Featuring Quintets performed by: Roderick Williams(Baritone),David Pyatt(Horn),John McCabe(Piano),and the Sacconi String Quartet. NMC Recordings A new album from NMC arrives on my doorstep,an album of Quintets by composer John McCabe, this was always going to be an excellent listening experience, [...Read More]
Features
‘Jive Bunny’ by Gdansk81
A new band to me, yes, but having been on the music scene for a while, and having established an enthusiastic following, it’s good to review their latest recording! What are they like, well, major influences for the band include, [...Read More]
“Edgelands” by Green Rock River Band
An Album inspired by the unloved, unkempt, in-between forgotten spaces, on the edge of our modern cities. You only have to drive, or take a train through them, on the way into the centre on most cities, to get what [...Read More]
Is the Agent of Change Bill the Saviour of Grass Roots Music?
In 2014, Facebookers and Tweeters of Manchester were unequivocally outraged! The level of outraged was on par with that of a vegan visiting Reds BBQ for the first time when they realised even salad and fries was given a nice [...Read More]
“Time Is on My Side”
The Rolling Stones have extended their, ‘No Filter’ tour with 11 new dates in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, France, the Czech Republic and Poland. The upcoming leg, which includes a pair of London dates at London Stadium and Twickenham [...Read More]
Upcoming 2018 Hard Rock + Metal Releases: March
Upcoming 2018 Hard Rock + Metal Releases: Dates are supplied by record labels and are subject to change. March 9, 2018 Between The Buried And Me – Automata I (Sumerian) Crippled Black Phoenix – Horrific Honorifics (Season Of Mist) Dorothy [...Read More]
Watch New Jimi Hendrix Video for Unearthed ‘Lover Man’
Band of Gypsys recording unearthed for new posthumous collection ‘Both Sides of the Sky’ To mark the release of the Jimi Hendrix album ‘Both Sides of the Sky,’ Experience Hendrix has unveiled a new video for the guitar god’s “Lover [...Read More]
NME has announced that this week’s issue (Friday 9 March) will be its final print edition, as it attempts to expand its digital audience.
NME was launched as the New Musical Express in 1952 and began its 66-year career as one of the UK’s most recognisable music publications, featuring iconic artists on its cover including Oasis, Bowie, Amy Winehouse, The Libertines and The Strokes. The [...Read More]
Peter Maxwell Davies – Piano Works 1949 – 2009
Performed by Richard Casey Prima Facie PFCDO17/018 As one of the UK’s most prominent composers of the 20th century Peter Maxwell Davies took his music from Britain, and shared his vision with both passion and an individual diversity of [...Read More]
My Concrete Heart (Will Beat Again) – by Tina Boonstra
The title, which is great, sets what this new EP release is about. London based Tina Boonstra, is a singer/songwriter of the best kind. Sharing her stories with both a passion, and emotional content, that many performers and songwriters [...Read More]