You’ve probably heard a bunch of your friends complain about it. They tell you that every month, week, and even every day, you have started feeling the same. They’re getting by, sure. But, increasingly, they’re wondering if that’s really living at all, and what they…
The 10 Greatest Van Morrison Albums (In My View)
February 13, 2026
There was a time when the only thing that I could think of buying anyone for their birthday was a Van Morrison album. I was hopeful that, by hearing the music, they would see what I saw.
Van Morrison is one of the greatest musical artists of all time, and, indeed, his…
Sophie Gault and Robert Connely Farr Reviewed
February 10, 2026
Sophie Gault – Merlot Dodge Dart
Have you ever lived next door to a great blues guitar player, and did you ever hear them howling out songs during the night? I sincerely doubt that. And, have you ever been asked to visit the house of a great musician whom you’d…
Arts Fishing Club and Heavy Petrol Reviewed
January 9, 2026
Arts Fishing Club – Feed Me to the Wolves
Are you looking for honesty from your hard-earned rock n’ roll? You’re unlikely to find much of that, although the indie-folk group Arts Fishing Club is a notable exception to the rule that states that rock songs that…
Kenny Sharp and The Life on Mars Reviewed
January 9, 2026
Kenny Sharp – My Own Good
Punk may not be dead, as some of the kids still insist, but the blues is sure breathing heavily and coughing loudly. But how did we get to this? By killing it slowly and with kindness, for the most part, I suspect.
Most of the…
Ma Polaine's Great Decline and Ojahara Reviewed
December 11, 2025
Ma Polaine’s Great Decline – Gasoline Can
If you look at passers-by and try to guess their stories, if you’re conservative enough in your estimates, you’re going to be right nine out of ten times. But don’t flatter yourself! It’s not because you are an…
People in a room negotiating how much noise each of them can make is something that simply cannot be beat. But it’s not like many haven’t tried. Since the dawn of rock n’ roll, those in the business of selling music have tried to find easier-to-control, cheaper…
Afton Wolfe - “Ophiuchus” Review
December 1, 2025
It’s impossible that great artists doing their work with a guitar were just… people. We all know that Robert Johnson was given his powers by the Devil, George Harrison was a yogic teacher tasked with infiltrating the world’s biggest pop group and Bob Dylan is William…
Dewey Kincade and The Navigators AND Baker Island Reviewed
November 18, 2025
Dewey Kincade and The Navigators- All Alone in This Together
Well, they do say that nobody’s properly dead and gone until the day that everybody stops talking about them, remembering them, living with the stories that they created. Remembrance is the one great…