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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Album Review: Jonatha Brooke & The Story – Plumb (1995)
Isn’t it amazing how you can accidentally stumble upon someone and they can instantly be propelled into your top echelon of artistes. So how did I get into Jonatha Brooke then. Well it was a strange journey but I’m glad … Continue reading
Posted in Acoustic, Album Reviews, Americana, Folk, Music, Music Reviews, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Uncategorized
Tagged Album Reviews, Americana, Folk, Jennifer Kimball, Jonatha Brooke, Martin Leedham, Music, Music Review, Plumb, The Story
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Fancy: A forgotten band of the seventies reviewed.
Wild Thing (1974) Fancy are another one of those long lost gems of the seventies. A virtually unheard of British band that was almost created by accident yet enjoyed the success of two top twenty singles in America … Continue reading
Posted in Album Reviews, Blues, Classic Rock, Music, Music Reviews, Rock, Uncategorized
Tagged Album Reviews, Alvin Stardust, Annie Kavanagh, Classic Rock, Fancy, Helen Caunt, Ian Gillan Band, Judas Priest, Les Binks, Martin Leedham, Mike Hurst, Mo Foster, Music, Music Review, Ray Fenwick, Rock, She's Riding The Rock Machine, Something To Remember, Turns You On, Wild Thing
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Album Review: Paloma Faith – Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful (2009)
It is impossible to review ‘Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful’ without making the obvious comparisons to Duffy and Amy Winehouse so I’ll get that bit out of the way first by stating that I found the Duffy … Continue reading
Posted in Album Reviews, Music, Music Reviews, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul, Uncategorized
Tagged Album Reviews, Broken Doll, Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful, Martin Leedham, Music, Music Review, New York, Paloma Faith, Play On, Pop, Smoke and Mirrors, Sone Cold Sober, Soul, St Trinians, Upside Down
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Album Review: Tom Jones – 24 Hours (2008)
Well here’s a turn up for the books. Me owning a Tom Jones album ….. surely not. Well how’s about this for an even bigger turn up. Me liking a Tom Jones album ……. no I hear you cry, what … Continue reading
Posted in Album Reviews, Music, Music Reviews, Rock, Uncategorized
Tagged 24 Hours, Album Reviews, If He Should Ever Leave You, Martin Leedham, Music, Music Review, Tom Jones
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Album Review: Edwina Hayes – Out On My Own (2005) / Pour Me A Drink (2007)
As many of us are eagerly awaiting our copies of the new Edwina Hayes album ‘Good Things Happen Over Coffee’ to arrive I thought this may be a good opportununity to remind readers old and new just how good the first … Continue reading
Posted in Acoustic, Album Reviews, Americana, Folk, Music, Music Reviews, Singer/Songwriter, Uncategorized
Tagged Acoustic, Album Reviews, Americana, British Folk, Clive Gregson, Country, Dennis Locorriere, Edwina Hayes, Feels Like Home, Folk, John Burr, John Wood, Martin Leedham, Music, Music Review, My Sisters Keeper, Nanci Griffith, Out On My Own, Pour Me A Drink, Singer/Songwriter
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Album Review: Bernie Marsden – Stacks (2005)
I was going to start this review by suggesting that Bernie Marsden was one of those unfortunate souls who has never really been given the credit he deserved as one of Britains finest blues rock guitarists. But then I recalled … Continue reading
Posted in Album Reviews, Blues, Classic Rock, Music, Music Reviews, Rock, Uncategorized
Tagged Album Reviews, B.B King, Bernie Marsden, Classic Rock, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, Freddie King, Jim Copley, Martin Leedham, Micky Moody, Music, Music Review, Percy Mayfield, Peter Green, Rock, Stacks, Whitesnake
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Album Review: Queen + Paul Rodgers – The Cosmos Rocks (2008)
This is another review I have been sitting on for months. Coming back to the album for repeated listenings, altering my rating. Little tweaks here and there …… general indecision really. Have I rated it too highly ….. am I … Continue reading
Posted in Album Reviews, Classic Rock, Free, Music, Music Reviews, Queen, Rock, Uncategorized
Tagged Album Reviews, Bad Company, Brian May, Classic Rock, Free, Martin Leedham, Music, Music Review, Paul Rodgers, Queen, Rock, Roger Taylor, The Cosmos Rocks
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Album Review: Burton Cummings – Above The Ground (2008)
I am thinking of putting myself forward as a non Canadian ambassador to Canadian music as I seem to be forever extolling the virtues of Maple Leaf muso’s. In my eyes at least though, Burton Cummings is the musical King … Continue reading
Posted in Album Reviews, Classic Rock, Music, Music Reviews, Rock, Uncategorized
Tagged Above The Ground, Album Reviews, Burton Cummings, Canada, Classic Rock, Guess Who, MAPL, Martin Leedham, Music, Music Review, Rock, Singer/Songwriter
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Pots of Gold. The studio recordings of Rainbow reviewed: Part Two – The Roger Glover Years
Down To Earth (1979) I’m sure most of you reading this are more than well aware of Ritchie Blackmore’s penchant for totally taking his band to pieces and re-inventing it. Well, come the back end of 1978 he had … Continue reading
Posted in Album Reviews, Classic Rock, Deep Purple, Music, Music Reviews, Rock, Uncategorized
Tagged Album Reviews, All Night Long, Bent Out Of Shape, Can't Happen Here, Classic Rock, Cozy Powell, Deep Purple, Difficult To Cure, Don Airey, Down To Earth, Graham Bonnet, I Surrender, Joe Lynn Turner, Martin Leedham, Monsters of Rock, Music, Music Review, Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, Rock, Roger Glover, Russ Ballard, Since You Been Gone, Stone Cold, Straight Between The Eyes, Street of Dreams
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