Tag: Sony Music

Joanne Shaw Taylor – Carrying Less, Delivering More

Joanne and Pete catch up in London to talk about her new album for Silvertone ‘Reckless Heart’ and matters related. The tabloid press has just nailed actor Liam Neeson whose unguarded comments in an interview look like spiking his career… but all we seek is Joanne’s thoughts about hew new tracks…

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Joanne Shaw Taylor – Reckless Heart

So our guitar toting star returns..she’s carrying less and delivering more on this outing, as her producer has assembled a band of seasoned Detroit jazz alumni and what a glorious set of sound vistas they present on these recordings.

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Ward Thomas – Restless Minds

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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Hailey Tuck – Junk

I enjoy various genres and styles of music and I don’t really have a ‘favourite’ per se. However, I do like jazz and have been a fan of artists such as Gregory Porter and Jamie Cullum for several years. It seems like such ‘free’ genre of music which can take a listener to several places both psychologically and emotionally.

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Dixie Chicks – DCX MMXVI

Sooner or later a great live act will be tempted to get the best of their stuff out on a CD / DVD set and here is the country-rock trio’s offering on three discs. These performances were recorded on a set of US and Canadian dates and it sounds as though they were fun. Selling 30 million albums must teach you something, in this case it was plainly how to entertain and put together a fine setlist.

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Dreamgirls – OST

So… thirty five years after its original inception, a new theatre musical version the show and of course in the wake of the fabulously-received musical film heads for London and this double-CD album gives us all the songs.

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Ward Thomas – A Shorter Story EP

The country-influenced twins visit some material by others to add their own touch and thus add to their works. If anyone thought the duo might bring us versions of old country standards, prepare to be surprised.

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Zara Larsson – So Good

She’s a forthright young singer, a lot of people in the business want to work with her. The pop charts resound with her voice and now here is her album, produced by Ola Makansson.

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Bradley Walsh – Chasing Dreams

This performer is a remarkable bloke. Stand-up comedian, serious actor, comedy actor, top-drawer gameshow host, singer and easily one of the best pantomime leads I have ever laughed at from the carpet next to my seat!

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