Title: Hoodoo Label: BMG The blues just oozes from Moyet’s husky presentation and it’s one that has progressively matured. This essentially pop-oriented singer grew up as a member of the synth…
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Title: Greatest Hits Label: Mobile Fidelity I’ve always been confused by Billy Joel. Actually, not Joel himself but the critics’ relationship with him. One of the most popular singer-songwriters in the…
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Title: Cusp Label: Upset the Rhythm Sotelo apparently played all of the instruments on this rather relaxed and low key debut album of his that, reportedly, looks at significant boundaries within…
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Title: Madam Madam/From Paris With Love Label: Jackpot For many UK music fans, Distel is often derided or ignored. He was seen as nothing more than a sort of French version…
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Title: Without a Word Label: Demon My goodness, what a career this man has had and continues to have. This is solo album number sixteen (which ignores all of the Shadows…
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Title: The Early Years Label: Hoodoo An intriguing CD collection that features the pre-fame duo under a range of guises. Broadly covering works between 1957 and 1961, the tracks include Simon…
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Title: Love, Priscilla: Her 1960s Solo Recordings Label: Ace A former member of the Paris Sisters vocal trio (also featuring Albeth and Sherrell), Priscilla was the lead vocalist for the girl…
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Title: The Lost Studio Sessions 1964-1982 Label: Sierra Clark, a simple and rather shy man, was an original member of The Byrds but his influence on music in general, was wider…
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Title: Another Perfect Day Label: Mapache Gibson spent four years playing his trade with the garage-blues outfit Luke & The Apostles (good name, eh?) and then another two years with Kensington…
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Title: The Forest of My Mind Label: Mapache Released in 1968 and now reissued for the first time on vinyl, this selection of folk-pop has a lightness of touch that is…
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Title: There’s An Innocent Face Label: Man in the Moon He was a producer and a composer and could safely be labelled as one of the main creators of the sunshine…
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Title: Love’s Been Good To Me Label: Ace Rod McKuen was a performer, composer and writer. Ace Records itself quotes from the jacket of his 1972 book And To Each Season…,…
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Title: Trials Of Eyeliner Label: UMC A 10 CD collection, ranging from 1979 to 2016, this collection has been created, in conjunction with Almond himself, as a definitive overview of the…
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Title: Wyatt at the Coyote Palace Label: Omnibus Press We journalists feel compelled to do this every time KR is mentioned. It’s like a preface to a book or a mantra.…
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Title: Jane And Barton Label: Optic Nerve It’s A Fine Day. Remember it? If you don’t now then you will after listening to it for the first few seconds. Actually, HERE is…
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Title: Still Label: Vinyl180 Originally released in 2015, this album is intriguing, even before you place it carefully on your turntable’s platter. Not really because of Thompson, either but because who…
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Title: Take It Easy Label: Music on Vinyl “So we lost the American War of Independence. So what! We’ve got the Walker Brothers and that’s more than equalled the score.” Only…
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Title: Of Rivers and Religion/After The Ball Label: BGO John Fahey & His Orchestra? His Orchestra? Anyone who has a passing interest in the finger picking work of John Fahey will be…
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CD Singer-Songwriter ReviewRobert Rotifer’s Not your door: a poet piece that demands your attention
Title: Not Your Door Label: Gare du Nord There’s Robert and there’s Rotifer. The latter is a band lead by Robert but this album is just Robert plus friends. So, it’s…
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Title: Hallelujah I’m A Dreamer Label: Archer Well, isn’t this a bit of a find? I must admit that I failed miserably to come across Lavere’s last album, the 2014 issue, Runaway’s…
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Title: I Love Today Label: Repertoire To say that I was shocked to receive an album by Padovani, was an understatement. If you have no clue as to the identity of…
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Title: Out of Nowhere Label: Sireena Well, what a pleasant surprise. I was almost startled to see this LP as I pulled it out of the Sireena mailer. For those unsure about…
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Singer-Songwriter Review VinylArlo Guthrie’s Alice Restaurant: Woody Guthrie’s son makes a name for himself
Title: Alice’s Restaurant Label: Pure Pleasure The fifth child of the legendary Woody Guthrie who, indeed, gave him his first guitar at the age of six, Arlo Guthrie hardly shot to…
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Title: The Calm Before Label: Ici D’Ailleurs When you’re the guy who has penned Semtex for Third Eye Foundation and has reworked creations by Mogwai, Tarter and Thurston Moore, you don’t expect…
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Folk Review Singer-Songwriter Review VinylJohn Martyn’s Solid Air on half speed mastered vinyl from Abbey Road
Title: Solid Air Label: Island The reason for the reissue of this classic album isn’t so much the album itself but it has been chosen, as it where, to illustrate the…
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CD Singer-Songwriter ReviewJay And the Americans’ She Cried, The Early Years: vocal group harmonies
Title: She Cried – The Early Years Label: Jasmine Not too many people remember that this outfit actually took on The Beach Boys and The Four Seasons at their own game and…