Soundchecks Music Review

Heather Dale is without a doubt, the most talented, yet obscure Celtic and world music singer performing today. But that is about to change. I recently interviewed her […]

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Very rarely does a musical group come along that not only captures your imagination but also stimulates your musical palette the way Little Big Town do. You will […]

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The Beach Boys don’t surf, too dumpy, too pasty-faced or too geeky. But Jan & Dean are the real bronzed Aryan all-American hunks-in-trunks who do the image thing […]

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For years, Ed Alleyne-Johnson has carved a niche for himself halfway between classical music and rock. His electric violin provides a perfect hybrid of the two sounds, the […]

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In one Norse edda (a collection of poetic folk tales), the gods attempted to shackle the great wolf Fenris, but no chains could hold him. So it fell […]

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This compilation charts 30 years of Carly Simon’s recording career and includes favourites You’re So Vain, Bond theme Nobody Does It Better and Coming Around Again. Each song on this collection is […]

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When he sang about White Lines, Lemmy Motorhead was talking about something entirely different… Kathryn Williams’ White Lines are the more literal kind you find down the centre of highways leading […]

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In some parallel continuum, where green elves ride astride giant dragonflies across Roger Dean landscapes, people still listen to musicians who play to the limit of their not-inconsiderable […]

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Narada World Notes: Azam Ali sang backup vocals on the recent Steve Stevens recordFlamenco A Go Go. She studied the santour, the eastern version of a hammered dulcimer, […]

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Pop Justice is one of those rare instances where the hype really is justified. A newsletter, website, and now pod-cast, Pop Justice takes as its basic belief the […]

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