February 2010 Blog Posts (59)

According to an article in The Times today, under the headline

BBC faces revolt over cuts plan

Well so they should! According to the Times Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC, plans to shut 6 music and Asian Network as well as half the BBC’s website, in an overhaul of services set to be announced next month.



But while the BBC refused to confirm that any final decision had been taken, the very suggestion has caused widespread outrage,…

One hour of uncomplicated pleasure from John Lilly, a consummate musician who seems way too nice to be in show business. There's no edge, no inflated ego, just a finely honed skill as musician, performer and writer. Listening to him on this disc, or seeing him on stage, is like seeing your favourite uncle good-humouredly take off his working jacket, pick up his guitar and play a few well-loved songs to while away the…

It’s about time…

Jon Garcia, musician and filmmaker from Portland, Oregon, is a pretty quirky talent. As on his previous, self-titled, album Jon goes for an eclectic, Wilco-like approach - a really rich production that moves easily between almost painfully delicate numbers and those that soar and rock uninhibitedly. Whereas the first album fell back too often on a young man's tendency to make a…

The Lovell Sisters, that was 3 months on The Americana Radio Chart last year with the record Time to grow, change name and constellation.

One of the sisters Jessica has taken a break and left off getting married and going to school. The 2 remaining sisters Rebecca and Megan continue with a new constellation under the name Larkin…

Suit of Lights is a really solid, straight down the line country album from Manchester-based (that's Manchester, UK) five piece band, Buchanan. Now British country music - or Dutch, Italian and Turkmenistani for all I know - is bound to be inherently suspect. These guys are clearly playing make believe with their stetson hats and stitched shirts in a land of rain-sodden skies, congested roads and chip…

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Singer-songwriter Bill Price has a fine eye for detail, and likewise an ear for a good melody. When you put them together as on With The Eye Of A Sceptic... alongside the help of a fine cast of musicians everything you could wish for falls into place, perfectly.

Price reminds me of another mighty fine acoustic musician, singer-songwriter by the name of Chuck Brodsky of whom I will speak of in detail at…