Woodburner *** A medley of musical influences and brutally honest observations. Clever creativity Self-penned and self-produced, in collaboration with Tansay Omar (the mind behind works […]

  Busted Flat Records **** Canadian singer-songwriter hits mark with third recording Based in Hamilton, Ontario, Duane Rutter looks, and sounds, like he’s lived a life […]

  Reviver Records ** Distinctly average EP where the majority of the tracks get very boring, very quickly After a re-branding and a new record deal, […]

  Barrelmaker Records *** Write what you know The adage passed from dad Steve to son Justin Townes Earle and thence to friend Brian Ritchey. So […]

  Avenue A / Thirty Tigers **** The return of a legend What would you think if someone suggested you make an album despite it being […]

Palmer T. Lee was 19-years-old when he inherited two old banjos and he has gone on to build them into his life and career. Teaming up […]

Despite threats to finally put the music business behind him, Watermelon Slim (aka Bill Homans) is not only back, but fully recharged in the happy company […]

This may be slightly unfair but everything feels a bit borrowed on this album. The concept and image-borrowed a bit from Bellowhead; the name-borrowed from the […]

Having left prog rock band Mostly Autumn in January 2010 after thirteen great years, Heather Findlay decided it was time to go solo. With a promised […]

I am so the wrong person to be reviewing THE SPADE by Butch Walker and the Black Widows by a good 35 years or more. I […]