For some reason, every year the end of November always delivers a mass of quality music, and this year is no different. Below are four of our top picks for the week, each track offering something different and pleasing to wrap your ears around. As always, click the pics for a listen. Marissa Burwell - Take A Load Off Marissa Burwell has one of those voices you can’t … [Read more...] about New Music Fridays – 26th November 2021
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Saint Etienne: Live at Alexandra Palace Theatre – Review
In which the supreme pop-collagists show themselves to be on top of their game, conjuring aural magic by sprinkling big hitters amongst their latest material. It’s now thirty years since Saint Etienne – Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and Sarah Cracknell – beguiled the nation with the fresh-as-a-daisy patchwork sounds of their cinematic, imaginative and exuberant Foxbase Alpha … [Read more...] about Saint Etienne: Live at Alexandra Palace Theatre – Review
New Music Fridays – 19th November 2021
As the month of November moves ever onward, we are able to relish in a new week of fantastic, fresh tunes. This time we have some energetic indie-rock, thoughtful folk and on top of that, some soulful sounds. As always, click the pics for a listen. Jessica Wilde - LA Boy Jessica Wilde makes her second appearance on New Music Fridays with the sublime LA Boy. Once again … [Read more...] about New Music Fridays – 19th November 2021
New Music Fridays – 12th November 2021
Welcome to Friday, everyone! This week we have a fantastic bunch of tracks to wrap your ears around, so have a read and have a listen by clicking the pics! Corrina Repp - The Shore Taken from Corinna Repp’s new album Island, The Shore features a delightfully hazy flow as acoustic guitar gradually builds against layered vocal tracks that pierce right into your … [Read more...] about New Music Fridays – 12th November 2021
Arlo Parks Live at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire – Review
Arlo Parks holds 2,000 people transfixed with her simplicity, sincerity, and soulfulness. Since the release of her debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, in January, Arlo Parks has shot off like a rocket. She was nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Best British Female Solo Artist’ and took home the ‘Best New Artist’ at this year’s BRIT Awards, as well as the coveted Hyundai … [Read more...] about Arlo Parks Live at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire – Review
Matthew Halsall: Live at The Barbican, London – Review
The gifted Mancunian trumpeter, polymath and bandleader plunders his gorgeous 2020 opus, Salute To The Sun, and revisits a smattering of old favourites in a sensational, stirring and sublime evening of cosmically infused jazz exploration. Whether as composer, producer, label founder, trumpeter or mentor, Matthew Halsall has become a venerable mainstay of the British jazz … [Read more...] about Matthew Halsall: Live at The Barbican, London – Review