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...

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...

US Band from Washington DC 72 mins amulettheband.com https://www.facebook.com/amulettheband Rating 80/100 An Observation, if only based on the dark mysterious (yet very pretty) appearance of lead singer ‘Stephanie Stryker, of Washington DC-based band ‘Amulet’. One...

In 1973 I was 10 years old, and the highlight of my musical week was watching Top of the Pops on a Thursday night. Like every other boy my age this was the first time we saw the mop-haired leather-class bass player from Detroit, who had hit after hit with “Can the...

Some albums are intense, some are incredibly hard work and only open up (sometimes, if at all) after a great many plays, and others will never be destined for mainstream radio play as there is nothing there to attract the masses. Then there are albums like this one,...

Here we have the third album from Treppenwitz, recorded in a living room with no separation for the instruments, and there has been little undertaken in the way of post-production, so what you hear is what the musicians would have heard as they improvised together....

Anyone who follows my writing will know that I am deeply in love with this series of albums from Anti-Corp, and feel it is one of the most important sets of releases there are. The concept is simple, instead of having the musician in the studio they are recorded...

Badfinger are probably going to be remembered for several reasons, some good and some tragic, such as being the first non-Beatle act signed to label, writing, and recording the initial version of “Without You”, as well as having hits such as “Come and Get It”....