Tag: Motown
Jamie Cullum – Taller (Deluxe Edition)
It’s been a long old wait for Cullum fans – including Sargeant Jnr – but at last a new album is here. The vocal element is expanded and judiciously used but the instrumental fire seems undiminished.
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The Osmonds -True Rockers At Heart
Well, you might wonder – how on Earth will English guitar man and satirist Pete get on with the clean-living Osmonds?? But a session was agreed as the Utah legends and their rock band prepared for a show at Guildford’s G Live venue. Pete leads with a confession, as he meets Merrill and Jay backstage…
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Rod Stewart – Blood Red Roses
A new album from The RodFather – as daughter Ruby calls him – and we are not trawling through The Great American Songbook…it’s his 30th studio album. Ten of the cuts are Stewart originals, Kevin Savigar co-produces. Rod’s general philosophy is that he makes records for ‘a few friends’ and it’s a bonus if others like them. A bit different from Stock Aitkin Waterman eh? It means that Stewart can create more personal songs, avoiding sloganeering, automatic beats and Vocoders.
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Laurence Jones – The Truth
Jones is touring with his four-piece lineup and this new album overall explores contemporary rock elements rather than the rock-blues material upon which he has risen in the field as a live draw.
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Sterling Ball – Mutual Admiration Society
Intrigued by the work by Ball and his trio on the Mutual Appreciation Society release, we asked Sterling to enlarge upon the album content and array of guests by way of a set of customised questions. Enjoy this veteran’s responses and thoughts in this piece, which is free of Ball puns and references, you may be pleased to learn….
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Jon Allen Announces New Album
Jon Allen Announces New Album. This is his fourth studio album release. Supplied By PR...
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Sterling Ball, John Ferraro and Jim Cox – The Mutual Admiration Society
In which these three gentlemen – BFC as I am now naming them, to save time – create an album called The Mutual Admiration Society. Tongue in cheek title? Or straight? A lot of familiar numbers, a lot of familiar guests. The collection turns out to be a set of instrumentals of quite staggering variety, on which BFC make everybody sound fine. Skill of this strength is always going to make for an entertaining listen.
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Leon Bridges – Coming Home
Leon Bridges Coming Home (Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment) Leon Bridges is a 26 year-old...
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