Tag: Cat Stevens
Paul Millns – A Little Thunder
The cover shot has Millns looking like a repo man at the end of an aggravating day, but we know better than to judge a book…this release brings us fourteen numbers from Paul, in the company of a full range of instrumentalists to complement the singer’s keyboard work.
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The Magpie Salute – High Water I
In conversation, Rich Robinson is a thoughtful, considered and focussed character. If he decides to make a project work out, it probably will. Not because he strikes one as egocentric, rather he seems to believe in the potency of an aggregation that is well-chosen to create and excite.
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Cornbury Music Festival 2018, July 2018, Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A phoenix-style return to love for 2018 – and beyond – found us Cornbury fans trekking back to the middle of nowhere (aka the Tews) for more music and entertainment . And some winceworthy ‘comedy’..It’s quite Ok driving around this area in the day and we found the signposting somewhat better this year. At night, driving around is hideous, for a stranger to the area. Whatever the expenditure on facilities in this neck of the woods, it sure ain’t going on lighting!
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Joan Armatrading – Not Too Far Away
One of our leading and most grounded singer-songwriters returns with a brand-new set of songs. Armatrading remains the illuminator of human dilemmas, the midwife of melodies. Her subject matter never seems to stray too far from the personal, the heartfelt, the relatable.
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Jesse Terry – Natural
This collection finds singer-songwriter Terry featuring many female singers is a set of duets. I recall the great Tony Joe White doing this a few years ago and it resulted in one of his best ever albums.
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Dave Stewart – Nashville Sessions The Duets Vol. 1
One of the best Tony Joe White albums is the one featuring duets with female vocalists. Here music maestro Stewart puts together the various duets to be found on his Blackbird Studio Sessions trilogy of albums, which I have – to form a compilation of the best tracks in this format.
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Dan Clews – While Middle England Mows Its Lawn
Is that a smidgeon of contempt in that album title ? Why so ?..though I do recall an interesting indie outfit called The Strange Death Of Liberal England… some background info, then. The late Sir George Martin described our man as “Too great a talent to ignore” and dear Bob Harris calls Clews’ music “Landscape Folk”.
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Marcus Bonfanti – Ten Years After
Marcus Bonfanti – Ten Years After Blues rock guitarist Marcus Bonfanti is well-known in the...
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Shane Filan – Right Here
Westlife may have sold 44 million units but I found nothing in their output appealing in any way. They weren’t aimed at the likes of me. However, a singer songwriter creating his own sound, now that’s what we’re here for. Hence it’s time to listen to what Filan has produced here and to tell you about it and maybe give a view.
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