Review: Teddy Thompson’s ‘My Love of Country’
Given the links between the Wainwright dynasties and the Thompson equivalent, I always think of Rufus Wainwright and Teddy Thompson, lifelong friends and competitors, certainly the former, playing...
View ArticleReview: ‘Spellbound – A Tribute to Siouxsie and the Banshees’
The return of Siouxsie Sioux to the stage this year was as welcome as it was unexpected. Her not performing in public for the past decade did not mean her fans had forgotten her. Some folk have never...
View ArticleReview: ‘Once More: Jenni Muldaur & Teddy Thompson Sing The Great Country Duets’
Yes, Once More does and should sound familiar, it being the completion of a project started some time ago, with Jenni Muldaur and Teddy Thompson tackling the great country songbook, specifically as it...
View ArticleReview: ‘A Song For Leon: A Tribute to Leon Russell’
One reflection on the ravages of the Grim Reaper is that it offers the opportunity for folks to be reminded of the breadth of talent offered by those on the wrong side of the grass. And what a talent...
View ArticleReview: ‘More Than A Whisper – Celebrating The Music Of Nanci Griffith’
The title More Than A Whisper – Celebrating The Music Of Nanci Griffith probably says it all, given the disproportionate heft of the footprint left behind by this self-effacing singer. Her mild and...
View ArticleReview: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project’s ‘The Task Has Overwhelmed Us’
We stretched our own meaning of cover version previously, when we gave the earlier three volumes of the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project a belated review. Now, and against the odds, lo and behold,...
View ArticleReview: ‘Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO’
The Electric Light Orchestra, over a journey lasting 50 years and counting, have never been contemporaneously cool. Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood formed the band to allow them to fuse their love of pop with...
View ArticleReview: Cat Power’s ‘Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert’
There is something happening, but you don’t know what it is, as someone once said, and they may well say it again, following this daring further adventure in the wonder of Ms. Chan Marshall, aka Cat...
View ArticleReview: Van Morrison’s ‘Accentuate The Positive’
Blimey, but hasn’t George Ivan been busy. He’s churned out four albums in the past three years; Accentuate the Positive is the second one this year to catch our eye. If Moving On Skiffle was his...
View ArticleReview: Amos Lee’s ‘Honeysuckle Switches: The Songs of Lucinda Williams’
The last time we featured Amos Lee on this site, about a year ago, he was subject to such a savage kicking that even I felt bad, so it is with utter delight to discover Honeysuckle Switches: The Songs...
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