It received a standing ovation at its debut performance at the 2008 Manchester Jazz Festival for broadcast by BBC Radio’s ‘Jazz On 3’ slot. Now, the phenomenal ‘Ropes’ by Mike Walker finally makes it to disc, via Market Square Music.
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When it came to brightening up the day in the early 1970s, few British pop groups could better Design at letting a little ‘sunshine’ in. Their 50th anniversary is marked this April (2019) with the 20-track nostalgia romp that is ‘Children of The Mist – The Best of Design’ (Market Square; MDMCD206).
Continue readingIncorporating an exhilarating back-porch section to their set with resonator, washboard and ukulele bass, The Hardchargers are steeped in inspiration from the greats of the pre-electric blues – Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson, Bukka White, Willie Brown – to the progenitors of electric blues such as Lightnin’ Hopkins, Howlin’ Wolf and Frankie Lee Simms.
Continue readingAfter the 2015 retreat that was stripped-back ‘break-up’ album ‘Vancouver’, country artist Gem Andrews returns to her spiritual home in the North East of England for a full-band, full-throated successor.
Continue readingPreviously unreleased demos, out-takes and re-workings of songs recorded between 1980 and 1997 by cult ‘Canterbury Scenists’ KEVIN AYERS and LADY JUNE along with sparring partner, guitarist OLLIE HALSALL.
Continue readingNeil Ardley and the New Jazz Orchestra – one of the most celebrated of modern British jazz’s big bands – are celebrated for their exuberant live performances in a first ever expedition into the BBC radio archive in Dusk Fire Records’ ‘One The Radio: BBC Sessions 1971’ this summer (2017).
Continue readingBarn-storming Welsh ‘looping’ ensemble fuse jazz, rock and electronica in August-released debut on Market Square …
Continue readingNirvana’s Patrick Campbell Lyons …
skywards again with new solo album ‘You’re A Cloud, I’m A Comet’ (Market Square; Aug 25th 2017; DL/Vinyl/CD)…
Debut release from Celtic music duo Loic Blejean and Tad Sargent demonstrates sparkling virtuosity …
Continue readingLianne Hall – ‘The Caretaker’: latest album release from ‘one of the great English voices’.
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