First out of the bag this week is One Deep River, which features 12 unhurriedly elegant new songs from Mark Knopfler, and his warm Geordie vocal tone, his poetic storytelling lyrics and deft, richly melodic guitar playing are all present and correct and as dazzling as ever. One Deep River offers an unstoppable flow of…
The first of our recommended releases this week comes from The Smashing Pumpkins. 4 years after Monuments To An Elegy, Billy Corgan has gathered together three quarters of the original line-up and Shiny And Oh So Bright is the exciting and fascinating result. Mumford & Sons release their fourth album, Delta, which features a return…
The new release of the week doesn’t yet have a vinyl edition but don’t let that put you off: it’s the extraordinary and moving Down to Believing by Allison Moorer. Born out of the twin disasters of her husband leaving her and learning of her son’s autism, this really is a career high and it…