Single Review: “I Don’t Wanna Cry For You Anymore” – Michael Tinholme.

Oh. Okay.  The sun has gone down, it’s got a bit colder and after a nice saturday afternoon I’m going through my emails, and Quite Great drop this little gem on me…. It starts off with a tasty drum solo for an intro.  Go ahead. I’m listening.  Oh there’s not just drums there’s some percussion …

Single Review: “Emotions” – Amo Jr. Words: Sammy Stein

New Release from Amo Jr  ‘Emotions’  Independent  Ever heard a song sung with such feeling you feel your heart swell? Put this on and experience the gorgeous tones of Amo Jr on ‘Emotions,’ the forward release preluding his album’ Good Quality’ to be released later this year.   Amo Jr’s release has elements of gospel, …

Album Review: “Electric Soul Machine” – The Heavy North.

The Heavy North album just dropped!  Let’s do this.  The Genie  It starts off with feedback to open it up, then drops into a blues jam, nothing less than what you’d expect from this band, it’s very 70s influenced – but what you don’t expect is the muted trumpet solo at around 2:38, it’s absolutely …

Single Review: “3:28am” – Prime Panda

I was speaking to Neil March, fellow Fresh On The Net moderator about this band over lunch this weekend and he had only positive things to say about them…. They have played his Vanishing Point gig, and he said they were amazing.  This is their new single, and it’s stunning.  The overall production is stunning, …

Album Review: “Motherland Journey” Blue Lab Beats. Words: Del Osei-Owusu

Blue Lab Beats – Motherland Journey Sky Reflections  The first track on this opens with with an instrumental, you could just imagine this as a concert entry music… The way that this starts off is uplifting, and I love it. I love the the synth chords start out, and I really need to find out …

Single Review: “Somewhere In Between” – Feds

This has such a smooth jazz feel to it.. the groove is trippy, and that’s the thing I like about it, Feds, comes in with a total buttery vocal and I like it, she’s having fun on this and I appreciate that… “Let’s take this day by day, don’t wanna say the words that I’ve …

Live Review: Wilko Johnson, Norman Watt Roy, Dylan Howe with John Otway. Words: Sammy Stein

Wilko Johnson/Norman Watt-Roy/Dylan Howe with John Otway  The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, was the setting for this, one of the first nights of an extensive tour Wilko Johnson and his band is undertaking – the return to normality after Covid tour. It was the first concert for over two years I had been where masks …