album reviews
Reviews of albums old and new from iconic artists and up and coming musicians alike.
King Charles - Loveblood
A Little Background Around ten years back my daughter told me about the amazing guy she had seen live. She has excellent musical taste (takes after her dad) and we both went to see him at an all-day Festival at Hoults Yard in Byker and at the new Riverside next to the Tyne in Newcastle.
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred 3 years ago in Beat
Meet The Humans by Steve Mason
Introduction Someone (probably Marek at RPM) cajoled me into buying this album. I took his advice and may be listened to it once. Steve Mason was a member of The Beta Band who are a favourite of mine and I always loved “It’s Not Too Beautiful” which sampled that swirling theme from Disney’s “The Black Hole” and from that, I bought all their albums.
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred 3 years ago in Beat
Sam Fender - The Shields Springsteen
What This is About I am sixty five years old and I see so many people going on about how rubbish modern music is. It's true that our musical tastes are formed between the ages of fourteen and sixteen and I still love the music that I was exposed to at that age, though I also picked up a guitar and thought I could maybe make it, fifty years on I am still trying to teach myself though people say that my singing sounds a bit like Neil Young.
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred 3 years ago in Beat
Buckingham Nicks - The Album that was the genesis of the Fleetwood Mac that gave you Rumours
Introduction For many people, Fleetwood Mac began with “Rumours”, or possibly, their breakthrough eponymous 1975 album. Fleetwood Mac for me have had three incarnations,
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred 3 years ago in Beat
Moments of Fun With Big Daddy
THE HAIR-RAISING STORY OF BIG DADDY'S INCREDIBLE ESCAPE EXCLUSIVE INQUIRER INTERVIEW Big Daddy, a popular 1950's rock n' roll combo, has recently returned home after being held captive for more than two decades by Communist Revolutionaries in Northern Laos. The group was secluded in Camp David where they underwent gruelling debriefing sessions by day, while recording a record album by night. Amazingly, because the group had not heard Rock n' Roll for nearly a quarter of a century, the record comista of contemporary hits recorded in the musical styles of the 1950%. Read on for their complete, incredible but true story.
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred 3 years ago in Beat
Li’l Beethoven By Sparks
Introduction Yes, this is an album review, although the digital deluxe version of this has three more songs than the beautifully packaged book CD that I originally bought. It is an album that I play quite often but is not a rock album and is more like some classical or musical-based format. This sees a move into a more classical-influenced sound, with a heavy reliance on repetitive lyrics and piano lines, synthesized orchestration and multi-tracked vocals in place of percussion.
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred 3 years ago in Beat
OLOLADE ASAKE: THE SONIC TYRANT WITH AN AFFLUENT VIBE
We have upon us a whirlwind of talent and groover whose journey to the height of music stardom did not just start with the EP that shelters his gratitude mixed with flex tendency number, ''omo Ope''. It is more of an accumulation of insightful penetration well articulated by the right study of his consumers urgent needs without the fuss of dilemma of wanting to keep his stamp on what works for the immediate success and the backlash of using predominant sound to birth variation of thoughts in his head.
By stephen Oladele3 years ago in Beat
