Albums
Mike and the Moonpies – Cheap Silver and Solid Country Gold Album Review
By Roger Sharman A couple of weeks back in Mike and the Moonpies from Austin, Texas released the best kept secret in music this year. Nobody was expecting this, there had been zero press coverage up until the day of release, but then BANG! It instantly became one of...
JEREMY IVEY ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM ‘THE DREAM AND THE DREAMER’
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 13 VIA ANTI RECORDS Watch video for “Diamonds Back to Coal” here: “Jeremy Ivey has long been one of Nashville’s most beloved behind-the-scenes musical magicians … Ivey’s lyrical approach is both narratively vibrant and heavily poetic.” -...
Justin Moore – Late Nights and Longnecks Album Review
By Roger Sharman The latest long player by Justin Moore entitled ‘Late Nights and Longnecks’, his first since 2016, was released on 26thJuly on Valory Music Co. records and produced by Jeremy Stover. It features ten tracks including the current singe ‘The Ones That...
Alice Wallace – Into the Blue Album Review
By Roger Sharman. ‘Into the Blue’ launches in the UK on 26thJuly on JTMMuusic, having previously been released in the US on Rebelle Road records and is the fourth studio album by Alice Wallace. The record was co-produced by Steve Berns and KP Hawthorn at Fitting Room...
Review of Craig Gerdes – Smokin’ Drinkin’ and Gamblin’
By Roger Sharman It's not often that I feel the need to review an album that's a year and a half old and some of the songs being considerably older on the album so it takes a special kind of album to do so. One of those such records is Craig Gerdes debut long player...
Buddy and Julie Miller Breakdown on 20th Ave South Album Review
By Roger Sharman Highly-acclaimed husband and wife duo, Buddy and Julie Miller, return with a new album named ‘Breakdown on 20th Avenue South’. This is their first album in over 10 years, that's partly due to Julie's long-term suffering of Fibromyalgia, and Buddy’s...
Luke Combs – The Prequel EP
Review by Anna McLauchlan The rise of Luke Combs seems quick to me, within a year of his debut album he’s on the main stage at C2C and in the weeks after people were citing him as a future headliner of the UK’s largest country music festival! He was certainly one of...
Willie Nelson – Ride Me Back Home Album Review
By Roger Sharman Willie Nelson's latest studio release ‘Ride Me Back Home’ launches on Friday 21st June on Legacy Recordings, it's the 13th recording that he's done for this label and it’s the third album in the trilogy following on from 2017s ‘Gods Problem Child’ and...
JD and the Straight Shot – The Great Divide Album review
Review by Roger Sharman JD and the Straight Shot are a long running project put together by Billionaire Businessman James L Dolan, an interesting character, who is the Executive Chairman of Madison Square Garden Company. Dolan is also the owner of NBA team New York...
This is Eli Young Band: Greatest Hits – Album Review
By Guest Reviewer Anna McLauchlan I don’t know about you but I’m not normally a fan of purchasing greatest hits albums regardless of how much I like the band. Apart from the financial reasons (why spend more money on the songs I already have?) I really enjoy...