Howard Jones – Dream Into Action & Human’s Lib Reissues
Cherry Red Records is both delighted and proud to announce the newly remastered and expanded release of Howard Jones debut album Human’s Lib and second album Dream Into Action.
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A Primitive Evolution – Becoming
A Primitive Evolution. (A.P.E.) creates constantly evolving soundtrack to our world using its brand of dark electronic metal. Recorded at Desolation Studios in Toronto, the new album, “Becoming”, features collaborations with writer/producer Ian D’Sa (Billy Talent) & Audio Engineer Kenny Luong (Metric). Raw & visceral with soul & beauty, A Primitive Evolution is best consumed […]
New Thelonious Monk Record Announced
News of a previously unreleased recording by any of jazz’s ‘holy trinity’ is a reason to get excited. Now two have come along in the space of a few months, for hot on the heels of Verve/Impulse’s chart-topping Coltrane release comes this precious lost treasure from the prime-era of Thelonious Monk, featuring a previously unreleased […]
New Gilbert O’Sullivan Album Released
On 24th August, BMG will release a new self-titled album by Gilbert O’Sullivan.
UMC Announce Mott The Hoople Box Set 69-71
UMC have announced today a huge 6-CD box set release that features all of Mott The Hoople’s recordings (previously unheard and unreleased tracks too) between 69 and 71, including hits like ‘Thunderbuck Ram’, ‘Laugh At Me’, ‘Waterlow’, and a new version of ‘Rock And Roll Queen’.
Camel Add UK Tour To Albert Hall Event
Following the recent announcement that legendary prog-rock band Camel will bring their acclaimed live show to London’s Royal Albert Hall in Sept 2018, the band are happy to reveal that this will be preceded by an extensive run of UK tour dates.
Start To End To Perform Solid Air In Edinburgh
Start to End are a collective of Scottish musicians who have garnered a reputation by tackling a brave, diverse selection of classic albums and playing them from start to finish.
The Wedding Present – Sunday 22nd July 2018, The Lantern, Halifax
The Wedding Present are one of those bands that I seem to be intertwined with having seen them many times over a long period of time. The first time I remember seeing them was in Leeds in about 1994 at the Town and Country Club and not that long after they had released their single […]
Elvis Costello & The Imposters – The Playhouse, Edinburgh
Some nights are not to be forgotten. Like the first night I saw Elvis Costello and The Attractions here at The Playhouse, back in 1981, rattling through a setlist that included a mashup – way before anyone knew what a mashup was – of Watching The Detectives and Stevie Wonder’s Masterblaster and later a spine-tingling […]
Nils Lofgren – The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
2018 marks the 50th anniversary of Nils Lofgren’s life as a touring musician. By the time he was 18 he had garnered enough of a reputation to be asked by Neil Young to play on his After The Gold Rush album, going on to be involved in the infamous Tonight’s The Night album and tour. […]
Scott Matthews – Band On The Wall, Manchester
This gig marks a first for me – I confess to having only recently discovered Scott Matthews when I heard, almost by accident, the track ‘Elusive’ (which has won an Ivor Novello songwriting award) from his debut album – which, as it turns out, was released some 12 years ago. That’s correct – 12 years!! […]
Josh Rouse – The Mash House, Edinburgh
They say that familiarity breeds contempt. It would seem that unfamiliarity does likewise. I’d mentioned to a few people over the last couple of weeks that I was going to see Josh Rouse; the response was invariably a variation on: “Never heard of him” and implicit in these statements was the conviction that if they […]
Gary Numan – The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Nostalgia tours roll into town with rapid regularity. Missed one Seventies or Eighties hit-maker? There will be another along before you know it. Nostalgia sells. It’s less common though for someone who had their first number one in 1979 and their last top ten single in 1982 to come storming along with a set that […]
Public Service Broadcasting – The Usher Hall, Edinburgh
I last saw Public Service Broadcasting three years ago, here in the Usher Hall, opening for the Kaiser Chiefs. As much as I enjoyed their set, I struggled to imagine how they might sustain their mix of electronics and newsreel audio and video samples over any more than forty five minutes without running out of […]
London Astrobeat Orchestra – The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
Edinburgh in March can be a cold, damp, miserable place. So used are we to wet, windy weather that we even have a special adjective to describe it: Dreich. If only there was a band who could bring a waft of warmth, a shaft of sunshine, a hint of hot African nights. Step forward then, […]
Bryan Ferry – The Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Bryan’s back in town and the Ferry fans are out in force; it seems unlikely that a bleached blonde in a blingy black blouse will anywhere to be seen outside of the Usher Hall tonight. And that’s as it should be; after all, septuagenarian sex symbols are in short supply and who knows when this […]