Written By Wolves: Give ‘Em Hell (2023) single

Written By Wolves: Give ‘Em Hell (2023) single

They may not have released any new material in 2022, but everyone knew the boys were working on their next album, and if you were fortunate enough to see them play then you will have already heard this as they were using this as the opening number. In many ways this...
Ten: Here Be Monsters (2022)

Ten: Here Be Monsters (2022)

I have been a fan of Ten ever since I heard their debut album more than 25 years ago. Back then they were deliberately following a musical path quite different to the rest of the compatriots, produced song-based melodic rock heavily reliant on the vocals of Gary...
Ten: Something Wicked This Way Comes (2023)

Ten: Something Wicked This Way Comes (2023)

Just 11 months on from their fifteenth studio album and the band were back with their sixteenth, which was recorded at the same time as their fifteenth, although according to the press release this only had two guitarists with the departure of John Halliwell, who had...
Carl Weingarten: Stop Me Try (2022)

Carl Weingarten: Stop Me Try (2022)

This six-track, 31-minute-long release is the follow-up to ‘Ember Days’, and Weingarten says he wanted to continue on from where that one left off, and also explore a much wider musical palette instead of restricting himself mostly to guitar. While he provides...
Douglas Francisco: The Magnolia Sessions (2022)

Douglas Francisco: The Magnolia Sessions (2022)

Most of the sessions recorded under the magnolia tree at the Anti-Corporate Music/Black Matter Mastering headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, by owner Dan Emery are individual artists or duos, but here we have a trio. Douglas Francisco provides steel guitar...