Beau – ‘When Butterflies Scream’ (2017)
The singer-songwriter Trevor Midgley, known as Beau, has aged well like all good vintage stock; still a rich, heady consistency after all these years. From a Yorkshire teen...
Brian R. Banks
Mick Softley – ‘Any Mother Doesn’t Grumble’ (1972)
At last a classic of the time before the Punk dam burst has a first CD release, from an era when a singer-songwriter could get a three-LP contract...
Snake Eye Rises Out Of Red Dirt
Just released is a recording by an obscure band Snake Eye, but it’s got a tale to tell and the only sting was done to them. Aficionados of...
Simfonica – ‘Song of the Volcanoes’ (2016)
Released on a Friday sold out by Monday: not bad for a musician performing for a change under his own name rather than a forty-year pseudonym! The genre...
Three Man Army – ‘Three Man Army’ / ‘Three Man Army Two’ (2016)
Some bands had cult status in their time and some have retained it ever since, even if they played together only for a short period. Later estimates may...
Bread Love & Dreams
BREAD LOVE & DREAMS: Availability of their rare debut coincides with founder’s death The name might at first suggest California ’67 flower-power or compatriot mainstreamers who hit on...
Catherine Howe and Saffron Summerfield
Catherine Howe Because…It Would Be Beautiful (Talking Elephant TECD 306, 54.27) Saffron Summerfield Salisbury Plain / Fancy Meeting You Here! (Talking Elephant TECD 309, 69.09) Now and again...
Eddie Baird – Exposed (2009) review
Eddie Baird - Exposed (Talking Elephant TECD 146; 26.56) Eddie Baird is most well-known for his first (and only) recording band, Amazing Blondel,...
Quintessence: Spirits From Another Time 1969-1971 (2016) review
DOUBLE VISION AND WHO DREAMED UP THE T.V. TITLE OGWT Quintessence: Spirits From Another Time 1969-1971 (Hux Records, May 2016) This album is Hux Records' 150th release and...
Mick Softley: A Rebel Life With Friends And Music
“Music is the world’s essence. Culture is the musical rhythm through which the world grows” (Aleksandr Blok). It engages many emotions and when touches us may stimulate exploration....