This new set of songs from cultural explorer McGuinness has a vibe all its own, conjuring up a kaleidoscope of filmic images – monochrome and Technicolour.

Project Mama Earth – Project Mama Earth

by Pete Sargeant | Dec 10, 2017

This release really has an interesting list of participants – Joss Stone, Nitin Sawhney, Jonathan Joseph, Etienne M’Bappe, Jonathan Shorten. I really liked a previous gathering including Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart and called SuperHeavy but how does this fare ?

CousteauX – CousteauX

by Pete Sargeant | Sep 28, 2017

This early 2000s act returns with a new album and adding a letter to their group name. Cousteaux is in essence a duo of deep-voiced singer originally from Cork Liam KcKahey plus Davey Ray Moor, and Aussie born in Beirut.

The Hallows – Of Time And Tides

by Pete Sargeant | Aug 22, 2017

What if you took a supple, versatile drummer, a lofty bassist with a cool line in subterranean bottom-of-the neck riffs and nimble top-strings fusion figures and added an alluring female vocalist with a crisp keyboard style and lyrical inspiration running far beyond romantic odes? Well THIS is what you would get – The Hallows.

Steven Tyler – We’re All Somebody From Somewhere

by Glenn Sargeant | Jul 15, 2016

Steven Tyler We’re All Somebody From Somewhere (Dot Records/Big Machine Label Group) Steven...

Beth Hart, December 2015, Union Chapel, Islington, London, United Kingdom

by Glenn Sargeant | Dec 29, 2015

Beth Hart – Solo In Concert Monday 14th December 2015 Union Chapel, Islington, London, United...