Tag: Kate Bush

Ward Thomas – Restless Minds

Ward Thomas – Restless Minds

by | Feb 10, 2019

The twins’ latest release finds them in a good place, working decent venues and festivals and producing new material that develops their fresh-air harmonic flow into one or two new lyrical areas. The images and design are a credit to the originators.

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2018 In Review

2018 In Review

by | Dec 26, 2018

As usual, we take a look at the year’s happenings – or at least some of them – and bearing in mind that again we have lost many great people, not least dear friends during 2018.

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The Adelaides

The Adelaides

by | Dec 16, 2018

So we are up at the Cornbury Festival and we get the chance to chat with two of fresh-air country rock outfit The Adelaides. Did we have to get asked twice?…

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Rachael Sage – Myopia

Rachael Sage – Myopia

by | Dec 11, 2018

So for some years now I have written about Ms Sage’s releases, enjoyed her company at eateries when she is over from New York and attended several live performances…here comes the joke…but once again I look through the lengthy Thank You album credits and once again, I am not included. Er…an oversight?

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Dan Tyminski

Dan Tyminski

by | Nov 23, 2018

The American singer-songwriter is in London for the promo on his dark artefact of a new album. We meet Dan to get the lowdown on the project and he answers all queries in this conversation hinging on how songs communicate. Thanks, Mr T…

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Zialand – Unbridled & Ablaze

Zialand – Unbridled & Ablaze

by | Jun 10, 2018

This Norwegian singer-songwriter tends to get straight to the heart of the dilemmas and situations she opts to write about. A good case in point is the song Running Cold, about an acquaintance with deep troubles.

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Joan Armatrading – Not Too Far Away

Joan Armatrading – Not Too Far Away

by | Jun 10, 2018

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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Judith Owen – redisCOVERed

Judith Owen – redisCOVERed

by | May 23, 2018

Owen is one of our favourite artists here at Just Listen To This – on account of her imagination, musical skills, choice of accompanists, beguiling voice, bravery and waspish humour.

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Tommy Emmanuel

Tommy Emmanuel

by | May 4, 2018

The Australian guitar stylist is back in the UK for some shows. Ahead of these, we were able to run some questions past the prince of the Fretboard…

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Christina Martin – Getting To Grips

Christina Martin – Getting To Grips

by | Feb 11, 2018

JLTT had the chance to run some questions past Canadian songstress Christina Martin, whose promoting her latest release ‘Impossible To Hold’. She is something of an original within her field…as you will see from her responses, which we can present now …

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Janis Ian – The Essential 2.0

Janis Ian – The Essential 2.0

by | Sep 17, 2017

There’s always room for a Janis Ian compilation album and this double might be the strongest yet. It certainly has lots of highlights and for the newcomer to this stalwart artist’s work will be a revelation. Broadly chronological, this is a trip through a creative artist’s world and back again. Quite a trip from guesting on the very first Saturday Night Live TV show to filling concert halls worldwide today…

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Becca Stevens – Regina

Becca Stevens – Regina

by | Sep 3, 2017

‘Regina’…Latin for ‘queen’. One listen to this collection confirms that indeed Stevens is queen of what she is creating. Her involvement with David Crosby and his recent music attracted my attention. Crosby is free with his praise of her songs and singing. He knows a bit about both. Female voices are much in evidence on TV and radio at present, but not this kind of voice…..

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The Hallows – Of Time And Tides

The Hallows – Of Time And Tides

by | 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.

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Nikka Costa – Nikka & Strings, Underneath and In Between

Nikka Costa – Nikka & Strings, Underneath and In Between

by | Jun 24, 2017

Long this writer’s favourite r&b singer, Nikka Costa’s recording are often played hereabouts. Her work with Prince is well-known and her duet on an early Van Hunt recording ( Mean Sleep) remains an example of stellar collaboration. So on this occasion she has completed a crowd-funding venture to create a collection of – mostly – versions of songs by others. And in the company of a set of string players.

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Jen Gloeckner – Vine

Jen Gloeckner – Vine

by | Jun 18, 2017

Iowa act Jen Gloeckner has some pretty interesting collaborators on this new record. The promo notes suggest similarities in style with Lana Del Ray, Mazzy Star, Cocteau Twins, P J Harvey. But I played it anyway….

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Rachael Sage – Choreographic

Rachael Sage – Choreographic

by | Jan 29, 2017

Our favourite beguiling musical creature of the night returns with a quite different set of songs from the excellent Blue Roses and this time the compositions reflect her unplanned foray into what some call ‘reality TV’ and the US production ‘Dance Moms’.

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Giulia

Giulia

by | Mar 15, 2015

JLTT: I’ve been listening to the ‘Radio Junkie’ single and I think that’s out on 22nd September...

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