Ringo Starr Give More Love Roccabella Give More Love is Ringo Starr’s 19th solo album since The Beatles disbanded. People forget that at the time of The Beatles break-up, Ringo was not the odds on favourite for a successful solo career. His [...]
Bruce Cockburn Bone On Bone True North Records Bone on Bone is Bruce Cockburn’s 33rd album and his first studio album since 2011’s Small Source of Comfort. Cockburn has not mellowed in those years. He is still producing his brand of [...]
TRANSLATING PICTURES INTO SOUNDS A CONVERSATION WITH NEIL ARTHUR OF BLANCMANGE When I tell Neil Arthur, of Blancmange, that he is one of the hardest working musicians/artists that I know of, he just laughs. “I am happiest when I am working, it [...]
NO GAME PLAN A CONVERSATION WITH ELOVET Elovet (Ajaye Franklin II) is a new solo artist from Atlanta, Georgia. To date he has released two album length EP’S (8269416, 2016 and Rift, 2017) and two EPs (Crazy (Cover) and B-Sides Vol 1, both [...]
TAXI Intimacy Issues Independent Intimacy Issues is the debut EP from Ottawa native, Emma Lamarre, who goes by the name TAXI. The EP, Intimacy Issues features five very distinct songs from this young and talented artist. Working with Blinker the [...]
Jonny Lang Signs Concord Records Signs is Jonny Lang’s eighth album, and his first since 2013’s hugely successful Fight For My Soul. Since 1995 Lang has been building a solid fanbase that keeps getting larger with each release. Signs is going to [...]
Tori Amos Native Invader Decca I love Tori Amos and I look forward to each new release. However, her last few releases did not live up to her potential or, in my opinion, her talent. This has changed with her new album.Native Invader. This is [...]
Aaron Roche HaHa HuHu Figureight Records In 2012 I received a CD by a Brooklyn artist named Aaron Roche. The CD had the intriguing title !BlurMyEyes. It took some getting used to but I came to appreciate and love that album. Since then Roche has [...]
Julie & The Wrong Guys Julie & The Wrong Guys Dine Alone Julie, from Julie & The Wrong guys is Julie Doiron of Eric’s Trip fame (not to mention her numerous solo albums and other side projects). The Wrong Guys are Mike Peters and [...]
MAXIMUM VOLUME A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR KENNETH WOMACK Talking to Kenneth Womack about The Beatles and George Martin cannot be time limited. This man loves this subject and the music they created. Womack, the Dean of the Wayne D McMurray [...]
Discolor Blind Long Vivid Dream Republic Of Music Discolor Blind is a duo out of Montreal, and Long Vivid Dream is their debut EP. Ashkan Malayeri is the core of the band, producing, writing and performing most of the music. He was born in [...]
Kobi Onyame Gold Independent Gold is Kobi Onyame’s third album and his first since 2013’s Glory. Onyame is a Ghanaian artist who is currently based in the U.K. All of his music has been released independently and yet he has built up a sizeable [...]
OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark) The Punishment Of Luxury White Noise Records Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark (OMD) are not a retro act. This band may have started close to forty years ago, but they continue to produce relevant, [...]
THE BEAT MAKERS: THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE MERSEY SOUND A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR ANTHONY HOGAN Anthony Hogan is an author based in Liverpool and has written some of the most informative and unique books about the music scene in that city. By [...]
THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY McCLUSKEY OF ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK I am on the telephone with Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) and I tell him I saw the band the last time they played [...]
The Sheepdogs @ CNE Bandshell, Toronto August 29, 2017 Nice, cool summer evening in Toronto, at the CNE. Nothing says the ending of summer quite like the CNE and evenings like this. By the time The Sheepdogs hit the stage, however, all thoughts [...]
SHINY, SPARKLING & MEZMERIZING AN INTERVIEW WITH BETTY MOON Betty Moon is back with her first album since 2015’s very successful Pantomania. Moon has always defied categories. Eletronica, dance, Europop, Rock, Pop? Take your pick, but one [...]
Elovet B-Sides Vol. 1 Independent Elovet is a new artist from Georgia. B-Sides Vol 1 is his most recent EP and features songs that did not make his previous releases (two previous albums, and one EP). Elovet is really a one man show, Ajaye [...]
The War On Drugs A Deeper Understanding Atlantic Records It has been three years since The War On Drugs last album (Lost in The Dream), and since that time it would seem that frontman and writer for the band, Adam Granduciel, has been listening [...]
Betty Moon Chrome Evolver Music Betty Moon returns with her eighth album and she continues to do what she does best, produce danceable, melodic pop music. Chrome is a well put together album full of beats, rhythms and strong vocals from Moon [...]
Angelo De Augustine Swim Inside The Moon Asthmatic Kitty Perhaps it is the move to Asthmatic Kitty, or perhaps it is his own growth, but on this album,his second, Angelo De ugustine has delivered a deeply personal album and incredibly strong [...]
Android Lust Berlin//Crater Vol 2 Synthellec Music From the second the needle drops, you know you are in new and uncharted territory. It says Berlin, but this is Android Lust’s Berlin, not the city you know. From the opening sound until the [...]
SOUNDSCAPES FROM THE ROOTS OF BERLIN A CONVERSATION WITH SHIKHEE OF ANDROID LUST Android Lust, an interesting name for a band, but in reality, Android Lust is one person, Shikhee and they (or she) have completed her sixth album, Berlin//Crater [...]
Anthony Hogan – The Beat Makers: The Unsung Heroes Of The Mersey Sound Amberley Publishing – August 15, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-4456-7208-43 Book Review By Aaron Badgley Anthony Hogan is a very talented writer. He has written several [...]
