I first heard Josh Rouse via his 1972 album – that’s his album called 1972, not his album recorded in 1972. Rouse was, in fact, born in 1972 so it would have been surprising, if not interesting, if he had recorded an album that year.
Eleanor McEvoy’s new album The Thomas Moore Project is, at first glance at least, a bit of a niche item. Thomas Moore was a 17th Century Irish songwriter and poet whose work has become somewhat neglected in recent times. Moore occupies a similar place in Irish heritage as Robert Burns does in Scotland but while […]
Janine Elliot takes a listen to Mike Valentine’s Chasing the Dragon label’s Reel to Reel Revival “Big Band Spectacular” by the Syd Lawrence Orchestra. Needless to say this is a reel to reel release.
