Author: Kevin Bryan

Album Review: Loretta Lynn – Still Woman Enough
April 28, 2021 No Responses

Album Review: Loretta Lynn – Still Woman Enough

Loretta Lynn,”Still Woman Enough” (Legacy Recordings)- This country music legend may be rapidly approaching her ninetieth year but she shows no sign of opting to rest on her laurels and grow old gracefully on the stunning evidence presented by “Still...
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Album Review: Peter Knight’s Gigspanner – From Poets To Wives
April 7, 2021 No Responses

Album Review: Peter Knight’s Gigspanner – From Poets To Wives

Peter Knight’s Gigspanner, ”From Poets To Wives” (Talking Elephant)- Veteran folkie Peter Knight is best remembered these days for his musical exploits with Steeleye Span during the early seventies but the demon fiddler actually received a classical trai...
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Album Review: Ally Venable – Heart of Fire
February 22, 2021 No Responses

Album Review: Ally Venable – Heart of Fire

Ally Venable, “Heart of Fire” (Ruf Records)- The future of the contemporary blues genre is in safe hands as long as gifted young performers such as Ally Venable are around to keep the flame burning with such power and passion....
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Album Review: Stevie Palmer – We Become The Sunshine
February 2, 2021 No Responses

Album Review: Stevie Palmer – We Become The Sunshine

Stevie Palmer,”We Become The Sunshine” (Greentrax)-The latest offering from multi-award winning  acoustic tunesmith Stevie Palmer draws on contributions from fellow Scottish folkies Phil Cunningham, Karine Polwart and harpist Mary MacMaster, who a...
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Album Review: Justin Wells – The United State
December 30, 2020 No Responses

Album Review: Justin Wells – The United State

Justin Wells,”The United State” (Singular Recordings)- There can’t be too many practitioners of Americana who can happily cite Pink Floyd and Guns’n’Roses as major musical influences, but this was the aural landscape which fired J...
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Album Review: KB Bayley – Little Thunderstorms
December 16, 2020 No Responses

Album Review: KB Bayley – Little Thunderstorms

KB Bayley,”Little Thunderstorms” (Self-Released)- Evocative imagery and exquisite guitar work dominate the proceedings as English singer-songwriter KB Bayley  unveils the eagerly anticipated follow up to 2017’s  well received “Rivers ...
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Album Review: Beans On Toast – Knee Deep In Nostalgia/The Unforeseeable Future
November 18, 2020 No Responses

Album Review: Beans On Toast – Knee Deep In Nostalgia/The Unforeseeable Future

Beans On Toast,”Knee Deep In Nostalgia/The Unforeseeable Future” (Botmusic)- Essex  born alternative folkie Jay McAllister has established the admirable tradition of releasing a freshly minted new album every year on his birthday of December 1st, ...
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Album Review: The Pawn Shop Saints – ordinary folks
October 20, 2020 No Responses

Album Review: The Pawn Shop Saints – ordinary folks

The Pawn Shop Saints,”ordinary folks” (Dolly Rocker Records)- The Pawn Shop Saints’  sparse  and unadorned brand of Americana has prompted favourable comparisons with iconic figures such as Steve Earle and Townes van Zandt in the pa...
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Album Review: Ist Ist – Architecture
September 24, 2020 No Responses

Album Review: Ist Ist – Architecture

Ist Ist,”Architecture” (Kind Violence)-Majestic Mancunian post-punk combo Ist Ist certainly couldn’t be accused of undue haste in making their debut album available to an unsuspecting world, as “Architecture” has apparently been s...
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Album Review: The Strokes – The New Abnormal
September 8, 2020 No Responses

Album Review: The Strokes – The New Abnormal

The Strokes,”The New Abnormal” (Cult Records/Columbia)- The New York indie rockers return to the fray after a seven year absence with the release of the Rick Rubin produced “The New Abnormal,” the group’s sixth studio album and ar...
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