We kick off this week’s six of the best with the aptly titled Natural Rebel from Richard Ashcroft – I mean, will you just look at him! This ‘natural rebel’ was of course best-known as frontman of The Verve until they multi-imploded. “My strongest set of songs to date,” says Ashcroft about his latest collection,…
As the frontman of epic British drone-pop band The Verve, Richard Ashcroft proved himself the spiritual descendant of rock & roll icons like Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison – rivetingly charismatic, menacingly serpentine, and possessed of an almost shamanic intensity, he embraced and articulated the anthemic fervour of rock music with a power and eloquence…
There are some cracking new releases out on 20th May. First up, Richard Ashcroft returns with his fourth solo release, These People. The much-ignored Terry Reid has a very special new release, The Other Side Of The River – what’s not to like about an artist nicknamed ‘super-lungs’! Marissa Nadler has waited until her seventh…