Saturday, 12 October 2013
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
‘North South Divide’ album by John Lennon McCullagh to be released on 14th October on Cherry Red Records
This debut album will be preceded by the release of ‘North South Divide’ – the single – as both a download and limited 7’ inch single in late September. Clearly indebted to early Dylan, John’s influences also include Donovan, Paul Weller, Marc Bolan, Johnny Cash and Jake Bugg.
Review
'An
amazing talent for such a young kid!' --Alan McGee
'Who is
this kid doing Dylan better than Dylan?' --Courtney Love
'John is
a real talent, I'd happily take him on tour with me in the future. The real
deal.' --Richard Hawley
Track Listing: -
1. 55
Blues
2. North
South Divide
3. Long
Long Way
4. The
Ballad of a Blue Poet
5. It
Never Rains
6.
Rivers of Blood
7. The
Ballad of Mr Henderson
8.
Colour of the Sun
9.
Slipping Away
10.
Short Sharp Shock
11.
White Rose
12. The
Strand
The Moment – 4-song EP (Plastic Pop Records) Review
Following
hot on the heels of the glorious ‘Goodbye Tuesday’ 7” vinyl release on Heavy
Soul Records comes this fantastic 4-song EP on the happening Plastic Pop label.
Adrian Holder and Robert Moore are joined on drums in the studio by Ben Addison
(Boys Wonder & Corduroy), with Ben co-writing the 4 songs with Adrian and taking
on the production and arrangement duties.
The EP
opens with ‘You Are Free’ which carries on the tradition of great ‘Moment’
A-sides with plenty of guitar and great vocals; a very catchy number that ends
with a ‘Summertime Blues’ kind of chord progression. Ben’s brother Scott (also
of Boys Wonder and Corduroy) adds additional guitar to this track.
The
start of ‘Be My Lady’ immediately reminds me of The Jetset (a favourite band of
mine) around the time of their first album, ‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’, and
carries on with a nice Motown feel throughout.
‘Minor
Emergency’ is a pure Northern Soul stomper with strings, brass, choppy guitar
and female backing vocals that could easily become a dance-floor favourite if
given the coverage, and is a very, very good song indeed.
The final
song on the EP is ‘Daisy Chain’ that begins and builds in a style akin to the
Small Faces’ ‘Tin Soldier’, but without sounding like it (if you know what I
mean). About a minute in we get the overdriven sound of Adrian’s guitar and off
we go – another great recording.
A
stunning release from The Moment – their second since the beginning of summer.
And with Brett ‘Buddy’ Ascott (The Chords/The Rage/Speakeasy) now on drums,
they are heading to a venue near you soon. All we need now is a full length
follow-up to ‘The Work Gets Done’ and we’ll be happy in The Moment.
Issue 2 of 'Start!' Modzine available now!
Issue 2
of ‘Start!’ Modzine has now hit the streets and is available to buy.
Featuring part 2 of the John Hellier interview
(which, ironically, is the interview I originally conducted for my ‘Movers and
Shakers’ feature in Scootering Magazine) this is a Modzine that also promises features on Northern Soul, Mod, Ska,
Scootering and lots of reviews.
You can get a copy by sending £3 including
P&P to PayPal to email address start1960mag@gmail.com
Monday, 7 October 2013
The Sha La La’s ‘Feelin’ Real’ (PA029) 10—track CD + iTunes release out on Paisley Archive today
“After
forming back in 2011, this band from Woking started off life as a three piece
and have gained a loyal fan base all around the UK.
Being a
three piece and from Woking they were always compared to be yet another Jam
wanna be band!! HOWEVER, being compared to one of the best bands in the world
is NO bad thing BUT this band’s only comparison to the Jam is their home
town.
Earlier
this year they recruited a Hammond Organ player which gives the band a fuller
sound which compliments the soulful voice of Darron Robinson.
I hate
to pigeonhole bands but if I had to describe them I would say “The soulful
lyrics and harmonies of The Action’ but with the suss of ‘The Redskins’ while
being signed to Paul Weller's ‘Respond Label’…. There are other influences here
too, from Dr Feelgood right back to Stax and Tamla Motown- hence the band’s apt
‘somewhere between Detroit and Canvey Island’ maxim, with ‘The Sha La La’s’
doing Wilko Johnson’s legacy no disrespect whatsoever?"
Track Listing: -
Feelin’
Real / Something I Can’t See / Get Up On Yourself / Out Of My Head / Twenty
Five / Losin’ It / Can’t Stop Losin’ You / Missin’ Words / If You Can’t Stop
(Don’t Start) / (Keep On) Risin’ Up To Love
<<< ONLY 500 COPIES PRESSED
SO BE QUICK!!!!!!! >>>
Blues Issue 9 - The Modern Blues Fan’s Bible
Cover
Feature: Howlin’ Wolf
A legend
on the point of collapse; a weird atmosphere of contempt and hero worship; and
what was Ringo doing there? Forget everything you know about The London Howlin’
Wolf Sessions. This is the most in-depth look at this landmark meeting when the
Chicago blues giant schooled the British rock elite: Eric Clapton, Stevie
Winwood and The Rolling Stones.
Also
featured in this issue…
•North
Mississippi Allstars: Luther Dickinson takes you through the recording of new
album World Boogie is Coming; an album cut with the help of Lightnin’ Malcolm,
Duwayne and Garry Burnside, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Sharde Thomas, Chris Chew
and Robert Plant on harmonica.
•Cyril
Neville: The one-time member of N’Awlins legends The Meters, and current
singer/percussionist with the Royal Southern Brotherhood, guides us through his
incredible career leading up to the new solo album Magic Honey.
•BabaJack:
From strip bars to scene champions in three years, British acoustic duo
BabaJack are setting the pace for modern blues. As crowd-funded third album
Running Man bursts out of the blocks, we met Becky Tate and Trevor Steger to
hear about champagne, jailbirds and swimming with the sharks…
•Joanne
Shaw Taylor: The British singer/guitarist follows up her well-received studio
album Almost Always Never with the new live set, Songs From The Road
•Sammy
Hagar: The Red Rocker has recorded a solo album steeped in his love of the
blues. “If I’d turned in this record back in the Van Halen days,” says the
ex-Van Halen and current Chickenfoot frontman, “the record company would have
told me to shove it up my ass…”
•The
Hoax: Nineties upstarts The Hoax derailed before they reaped the blues boom.
Now they’re back with the album of their lives – plus a fistful of tales of
smoking Johnny Winter, jamming with Joe-Bo and telling their label to go forth
and multiply…
•Gov’t
Mule: Warren Haynes on how he called on some pals –Glenn Hughes, Toots Hibbert,
Myles Kennedy, Elvis Costello and others - for the recording of the band’s new
two-disc album, Shout!
PLUS!
Blues Is The Truth, your 15-track CD featuring cuts by Buddy Guy, North
Mississippi Allstars, The Hoax, Sammy Hagar and Taj Mahal, BabaJack, Samantha
Fish, Cyril Neville, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Makuini, The Groove-A-Matics, Sunday
Wilde, Jon Zeeman, Mudcats Blues Trio, Greg Coulson… and an exclusive audio cut
from Joe Bonamassa’s Tour De Force: Live In London Borderline show.
Published:
October 2013
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