Friday brought the latest in a line of fabulous live music in store, when the multi-award-winning trio Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr took time out of their touring schedule to play at Hundred Records. These three acknowledged masters of their trade roared through six songs taken largely from their latest CD, Murmurs, to…
Release of the week for 29 June is the magisterial Still from Richard Thompson. Other new releases run from Neil Young through Sea Of Bees and on to Joy Williams by way of Trembling Bells, Tom McRae, Samantha Fish and Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe. Click here for more details and to order your copy.…
On Saturday 20th at 2pm, Larkin Poe appeared in what was surely the hottest in-store event so far at Hundred Records! We had about 40 people completely packing out the shop and Larkin Poe played a raucous 5-song set with their set list written on a Bulmers Cider beer mat – how rock’n’roll is that?…
22 June is a great week for fans of American music, with new releases from Kacey Musgraves, Leon Bridges, Wolf Alice, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Meg Baird, Rickie Lee Jones and a 10th anniversary edition of Black Mountain’s debut. There is also a new album from British pop superstar Mika. Album of the week is Wolf…
Release of the week for 15 June is a close thing between Sarah Cracknell’s Red Kite and the Keston Cobblers Club’s WIldfire, and Sarah Cracknell just gets it. The week also brings new albums from James Taylor, Giorgio Moroder (his first since 1985!), The Selecter, Hilary Duff, Kathryn Williams and Hudson Mohawke. Click here…
I am delighted to be able to announce two forthcoming in-store performances during June: First up, Larkin Poe will be appearing at 2pm on Saturday 20th June. They are currently supporting Elvis Costello on his UK tour. Wikipedia describes them as an American roots rock duo who feature strong southern harmonies, heavy electric guitar riffs,…
Album of the week is Ten Songs from Live at Carnegie Hall by Ryan Adams, and there are new albums from Muse, Of Monsters & Men and Tremonti, plus debuts from collaboration projects FFS (Franz Ferdinand and Sparks) and Simpson/Cutting/Kerr (Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr), Leftfield’s first release for 16 years, and a…