A few months back I began research for a Jeff Buckley celebration radio show timed to coincide with the musician’s untimely and tragic death. An obvious place to start was at www.jeffbuckley.com, the official website. On the cover of the site was an album by a singer/songwriter influenced by Buckley. In addition to finding out [...]

“The band’s debut was recorded on a mountain side in Snowdonia with acclaimed producer Dave Eringa (manic Street Preachers, Idlewild, Kylie Minogue). Telegraph are led by frontman Darcy Harrison and bassist Hattie Williams.”
With the proliferation of new bands emerging over the last 12 months, one is forced to look for a level of distinction and [...]

Last week was Liverpool Sound City 2009 week and I covered performances by most of the best unsigned and signed acts. My first stop was at Parr Street’s famous recording studio where Coldplay and many other major acts recorded their albums. The ground floor studio has been converted to a bar/club and it was there that [...]

A guy who supports Take That in concert automatically raises doubts in my mind about whether I should even listen to this album. I’m glad I did (as I always do…).
Make no mistake this is a ‘pop’ album but it’s no ordinary one. First there’s the quite rocky band behind that pleasant, expressive and easy-sounding [...]

“Drawing equally from metal, rock and punk, Scottish quintet Serpico have developed a sound that is like a soundtrack to modern living. As emotionally charged as it is intense, it showcases a band with supreme confidence and clearly enjoying every second of what they do.”
Band Members: Mikey Serpico (vocals), Steve Paterson (guitars), Olli Bowker (guitar), [...]

My most treasured single CD is Green Day’s version of John Lennon’s ‘Working Class Hero’ released a few years ago in aid of Oxfam. I mention it because it’s my firm belief that it was that song that inspired Billie Joe to write and record both AMERICAN IDIOT and 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN - two great [...]