Joel Paterson – Let It Be Guitar! Ventrella Records www.joelpaterson.com CD: 16 Songs, 43 Minutes Styles: Spectacular Beatles Covers, Instrumentals Google time! Do a search for “most covered band of all time.” It’s no surprise the top honor goes to four lads from Liverpool: John, Paul, George and Ringo. According to Whosampled.com, the Beatles …
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Another win for Zel.
20-year-old artist offers tracks that are both astute and deeply personal on his superb debut album. Also reviewed this week: Dido’s new record Still On My Mind
Myles Goodwyn – Friends of the Blues 2 Linus Entertainment/Government of Canada www.mylesgoodwyn.com CD: 14 Songs, 43 Minutes Styles: Soul-Influenced Blues, Ensemble Blues Blues artists have not only have their signature style of music, but their signature aura as well. The aura of Myles Goodwyn can be distilled in one word: “neighborly.” His voice is …
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Adele’s long-awaited fourth studio album will apparently arrive this fall. Over the weekend, the pop singer sang at and served as an officiant for one of her friend’s weddings. At some point during the evening, Adele let it slip that her follow-up to 25 is due out in September. Audio of Adele’s proclamation was subsequently …
(Mom + Pop) What began in 2015 as a bedroom project for Chicago-based Lili Trifilio had become something of an online phenomenon by the time 2018’s self-released Prom Queen was streamed 67m times. Now a fully fleshed-out four-piece with an actual record deal, Beach Bunny’s debut full-length effort doesn’t disappoint: Honeymoon is a blast of …
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(Def Jam) Nothing frames a pop album quite like a redemption narrative, and for Justin Bieber this is his second in a row. While 2015’s Purpose, preceded by problems with the police and a much publicised breakup, was full of culture-shifting hits, from the pleading Sorry to the bitter Love Yourself, Changes – created in …
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(Exodus) Moses Boyd is a drummer in the same way Questlove from the Roots is a drummer, which is to say that the twice Mobo-winning 28-year-old Londoner is a producer-composer-collaborator-influencer not bound by the kit surrounding him. A progenitor of the current London jazz scene, Boyd’s official solo debut goes large on cross-pollination – and …
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Johnny Burgin – Live Delmark Records – 2019 14 tracks; 69 minutes www.rockinjohnnyburgin.com Live albums tend to follow a tried and tested formula: start with a familiar number, put in some tracks to promote the latest album and conclude with the fan favourites everyone wants to hear. Johnny Burgin had other ideas though when he …
(Fiction)Kevin Parker shifts further away from his psych rock roots, while pondering happiness and his continued relevance Around the time of 2015’s Currents – the third Tame Impala album – mainman Kevin Parker described having an epiphany some time previously. Driving around Los Angeles on magic mushrooms and cocaine, he realised just how magnificent the …
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