I have to admit that I’ve had this on my little pile of promos for a few weeks. Many months ago I also received a sort of ‘taster’ CD which didn’t impress, hence my reluctance to play the band’s second album. How wrong I was… Cayto is a five-piece Glaswegian band who has toured around [...]

A couple of months ago I was watching Jools Holland’s Later TV show, when, as so often happens on this programme now, one act caught my attention. American Lizz Wright performed (criminally) just one song during yet another mediocre show. This young lady’s voice blew me away and I quickly set out to find out [...]

I’ve now witnessed Eileen Rose perform on several occasions, and each time I’ve come away with a warm felling, knowing I’ve seen real talent at work. Her last album LONG SHOT NOVEENA was wonderful and featured in our selection of best albums about three years ago. This new album has been a long time coming, [...]

Looking at the cover art of this album, pencil-slim, black-haired Patricia Vonne looks as feisty as the music she performs. And if you like Tex-Mex laced with old-fashioned guitar-riffing rock, then you are going to love this album…

It’s been a long time since this icon of British pop produced a brand new album, but the long wait is over. Double album ARIEL is ultimately a story of two very different albums – one stunning, and one that had me struggling a tad.

So what do you get when you marry up a great independent record label with an independent and quite unique trio of Aussie instrumentalists? You get an amazing album called CINDER. You also get a supreme example of the radical difference between what the large record companies want you to hear on radio, and the [...]