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Music Interview: Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
|Seattle’s Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio (aka DLO3) claim to specialise in the “lost art of feel-good music”, and, after listening to their latest album, I Told You So, it’s hard to dispute that. It’s a ...read more -
Music Interview: Philip Rambow
|Someone once described Philip Rambow as ‘a musician’s musician’. The 71-year-old, UK-based, Canadian singer-songwriter was the frontman of almost famous ‘70s pub rockers The Winkies, who supported Brian Eno, Lou Reed and Wishbone Ash. During ...read more -
Music Interview: Matt Owens
|Matt Owens was a co-founder of the hugely successful indie-folk band Noah and the Whale – he played bass for them. Since they split, in 2015, he’s fronted raw rock ‘n’ roll outfit called Little ...read more -
Music Interview: Susie Vanner and Kipper Eldridge
|Susie Vanner could hold the record for the longest gap between a debut single and her first album coming out. In 1968, under the name Sue Lynne, she released a 7in on RCA, called ‘Reach ...read more -
Music Interview: Matt James of Gene
|To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their 1995 debut album, Olympian, anthemic ‘90s indie-Britrock band Gene have had their back catalogue reissued by Demon Music Group. The Deluxe Edition vinyl box set, Gene: The Albums, ...read more -
Salisbury Meditation – Music for the NHS
|Hi-Fi+ has something of a connection with Salisbury in general and Salisbury Cathedral in particular. And while 2020 was a year where the cathedral was often stilled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 has seen ...read more -
Idris Muhammad: Kabsha
|While ostensibly seeming like a jazz footnote compared to New York City or Los Angeles, San Francisco remains a thriving centre of jazz development. The progressive jazz recorded in San Francisco in the last quarter ...read more -
Blue Note Re:imagined
|It says something when arguably the most important label in jazz comes to London to find artists to cover classic tunes from its enviable back catalogue. And what it says is London is where it’s ...read more -
Primephonic launches dedicated classical listening guide Maestro
|From the Primephonic press release Classical music streaming service Primephonic has announced the launch of Maestro, an in-app listening guide offering detailed, step-by- step walkthroughs of classic works, to satisfy user demand. There is a ...read more -
Music Interview: Emma Swift
|A few years ago, when she was struck down by crippling depression and suffering from writer’s block, Nashville-based country artist Emma Swift turned to Bob Dylan for help. “I began singing his songs as a ...read more -
Emma Swift: Blonde On The Tracks
|Australian-born country singer-songwriter Emma Swift’s Blonde On The Tracks is a collection of covers of some of her favourite Bob Dylan songs and it’s perfectly timed. Bob is back with his best album in years, ...read more -
Staying in is the new going out
|One of the first statistics published in January, the country’s main music industry body – the British Phonographic Industry – is keen to tell the world just how many records, CDs, downloads, streamed songs and ...read more -
Music Interview: Jason Brewer, The Explorer's Club
|During the first Covid-19 lockdown, one of the albums that kept me sane was the new, self-titled record by The Explorers Club. Paying homage to the lush orchestrations of Phil Spector and Burt Bacharach, as ...read more -
Music Interview: Dan Penn
|I’m talking to a songwriting legend, although I’m a bit worried that I can’t hear everything he’s saying. Dan Penn, Southern soul singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, is on the phone to me from ...read more -
The Who: Who’s Next (Deluxe Edition) HR
|Anyone who saw the trailer for the movie American Beauty will have been struck by the brilliance of ‘Baba O’Riley’, the track chosen to accompany it and which effectively doubled the impact of the clip. ...read more