The Cult of Adrian Cohen
The trap people fall into when discussing Outsider Musicians is to look at them as novelty acts. Artists who create music outside the mainstream have […]
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Mike Batt not Wombling for Free
Fund raising for artists has come a long way in recent months, never mind years. The initial disdain that was shown to artists on bended-knee […]
Kerria Keeps Summer Alive with Night Anthem
With summer now officially being kicked into touch and any memories of warmth already fading into obscurity, you can always rely on music to at […]
Captain of the Lost Waves Ousts Birdseye, Beaky, Nemo and Blackbeard
Constrained by neither time nor space, Captain of the Lost Waves is enigmatic in the very truest sense of the word. With a distinct lack […]
A Curious Release from Highly-Tipped Lucy Whittaker
Lucy Whittaker is one of the most important emerging pop artists right now and her latest release, ‘Curious’, is a bold, brave and carefully crafted […]
Move Over Ed…Jethro Sheeran Aims for Grammy Glory
In a rather unlikely turn of events, Jethro Sheeran, cousin of pop oligarch, Ed, has appeared as a front-runner to be nominated as part of […]
William Shatner Sleighs!
William Shatner has announced his very first holiday album: ‘Shatner Claus – The Christmas Album’ (October 26/Cleopatra Records). Shatner has assembled a truly eclectic roster […]
Beware the Beats Within! Woolfman and JStew Release Unlikely Collaboration
Dave “Wolfman” Woolfson was at the forefront of the non-cooler post-punk movement as bass-player for Gang of Four before getting his marching orders for, depending […]
One More for the Road – The Barroom Lives of Bill Magill
Bill Magill, unhelpfully for the purposes I now mention him, is tricky to define. There’s certainly an element of early 70’s Tom Waits-style troubadour – […]
Salena Jones, Star from Jazz’s Golden Age, Continues to Shine
We have distressingly few artists left who have seen the birth of musical styles and have worked alongside people whom we now think of as […]