Album Reviews

CHUCK BERRY – ‘LIVE FROM BLUEBERRY HILL’ – “It’s got a back beat, you can’t lose it”

January 4, 2022 Ross McGibbon

DUALTONE RECORDS – 17th December 2021 One of the pioneers of commercial rock and...

Jah Wobble
Metal Box – Rebuilt in Dub

November 13, 2021 Ross McGibbon

John Wardle – aka Jah Wobble – has a different sense of what dub...

Fela Kuti
London Scene & ‘Live! With Ginger Baker’

November 13, 2021 Ross McGibbon

PARTISAN RECORDS 5th Nov 2021 (London Scene) & 19th Nov (Live!) It is fifty...

Gong
Live At The Gong Family Unconventional Gathering

October 30, 2021 Ross McGibbon

G-WAVE RECORDS / ORCHARD 5th November 2021 Not only is The Melkweg one of...

They Might Be Giants
Book

October 23, 2021 Ross McGibbon

IDLE WILD RECORDINGS    29th October 2021 An ever-playful band, this sparky new release is...

Pokey LaFarge – ‘In The Blossom Of Their Shade’ – “heat-hazed lazy afternoon in another era”

October 23, 2021 Ross McGibbon

NEW WEST RECORDS 10 September 2021 New West have some interesting and unusual artists...

John Coltrane
A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle

October 15, 2021 Ross McGibbon

Historic recording unearthed of Coltrane in full interstellar mode… IMPULSE! RECORDS / UME 8th...

David Keenan
What Then Cried Jo Soap

October 9, 2021 Ross McGibbon

RUBY WORKS  15th October 2021 Mmmmm…… The ‘difficult’ second album. You have your whole life...

Danny George Wilson
Another Place

October 9, 2021 Ross McGibbon

LOOSE MUSIC    15th October 2021 I’ve enjoyed Danny Wilson’s music for years now, starting...

Ada Lea
One hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden

September 21, 2021 Ross McGibbon

SADDLE CREEK 24th September, 2021 Alexandra Levy is a French-Canadian from Montreal and this...