Like many creative people with famous parents before him Adam Cohen strived to make his own name, his own place in the music industry without the link to his father, Leonard. However, to deny your father’s accomplishments is to deny your father and Adam later came to realise that he had no need to backhand the success behind his family name. He states;...
Stepping into a crowded venue waiting for the band to come on stage sends shivers down my spine and this night was no exception. Though aware of their work I had never had the chance of seeing Noah and The Whale live and they did not disappoint. The 5 men dressed in complimenting grey and black suits came on stage promptly and didn’t waste time getting...
The music industry can be described in a similar way to a body of water. Though the surface can seem gentle and slow moving, beneath the calm exterior lies a constant process of evolution and advancing movement. Many bands are lost in the dark shadows as a skimmed stone always falls to the bottom of the riverbed to join the thousands of others who have...
Seemingly intending to follow in fellow Scandinavian indie pop singer Lykke Li’s footsteps, Fallulah appears on the UK music scene, not quite a breath of fresh air, but definitely sweet smelling. This 25 year old soft faced, young woman’s music bears resemblance to that of Bjork as well as Lykke Li, but try as it might such musical similarities do not...
There was a time when many country singers strived to break into the mainstream pop charts and succeeded. Faith Hill and Leanne Rimes made names for themselves scoring huge number one hits and more recently Miley Cyrus (having followed in the footsteps of her father, Billy Ray Cyrus) has made great strides in the country/pop crossover area. Within this...
With endless amounts of awards over the last decade and approximately 50 million albums sold worldwide, I think it’s about time this unrelenting performer released a compilation of his best songs. We never really know if he’s retired or not, after each public retiring announcement comes another hit album, he just physically can’t stop. And why should...
As soon as it turned 9 o’ clock the public mass upstairs in The Lexington increased by ten fold. That’s not to say the supporting band was bad, merely the room was filled for Ruarri Joseph. My perfect view soon became a ‘tall man wall’ as the draft from the overhead fans quickly weren’t cooling enough. And then the 4 musicians appeared. They were...
Though avidly searching for information on Boat To Row, I’m astounded to find very little considering their effortlessly energetic, natural sound. Guitarist and lead singer Michael King fronts this five piece folk assembly, with his more than impressive, nimble finger picking, as they tally up the live show venues, playing at the likes of Dot-to-Dot,...
When listening to this album, go to a quiet area and turn off all other sounds. Les Shelleys demands your full attention of which it’s deserving, the debut album from Tom Brosseau and Angela Correa singing together. The album is a compilation of traditional folk standards and covers, though each one done in its own unique way that you automatically forget...
This album is the first that I’ve heard of Gregory and The Hawk. Though the band name sounds like it should have more than one member or at least a man in the group, the innocent sounds of Leche stem solely from Massachusetts born, Meredith Godreau. Following her debut album with FatCat records Moenie and Kitchi in October 2008, fans of Gregory and The...
Ali Love….with a name like that you wish you could love him back, but his debut album only makes it harder. A name reminiscent of the 80’s reflects the synthesized pop sounds of that time and it’s not hard to picture a fluorescent, spandex filled music video to accompany it. Though many welcome the idea, the memories, the dance beat, the album...