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Authentic pre-war country blues played by an acclaimed 12-string master.This is Albright’s fourth album of acoustic country blues, played finger-picked style on a 12-string guitar. An acknowledged master of this style of playing, Albright doesn’t even own a 6-string. As the only contemporary player of the 12-string in this genre, he has been recognised for his mastery of the blues style as well as being a more than accomplished exponent of the 12-string acoustic; indeed, in 2019, he produced a 12-string guitar instructional video. His previous album, the critically acclaimed Detroit Twelve String: Blues & Rags, was released by Jack…
Ahead of the interview, the band’s team asked not to delve too deeply into lyrical specifics, given how intensely personal they are. No Feeling deals with suicidal ideation (‘No feeling, no pain, no-one to blame,’ laments Mike over a gorgeous, soothing melody that echoes like oblivion. ‘Forever awaits, it’s just an eternal blank page…’), while Bad Moons references his ex-wife and ends in a musically blissful spiral of existential bleakness. But what he does address is that fact that, though it captures a dark time, that’s all firmly in the past. “The record was finished maybe a year ago,” he…
“That Madison Square Garden gig was the best music I enjoyed playing since the Cavern or even Hamburg,” John Lennon raved, shortly after his matinee and evening concerts with Yoko on August 30, 1972. Last year’s Power To The People boxset provided the tumultuous context to these benefit shows for the Willowbrook School for mentally impaired children. This parallel release concludes a 20-year project to restore and re-edit what would remain Lennon’s sole full-length gigs since 1966, a fact made all the more tragically remarkable by his exuberant vocal and guitar attack, clearly relishing every second. Director Simon Hilton has…
Photo: J. AirdIt’s a return to what is becoming his London home, Julian Taylor and his crack UK band for a Green Note presents concert at The Water Rats. A pretty much packed out room – this is a sold out gig, with the venue split between rows of seats and standing behind them. Supported by Siân Monaghan on drums and vocals, Raevennan Husbandes on a variety of guitars and Michele Stodart on bass, Julian Taylor started the evening with the instantly recognisable The Ridge, title track of what was his initial breakthrough release this side of the Atlantic. It’s…
Austin-based americana band Big Love Car Wash is crossing the Atlantic this summer for its debut European tour, bringing their blend of bluegrass, roots, and storytelling to audiences across Denmark, Sweden, England, and Ireland.The band’s lineup features Sol Chase (mandolin, bouzouki, vocals), whose Colorado roots and current home base in Cloughjordan, Ireland, add a fresh transatlantic perspective. Core members Everett Wren (fiddle) and David Rabinowicz (guitar) anchor the group’s sound, while multi-instrumentalist Carol Anne Bosco joins on upright bass for the tour, further expanding the band’s musical depth.Formed in 2022, Big Love Car Wash built a reputation for pushing beyond…
Megadeth entered the 1990s on a high. Happily, for co-founder Dave Mustaine and David ‘Junior’ Ellefson, that status was figurative rather than literal.The debilitating impact of the serious drug habits both men had been cultivating, since investing half of the recording budget allocated to Megadeth’s 1985 debut album (Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good) in heroin and cocaine, had been brought sharply into focus during the summer of 1988.Booked to play the biggest show of their lives, in front of 107,000 metalheads on the supporting bill for Iron Maiden’s first headline appearance at Donington’s Monsters Of Rock festival…
IMS Ibiza, the annual thought-leadership summit at the intersection of electronic music, culture, technology, and business, today unveils the IMS Electronic Music Business Report 2025/6. Presented live at IMS Ibiza, the report returns for its twelfth edition, authored for the fourth consecutive year by MIDiA Research’s Mark Mulligan. The report provides a detailed view of the global electronic music economy, tracking both its commercial trajectory and its cultural momentum. What emerges this year is a picture of a sector that is not only growing in value but consolidating its role as one of the most globally consistent and culturally embedded…
Heavy Stereo, Hurricane #1, Arnold, Kevin Rowland in suspenders… it’s generally accepted that Creation Records did not invest their Oasis windfall wisely. Yet amid the frenzy of the mid-’90s guitar-band goldrush, they did make one very shrewd acquisition, swooping in to sign Super Furry Animals after only the band’s second show proper outside Wales – even if Alan McGee subsequently let slip that this may have been more a case of luck than judgement. “Initially I just heard Super Furry Animals as being similar to Blur,” McGee told SFA biographer Ric Rawlins. “So I thought, ‘Well, fuck! Blur sell lots…
Köln basedSALOMEAreturn with first new music in two years, led by German American singer songwriterRebekka Salomea, SALOMEA isn’t just a band, but a chosen family, shaped by years of living and surviving together: love and breakups, loss and recovery, literal therapy, extensive touring, laughter and tears, communal silence when words aren’t enough. Together, they’ve climbed mountains, waded through rivers, created rituals, chopped barrels of wood, fed the piglets and lived life. From all of it, a sound emerged that’s like a home, built slightly off the beaten path.”sandcastle,” the first single from their forthcoming album axxxis, sets the tone by…
The song grew from a viral moment linked to his earlier track CGPA, when a throwaway lyric sparked online memes. Rather than ignore it, colle$ttye turned the joke into fuel and created something louder and sharper. Produced entirely from his home studio in Noida, the single pushes deeper into hyperpop while keeping his raw honesty intact.Wiz Khalifa arrives late with a guest verse that lifts the track even higher, adding global weight without taking away from its identity.More than a viral follow up, BLUNTONOMICS captures a wider mood, rejecting rigid expectations and backing creative freedom on your own terms.With projects…
Award winning R&B artist The Alxandr returns with Tender Love, a smooth groove led rework of a beloved classic and the first preview of his forthcoming album Without Further Ado. Blending nostalgia with fresh energy, the single marks his return to music on his own terms.Before stepping away, The Alxandr enjoyed major success in the 90s, landing three Top 40 singles, including a UK Number 1, and securing deals with Warner Bros. Records and Capitol Records. At the height of that success, he chose family life and stepped away to raise his children.Now, encouraged by his daughter, he returns reinvented…
Zee Nxumalo steps into a more defined, globally resonant phase with Izinja Zam. A four-track EP structured as a cohesive system, translating vulnerability, success, and spirituality into one continuous narrative. Anchored by Guqa, the project is built with intent. Less a collection, more a controlled arc. It arrives at a moment of elevated visibility, following recognition at the Metro FM Music Awards and her Apple Music Africa Now cover, reinforcing her presence across local and international circuits.At its core, Izinja Zam runs as a vibrational framework. Themes of dignity, lineage, and discipline shape a narrative moving from surrender to fulfilment.…