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Tag Archives: Nick Cave
Album review: BEN FEATHERSTONE – Prisoner To The Wind
Website [Release date 23.08.19] Ben Featherstone has been working on this album over the past decade, mostly recorded in a 400 year old abandoned chapel on a disused cemetary in the middle of nowhere on mostly a 1950′s reel to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ben Featherstone, classical, folk, melodic, Nick Cave, Prisoner To The Wind, review, singer songwriter
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Album review: SIMON TODD – Half Empty/Half Full
Ginger Tom Music [Release date 21.09.18] Produced by the esteemed songwriter Boo Hewerdine, Northumberland singer/songwriter Simon Todd’s ‘Half Empty/Half Full’ is an aptly titled album that keeps the listener guessing until very end. The title might be interpreted as a … Continue reading
Album review: MARIANNE FAITHFULL – Negative Capability
BMG [Release date 02.11.18] With a recording career spanning over fifty years ‘Negative Capability’ is Marianne Faithfull’s twenty-first album. Battling arthritis, contemplating bereavement and dealing with loneliness, it’s a highly autobiographical and emotive offering from Faithfull. “It’s the most honest … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ed Harcourt, Marianne Faithfull, melodic, Negative Capability, Nick Cave, pop, review
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Album review: IAN SIEGAL – All The Rage
Nugene Records [Release date 16.03.18] There’s a lot to be said for just following your stream of consciousness and moulding it into a song by simply plugging in and laying down your art. It’s something Ian Siegal and his exemplary … Continue reading
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Tagged album, All The Rage, Bob Dylan, Chicago Blues, Cody Dickenson, Dusty Ciggaar, Hook Herrera, Howlin Wolf, Ian Siegal, Jimbo Mathus, Mississippi Hill Country, Nick Cave, North Mississippi Allstars, Rafael Schwiddessen, review, singer, songwriter, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, vocalist
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Album review: WILY BO WALKER – Moon Over Indigo
Mescal Canyon [Release date 25.09.15] Blues award nominee, prodigious songwriter, multi band leader and genre hopping roots rock artist, Wily Bo Walker returns with the concluding part of his 2015 trilogy of solo albums. ‘Moon Over Indigo’ comes complete with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrews Sisters, blues, Captain Beefheart, Danny Flam, Dr John, Edgar Broughton, funk, George Clinton, Graham Hine, Howlin Wolf, interview, JOE COCKER, Kareña K, Moon Over Indigo, Nick Cave, review, rock, Scottish vocalist, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Tom Waits, vocals, Willie Dixon, Wily Bo Walker
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Album review: MICK FARREN AND ANDY COLQUHOUN – Black Vinyl Dress
Gonzo [Release date 28.1013] Mick Farren once said: ‘I’m a lousy singer, but a brilliant rock star’. And while that may be true, the rock scene has all but dissipated and our anti heroes need to do more than come … Continue reading
Album review: JOHNNY DOWD – Do The Gargon
Mother Jinx Records [Release date 05.08.13] ‘The record took two weeks to make, which is plenty if you know what you’re doing’, says New York based Texan exile Johnny Dowd. He seems to know what he’s doing, as he … Continue reading
Interview with bass icon NORMAN WATT-ROY (June 2013)
After a 46 year career that has made him a bass icon, Norman Watt-Roy finally has finally recorded his first ever solo album ‘Faith & Grace’ – cockney rhyming slang for bass. With a career that started with playing American … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Ayler, bass, Cadiz, Charlie Charles Micky Gallagher, Chaz Jankel, Davey Payne, Derek Hussey, Don Cherry, Eric Dolphy, Faith & Grace, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, funk, fusion, Gilad Atzmon, Glencoe, Ian Dury, interview, Jaco Patorius, jazz, Johnny Turnbull, Keith Allen, Loving Awareness, Madness, Mark Lamarr, Mick Jones, Nick Cave, Norman Watt-Roy, Phil Jupitus, Philip Bagnall, Robert Wyatt, Sarah Gillespie, Steely Dan, The Blockheads, The Clash, The Greatest Show On Earth, Tower of Power, Wilko Johnson
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Album review: PEARL HANDLED REVOLVER – This Mountain Waits
King Mojo Records [Release date 7.05.13] In an age where a new generation of bands are subconsciously or otherwise recycling themes, riffs and the musical values of the late 60’s era, Pearl Handled Revolver are handily placed to tap into … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Andy Paris, Bob Dylan, Chris Thatcher, Hammond, James Dean, Jim Morrison, keyboards, LA Woman, Led Zeppelin, Lee Vernon, Mellotron, Nick Cave, Oli Carter, Pearl Handled Revolver, prog rock, Psychedelic Rock, Simon Rinaldo, This Mountain Waits, Tom Waits
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CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN – Changeling
Little Cat Records (2012) Camille O’Sullivan has a strong following and reputation in her native Ireland, along with many rave reviews based on her live performances. Slightly unusual is the fact that she is a performer, not your usual singer/songwriter. … Continue reading
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Tagged Camille O'Sullivan, Nick Cave, Radiohead, Snow Patrol
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