Shake Revelations Radio Specials

  Sandy Denny: The Lost Song!

  Goo Goo Dolls: The Rest Of Us!

  Opeth: Albert Hall: Live DVD

  101 Ways To Market Your Music!

  Blue Horizon: The Black Angels

  Tunited: Make Love Share Music

  Mercury Prize 2010 Nominees

  Iron Maiden: The Final Frontier

  Anais Mitchell HADESTOWN

  New Album Reviews

  The Union: Modern Classic Rock!

  Pantera: Cowboys 2010

  The Loving Cup: 2010: Their Year?

  Black Soul Strangers: Irish Gold

  Peace One Day: Sept 2010

  Voyager: Australia Rocks

  OZZFEST: UK: September 18th

  Attack Attack: Debut UK Tour!

  Stuart Cable: Memorial Single

  Tom Jones: Praise and Blame

  Sound Of Guns Debut LP: Fire!

  Katherine Jenkins: Llangollen Gala

  Gimme Some Truth: October

  Rosaline: The Vitality Theory

  Coheed And Cambria Interview

  Rainer: Story Teller Supreme

  Editor’s Blog: 2010

  Jimi Hendrix Life, Times & Fire

  Frames Albums Re-Released +

  The Acorn: No Ghost (Bella Union)

  Lone Wolf: The Devil And I

  Roger Waters The Wall Tour 2010

  We7: Breaking The Mould

  Sonisphere 2009 Revisited


Tania Maria INTIMIDADE. Capitol

Tania Maria is one of Brazil’s major artists. She combines Brazilian rhythms with jazz harmonies resulting in music that that is both accessible and beautiful. INTIMIDADE is an intensely personal album but unlike other introspective music manages to maintain a sense of joy and optimism throughout. It’s a fine album.

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Nancy Wilson THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK. Capitol Jazz

Nancy Wilson THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK. Capitol Jazz

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Deadman OUR ETERNAL GHOSTS. One Little Indian

Rarely do I receive an album to review that slips my attention, but this one did. Since ‘re-discovering’ it, I’ve played it many times and with each spin it gets better. Deadman is a US alternative country duo comprising Steven and Sherilyn Collins. The songs are spell-binding and the performances some of the most harmonious I’ve heard. I’m reminded very much of bands like Low and another great US duo, Professor and Maryann.

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Baxter Dury FLOOR SHOW. Rough Trade

An illustrious musical bloodline in the past has proven to throw up some very interesting sibling talent. A recent and prime example is Martha Wainwright with her fabulous debut EP and album. Dury’s dad had a style of his own and could combine distinctive songs with a melody that lodged in one’s brain like an oil tanker’s anchor. Baxter Dury has also created an album of distinctive, original sounds and much more…

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Johnathan Rice TROUBLE IS REAL. Reprise

A couple of weeks ago I witnessed a Johnathan Rice live performance at the V Festival that proved one of the highlights of the festival. Earlier I had received his album and it was a brief listen that led me to the lonely Volvic Tent at the festival to see him.

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