Music

Well... this should have been a no-brainer, really. Off the back of a world tour and the massive selling The End album, The Peas were the biggest thing in music. The main problem though, rests with the last albums superb I Got A Feeling single. Those sort of singles only come along maybe once in a bands career... if they are lucky. It was the soundtrack to 2010. A huge radio hit, helped also by a ...

Think of the simplicity of Gillian Welch meets the voice of James Taylor with a sprinkling of good old bluegrass come trad Irish thrown in for good measure and you start to draw a picture of the sound of Daniel Martin Moore on this, his second solo album.

A Kentucky lad who is busy touring and making a name for himself it is no surprise to see Sub Pop have signed him on to join their ...

As front man for his band The Afghan Whigs, Greg Dulli flirted briefly with almost commercial success via the brilliant Gentlemen album. But as a part of that most vague of musical styles ‘Alternative Rock’, Dulli stayed true to his vision of being the passionate/aggressive troubadour to the lost, damaged souls frequenting smoky bar rooms.

He doesn’t have the best voice in the world, ...

Companion – but not original soundtrack; so although the sleeve bears the characteristic capitalized red/black font and there’s our so suave main man Don, plus “very special thanks” homage to writer Matthew Weiner (surname misspelt, “without whose vision there wouldn’t be a companion to such a great creation” etc), the provenance of this collection remains unclarified. (Only one of the 33 songs features ...

Yes you read that right. This is a review of the 40th Anniversary Edition of Bridge Over Troubled Water. The miracle is that my teenage children and their friends know these tunes as well as I.

The revelation is the DVD. (NTSC), which contains two fascinating, must see documentaries. The first - Songs Of America – was originally broadcast on CBS, a TV special comprised of footage of ...

For an artist know to wear so many hats it shouldn’t come as a surprise that veteran of 30 plus albums Elvis Costello here chooses to combine so many of them on one disc. Kurt Weil styled ballads are here mingled with country, early blues, roots and the sounds of early Costello.

Yet another T-Bone Burnett production, Elvis is joined by all the members of the Imposters and Sugarcanes along ...

Pop music: It’s a curious entity and one that seems to flourish (and nourish) best when its life is brief. Stellar* had a wonderful career from 1999-2006, but the golden moment was from 1999 (Mix) through to 2001 (Magic Line).

Three years is a long time for a pop band. Hell, three months is a long time for a career in music now! For three years though, we had our own genuine, shiny, ...