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Getting To Know Me – Cas du Pree

Getting To Know Me is the new album from Dutch artist Cas du Pree. I originally wrote about my long-term collaboration with Cas after the release of his latest single…

Dream the Dream, Kessy Mac Queen Album Review

Dream the Dream – the superb debut album by French pop & soul artist Kessy Mac Queen was over two years in the making. It’s a rich and varied record…

The Beatles ‘Rubber Soul’ – Album Review

After a couple of weeks away from social media and website duties (a flight back from Australia, a number of lyric projects, a general election and Christmas can quickly eat…

Miles Davis ‘Kind of Blue’ – Album Review

After last week’s catch up blog, today I return to my series of classic album reviews with the only instrumental disc in the collection; Miles Davis’ seminal jazz record, ‘Kind…

Guillemots ‘Through The Windowpane’ Album Review

Though perhaps one of the lesser-known albums on this list of my 12 favourite albums, ‘Through The Windowpane’ is certainly no less deserving of its place. This 2006 record is…

Damien Rice ‘O’ Album Review

If I had to choose only five artists who had truly been an inspiration on my career as a composer, Damien Rice would undoubtedly be up for inclusion. This despite…

Tracy Chapman Album Review

Of the 12 albums I plan to review over the coming weeks I think the wonderful 1988 debut from Tracy Chapman is the only one for which I can say…

Paul Simon – Graceland Album Review

Having enjoyed reviewing the playing styles of some of my guitar playing heroes in recent blog posts, I’ve decided to do a series of reviews of my very favourite albums.…

An evening with Belle Roscoe…

I’m in France for the week and although I’d planned on spending the week looking at flats, I ended up choosing the very first apartment I visited which has left…

The Cat Empire and a new website!

One very useful piece of feedback I’ve received since giving this site a facelift, is that I now have a very professional website full of great clips and music, but…