Tag Archives: Martin Leedham

Album Review: Frankie Miller – The Rock (1975)

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Martin Leedham

Unlike his first two albums Frankie Miller’s third album “The Rock” featured his own backing band so was marketed as being by The Frankie Miller Band rather than as a solo release. Recorded in sight of the famous Alcatraz prison … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Stephanie Kirkham – That Girl (2003)

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Martin Leedham

The female singer songwriter market is a crowded one to say the least, my ever increasing pile of ‘to be reviewed’ albums is testament to that, and finding something to lift you above the ordinary is no easy task for … Continue reading →

Posted in Album Reviews | Tagged Acoustic, Album Reviews, Dido, Easy as 1 2 3, Folk, Inappropriate, Martin Leedham, MFest 2012, Music, Music Review, Peugeot 308, Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Stephanie Kirkham, That Girl | 2 Comments

Album Review: Lowell George – Thanks I’ll Eat It Here (1979)

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Martin Leedham

By the late seventies Lowell George was becoming increasingly disillusioned with the direction his band Little Feat were taking. He is on record as saying that the growing influence of jazz fusion from certain other members was having a detrimental … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Kate Bush – The Kick Inside (1978)

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Martin Leedham

Kate Bush’s debut album “The Kick Inside” was released in 1978 but the story started a few years earlier when she was just a schoolgirl. ‘The Man With The Child In His Eyes’ for example was written when she was … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Jann Arden – Living Under June (1994)

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Martin Leedham

I feel as though I have started many a review with this phrase but it is more than appropriate again here as Jann Arden is yet another one of the seemingly endless stream of talented female singer songwriters from the … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Edie Brickell – Edie Brickell (2011)

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Martin Leedham

Like many others I was first introduced to the talents of Edie Brickell through the Windows 95 installation disc as the video for her track ‘Good Times’ was on it. Suitably impressed I bought the album and the back catalogue with … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Jess Roden & The Humans – Jess Roden & The Humans (1995)

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Martin Leedham

Time for another one of my stories folks. So if you are all sitting comfortably I’ll begin. It is 1996, a Saturday morning and we are soon to begin the bi-monthly pilgrimage to Goodison Park to watch the mighty Everton … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Blackmore’s Night – Shadow Of The Moon (1997)

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Martin Leedham

The Deep Purple musical family story is full of controversy and events upon which many of their followers have differing opinions. Ian Gillan and Roger Glover arriving whilst Nick Simper and Rod Evans were still on board and the subsequent departure … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Sam Brown – Box (1997)

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Martin Leedham

As the daughter of rock and roll nice guy Joe Brown and the superb vocalist Vicki Brown, Sam Brown was always going to be a rather special talent. But rather than take the gilt edged pop route that could have easily … Continue reading →

Posted in Album Reviews | Tagged 43 Minutes, Aaron McRobbie, Album Reviews, April Moon, Box, Claire Nicolson, Classic Rock, Deep Purple, I Forgive You, Jim Capaldi, Joe Brown, Jon Lord, Maria McKee, Martin Leedham, Music, Music Review, Of The Moment, Pete Brown, Pop, Reboot, Richard Newman, Rock, Sam Brown, Singer/Songwriter, Stop, Vicki Brown, Whisper | 4 Comments

Album Review: Snafu – Snafu (1973)

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Martin Leedham

Snafu were formed in late 1972 by former Procul Harum and Freedom man Bobby Harrison. Harrison was Harum’s drummer on the hit ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ but he and guitarist Ray Royer were kicked out of the band soon after. … Continue reading →

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