Music reviews, interviews
Stew Cutler has spent the better part of four decades channelling the blues through his magical fingers. Cutler’s talent is so engulfing that he easily incorporates jazz, gospel, and R&B in his repertoire. The blues always take centre stage. Cutler’s seventh studio albumThe Blues From Another Angle, proves […]
The voice of 90s UK super soul group M People took to the stage of Guildford’s G Live with a six-piece band of drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and two backing vocalists. Small kicked off with Renaissance and the party was soon in full swing with the smash hit One Night […]
Charley Crockett will release his new album Lil’ G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley on April 22nd via Son of Davy/Thirty Tigers. The fourth edition of his Lil’ G.L. tribute series, Jukebox Charley is another great example of how Crockett is enlivening country music by looking back for inspiration and crafting […]
Beautiful and emotive. Duo Abbe Martin and Hannah Wood of Sound of the Sirens solidify their status as one of the UK’s finest folk acts with their brand new album, ‘Damage Control,’ out on 8th April 2022. Drenched in rich intertwining vocal harmonies, this album showcases the band’s […]
Celebrated Canadian musician Matt Andersen announces the release of his first acoustic solo studio record House to House, out March 4th on Sonic Records. On the album, the prolific singer/songwriter embraces a stripped-down sound while sacrificing none of the power he has become known for in his electric […]
After the release of her single “Hawks Don’t Share” in Autumn last year, Carson McHone is sharing details about her third album and second release on Loose. “Still Life”, out February 25, quivers like a tightrope, with songs about existing within tension and surviving beyond the breaking point. […]
“Welcome to the show ladies and gentlemen. It’s good to be back!” enthuses Paul-Ronney Angel, the master showman of these fine purveyors of bourbon-soaked gypsy blues bop’n’stroll. Angel struts the stage with a confident swagger, fronting a close-knit musical family which for this show is two drummers, double […]
Recorded with Ontario’s Daniel Romano, Hawks Don’t Share is a literary allusion to the creative sabotage that often confronts artistic alliance. A pair of sparring electric guitars sets the scene, mirrored in the line, We’re both boxers babe/ we don’t make love. Bright horns pop between phrases overtop a tight […]
After a tumultuous 1967 for Johnny Cash, the year 1968 was bookended by what would become his two iconic, highest-grossing albums, At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin. But now, fifty-three years later, a lost chapter has emerged to enrich and complement the story of that very good year. Johnny Cash At […]
The Hanging Stars are the latest signing to Loose Music, and they certainly live up to the big reputation the label has for signing quality acts. Channelling the sounds of The Byrds, Big Star and The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Hanging Stars mainline the dying embers of the early […]
Building Our Own Nashville 