Songs about overcoming adversity: ‘Intangible’ by Amy Montgomery.
Belfast-based Irish songstress Amy Montgomery lost her mother to suicide at the age of 16. It’s fair to say shock,Continue Reading
Category: Music reviews
On my stereo this week: A.A. Williams debut album ‘Forever Blue’.
Death gospel. Metal. Post-rock? I’m a little lost in how to describe London-based classically trained cellist, pianist and self taughtContinue Reading
Classic albums: Split Enz, True Colours (1980).
I distinctly remember the first time I heard Australian New Zealand rock band Split Enz’s song I Got You onContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘All I Really Want’ by Alanis Morrissette.
When we talk about the album Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morrissette, songs like You Oughta Know, Ironic and HandContinue Reading
Classic albums: Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On (1971).
Motown Records didn’t want Marvin Gaye to make What’s Going On, a socially conscious record, but in 1971 the worldContinue Reading
On my stereo this week: ‘In a Good Way’ by Faye Webster.
In the middle of last year, Faye Webster came across my radar via various spotify recommendations. Upon listening to herContinue Reading
Classic albums: Madonna, Bedtime Stories (1994).
The shitstorm that followed the simultaneous release of Madonna’s fifth album Erotica and her controversial book Sex was unprecedented in late 1992. Madonna wasContinue Reading
On my stereo this week: Okay Kaya’s new album Watch This Liquid Pour Itself.
What is pretty cool about Norwegian-born, New York based Kaya Wilkin, aka Okay Kaya, is her honesty in trying toContinue Reading
On my stereo this week: ‘Dance of the Clairvoyants’ by Pearl Jam.
These last few years I honestly began to wonder whether PJ would ever record another new album. It feels likeContinue Reading
On my stereo this week: Alexandra Savior’s new album The Archer.
Anyone who has ever heard Alexandra Savior’s Belladonna of Sadness will remember what a great debut it was, in collaborationContinue Reading
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