by Kev Rowland | Feb 6, 2022 | Reviews
Performing with no instruments or studio trickery to hide behind is not for the fainthearted, so probably it of little surprise that it is unusual to find solo artists willing to put themselves out there like that. Possibly the one form of “popular” music where it can...
by Kev Rowland | Feb 6, 2022 | Reviews
To tie in with Gary’s new solo album, ‘Waterside’, Frontiers Music have also released a compilation which looks back at his career outside Ten. Newly remastered format, here we have numbers taken from his albums ‘Precious Ones’, ‘Veritas’, ‘Once and Future Kings Parts...
by Kev Rowland | Feb 6, 2022 | Reviews
‘Waterside’ is Gary’s first solo album since 2007’s ‘Veritas’ and shows him taking on a lighter side of melodic rock than he undertakes with Ten. It is not totally removed though, and it commences with “All At Once It Feels Like I Believe” and some lovely piano from...
by Kev Rowland | Feb 6, 2022 | Reviews
Here we have the seventh in what is undoubtedly one of the most important series for anyone into Americana folk or bluegrass. For me, each album is a way into a world of which I have little knowledge or understanding, as generally I have never previously come across...
by Kev Rowland | Feb 6, 2022 | Reviews
Anyone who follows my writings will know how much I love singer Jo Beth Young, who over the last few years has continued to grow and expand her repertoire. The first single from her album ‘Broken Spells’, which should be out later this year, shows her looking back to...
