Brian Mackey
Brian Mackey is a singer songwriter based in New York in the USA, though originally from the Northern Florida/Georgia borders. He has encapsulated his life experiences, which adds a different dimension to a musician based in New York. Americana, country-blues and indie-pop all waft out of the speakers as the listener is given an insight in to the [...]
Laura By Spruke
Laura By Spruke is a collaboration between the Buffalo in the USA based Laura Diemer and Bill Boulden who have come together for an interesting retro-electronic experimental twist. The moment I clicked – Play – my life felt better. The duo from very different backgrounds have engaged and created a superb soundspace. Invective and challenge roar out [...]
Jack Jeffery
Jack Jeffery is a solo artist from Virginia in the USA who has just released his follow up LP The Constant That Remains to the successful release of Passage to Agadir. Sunday seems to be the day I alight upon an ambience of calmness, so here again I arrive, snow has fallen on the ground, it is Sunday as [...]
Take One Car
Take One Car is based in Millerton in the USA, after four years of hard graft - Tyler Irish (vocals/guitar), Pete Scholes (guitar), Branden Waite (bass) and Ryan Saldariagga (drums) are well known on the travelling circuit as a genre defying – so let’s go with the generic – indie rock band. For some reason, I thought Pea and [...]
Roosevelt Radio
Roosevelt Radio from San Francisco in the USA is made up of Ben Ross (Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keys), Adrian McCullough (Bass, Vocals), Joel Line (Lead Guitar), Sarah Morgan (Keys, Vocals) and Emma Hyatt (Drums). San Francisco? I would have sworn not North of the Watford Gap – yes that is a London joke. Grab a search of the M1 in the UK and [...]
Strangers Pass
Strangers Pass has been around since 2008. Based in Rahway in the USA the trio of Robert Sadowski (Vocals/Guitar), Frank Gattuso (Drums), and Ken Thorstensen (Bass) bring the world some home-spun alternative indie. America always amazes me, my politics are well expounded to those who have followed the links proffered from time to time, but on this occasion I am not dealing [...]
Caitlin Rose
Caitlin Rose, is from Nashville in the USA and it will come as no great shock to learn that there is more than an element of Country in the output. The strength in the out-put lies in the heartfelt compositions. I haven’t suddenly gone all woolly jumper on myself, but just because a tune doesn’t have a disturbingly loud [...]
Bryan Cole
Bryan Cole is a solo country artist from Pittsburgh in the USA, with a debut release early last year he has a new follow up single out on 16th January 2012. Having spent much of the past day travelling, the email from Michael Stover at Perfect Vision Records was timed to perfection. Nothing too demanding on the [...]
The Minor Leagues
The Minor Leagues are a seven piece band from Cincinnati in the USA. Commencing as a recording act with Ben Walpole (Vocals) and Patrick Helmes (Guitars) now we have a full blown live act with the addition of Matt Retherford (Drums), Jesse Rogers (Bass), Hilly Kenkel (Vocals), Luke McGlasson (Trumpet / Guitar) and Amanda Lee Anderson (Keys). Did you notice that despite [...]
