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Review – Nick Fletcher – Quadrivium – by John Wenlock-Smith
‘Quadrivium’ is the latest solo release from Sheffield based, highly acclaimed guitarist, Nick Fletcher who, as anyone who has seen him can testify, is a very accomplished player who can not only shred with the best of them but is also a player of taste and style. So, it is with little wonder that even…
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Review – Downes Braide Association – Celestial Songs – by John Wenlock-Smith
Some albums you wait for eagerly only to be ultimately disappointed and let down. Well, that is certainly not the case here as this fifth instalment of the Downes Braide Association is a triumph in every sense, continuing on from the utterly wonderful and captivating release that was ‘Halcyon Hymns’ in 2021. ‘Celestial Songs’, due…
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Review – Duncan Parsons – On Earth, As it is – by John Wenlock-Smith
Duncan Parsons is the drummer for the John Hackett Band and bizarrely the bassist for Joanne Harris’s Storytime band, ‘On Earth, As it is’ is his latest album of original material. The album is not a concept as such, although it has songs that share a common central theme. Much of the music is performed…
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Review – John Holden – Kintsugi – by John Wenlock-Smith
‘Kintsugi’ is the brand new album from Cheshire’s John Holden and it is another masterful collection of tracks that together tells eight stories of hope and redemption in our troubled world. Once again, John and his co-writer and wife and partner Elizabeth have created some beautiful and sublime moments of music ranging from the epics,…
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Review – Glass Hammer – A Matter Of Time – Volume 1 – by Martin Hutchinson
The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.? – Kiran Desai. ‘A Matter Of Time – Volume 1’ sees Glass Hammer founders Steve Babb and Fred Schendel reimagining the past as they pick their favourite songs from the band’s nineties catalog; reimagining and re-recording those songs from the…
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Review – The Strawbs – The Ferryman’s Curse – by James R. Turner
