |
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Album Review: Larkin Poe and Thom Hell - The Sound of the Ocean Sound (Edvins Records)5 January 2013 - 1:52pmSince the disbandment of the Calhoun, Georgia-based 'progressive acoustic trio' The Lovell Sisters, who between them made a couple of fine Bluegrass/Country-styled albums a few years ago, the offshoot outfit Larkin Poe, headed by the younger siblings Rebecca and Megan Lovell has risen in popularity on the acoustic music scene over the last three years with an increasingly rockier element...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Album Review: Locust Honey String Band - He Ain't No Good (Self Release)5 January 2013 - 11:30amDrawing from the old time traditions of Swannanoa, North Carolina, the all-female trio made up of Chloe Edmonstone on fiddle, guitar and vocals, Ariel Dixon on banjo, guitar and vocal and Meredith Watson on guitar, percussion and vocal, bring together an authentic string band feel to the fifteen songs on this their debut album. Taking their sound pretty much from where Doc Watson left off, the...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Album Review: Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra - Money Isn't Everything (Self Release)31 December 2012 - 5:50pmOnce the shrink-wrapping is off the jewel case of MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING, it's almost like being transported back in time to the 1930s, with an authentic looking 'race records' type record label and several sepia shots of what looks like a very young band who in different costumes would probably look more like your current standard boy band. When the music kicks in however, Rob Heron and...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Album Review: Birds of Chicago - Birds of Chicago (Self Release)30 December 2012 - 8:00pmThose who have encountered either Chicago's JT and the Clouds or Vancouver's Po'Girl, even if only for the briefest of moments, will already be aware that the lead singers of each of these two outfits are in possession of something very special indeed. JT Nero and Allison Russell's collaboration has been steadily brewing since they both appeared on each of their respective band's most recent...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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Album Review: Nancy Cassidy - Song of Joy (Self Release)29 December 2012 - 5:00pmWith a dozen albums already under her belt, half of them recorded for kids, prolific songwriter Nancy Cassidy returns after three years with an album intended to lift your spirits. The eleven original songs on SONG OF JOY, written specifically for a friend but generally for anyone with a wounded body or heart, brings optimism for our times. With her own generous spirit, nurtured from the...By: Allan Wilkinson |
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