I first heard Ian Shaw in 2021 when I reviewed Hannah Horton’s album ‘Inside Out’ on which Shaw was the guest vocalist on tracks ‘Frozen Light’ and ‘Breathing Out’. Horton told me, “I mentioned I was recording a new album and he (Shaw) offered to take a listen and then wrote the lyrics for ‘Frozen …
This song is a thing of beauty, it’s acoustic, and has Maya’s signature vocal… She sings strongly over an acoustic guitar that has percussion underneath. For me it’s the harmonies that are doing the job, especially where they are adding more and more in the chorus – there are harmonies throughout the song, but the …
Congratulations on the release of “Holding Their Breath” how does it feel? Amazing! We waited a long time to have our first single out, and the response has been in wildest dreams territory. It’s brilliant to have one of our songs out there and have made this thing we love, and that it’s finding so …
Congratulations on the release of “Burn Me, Drown Me” how does it feel? Thank you! It feels like we have really good momentum going at the moment with the great things that have happened to us recently, this release just comes at the perfect time to keep that going. What’s the story behind the song? …
Hello Anat how are you? I am very well, thank you. You’re a singer songwriter from Israel how did it all begin for you? I have always loved singing, but as a young girl was too shy to do anything about that.I used to love watching and listening to singers on the radio and tv …
Hello Katie, how are you? I’m good! Thanks for taking the time to interview me! Congratulations on the release of “Hello Good Times.” How does it feel? Thank you so much! I wrote this song years ago, so it’s great to finally have it out. It does what it says on the tin, it’s a …
This track is interesting in so many ways. It’s a powerful ballad, which starts off guitar led, and I get the feeling that the acoustic guitar plays a vital part in the pecussion of the overall arrangement. I’ll explain why shortly. Christina’s vocals are warm, it sits right at the front of the mix, she …
For my throwback track review I thought I’d go back to the 1960s. On July 4th 1964 The Beach Boys began a two week run on the US singles chart with this song. This is probably the first Beach Boys record I ever heard, on a dusty TDK tape in 1989 that a friend of …
Well, this song is a protest song if ever there was one! Sunshine reggae groove laid down in dub style with reverb which is the main ingredient of a dub track… Lord knows we need this song right now. This song is about wars going on around the world. It may not be on our …
This track grooves on nicely! It reminds me of the music that we used to play in my house growing up in so many ways – the analogue sounds including the organ, which I’m going to hazard a guess at being a Vox. The synth lead gives it away that this artist is influenced by …
