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Category Archives: blues
The Collection – Nelson King (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There was a point a few songs in to The Collection, possibly somewhere around Always You that I recognised the same battered style and ragged glory of one of my favourite musical cult heroes, Nikki Sudden. In my book, it … Continue reading
Posted in acoustica, alt-country, blues, country rock, folk rock, retro-rock, rhythm and blues, rock, Uncategorized
Tagged brighton (uk), nelson king, nikki sudden
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New Music of the Day – CXCIV: Too Bad – Elle Casazza
As if to support my seemingly endless narrative about this being a “post-genre” era, along comes Chicago chantress Elle Casazza to musically underline my point with a big red marker pen. Too Bad makes the argument more succinctly than my … Continue reading
Brilliant Light – Danny and The Champions of The World (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Danny and his Champ’ chaps have always been hard to pin down generically. Americana is always a label which raises its head and indeed they are, to a degree but not in the way that we normally associate with the … Continue reading
Posted in alt-country, americana, blues, british-americana, country, country-pop, folk, soul, Uncategorized
Tagged danny and the champions of the world, london (uk)
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Is There Something – Nelson King (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It is possible that Nelson King subscribes less to the “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” philosophy and more to a “if it ain’t broke it’s still okay to beat the crap out of it and sculpt battered and … Continue reading
Posted in blues, garage rock, rhythm and blues, rock, rock and roll, Uncategorized
Tagged brighton (uk), nelson king
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CradleRock – Craig Johnstone (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
When I first encountered Craig’s music it was via the refreshingly raw, honest and self-deprecating country-punk meets frantic folk collision of last years We Humans album. And if within that that wonderfully raw musical landscape of satire and sympathy, profanity … Continue reading
Posted in alt-country, alt-folk, blues, folk-punk, rock, Uncategorized
Tagged craig johnstone
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Lo-Fi – Nelson King (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The great advantage of knowing your musical history, of course, is that you have plenty of material to reference, be inspired by, to fill in the gaps between, cross pollinate and generally explore. In the same way that those who … Continue reading
Posted in blues, garage rock, rhythm and blues, rock, Uncategorized
Tagged brighton (uk), nelson king
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Old Blue Witch – Fit and The Conniptions (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
In these times of descriptive hyperbole and overstatement it seems as if a day doesn’t go by without a “totally unique” band being wafted my way. But the fact is that these one in a million bands crop up nine … Continue reading
Posted in alt-pop, anti-folk, blues, Uncategorized
Tagged fit and the conniptions, london (uk)
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Shout Out – Hip Route (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
So what do you get when you take the funky, rootsy blues of Hip Route and add in the distinctive and raw vocals of Reef’s Gary Stringer? An infectious, bass-driven slab of sassy, low-end swagger and attitude filled earthiness, that’s … Continue reading
Posted in blues, roots, Uncategorized
Tagged gary stringer, hip route, jim blair, reef
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Lust – Elea Calvet (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Bristol based Canadian songwriter Elea Calvet delivers her gorgeous debut single, Lust, on 15th April and then rolls it out to the masses via a show at St John’s on The Wall in Bristol on 13th May. And why is that a big … Continue reading
Posted in alt-pop, blues, pop-rock, Uncategorized
Tagged bristol (uk), elea calvet, hemmingford (ca)
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New Music of The Day – CLXXVI : Just How She Died – Tommy Hale and The Magnificent Bastards
Like most musical labels employed by journalists and music tribe devotees, Americana, roots…even alt-country seem to have lost any meaning rather quickly. Despite hailing from a part of the world where those labels are used in abundance, Tommy Hale is … Continue reading
Posted in blues, rhythm and blues, rock, Uncategorized
Tagged dallas (us), tommy hale
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