Someone recently described Marc Atkinson as the ‘man with the golden voice’. Not a hint at the next Bond (though he is ably assisted on backing vocals by his very own Bond girl Tamsin Wonderland), but a very apt description…
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IO Earth – Sanctuary
‘Seamless’ – Definition: Smooth, without seams and obvious joins. It’s a word readily associated with the rag-trade, sewing, fashion combining materials and surfaces with no apparent gaps or spaces between one and the next. It can also apply to music,…
View More IO Earth – SanctuaryHackberry – Breathing Space
Instrumental Dutch band Hackberry have recently become stable mates with Inhalo and The One after signing with the Dutch label Construction Records (birthed in 2022), who have previously released vinyl from Long Distance Calling and The Flower Kings, amongst others.…
View More Hackberry – Breathing SpaceA.C.T – Falling
I saw the Swedish band A.C.T. a couple of times when they played for the old Classic Rock Society in Rotherham. Both were great performances and I have a lasting memory of them reminding me musically of one of my…
View More A.C.T – FallingDownriver Dead Men Go – Ruins
The world has turned and the skies have darkened. Men’s hearts have blackened with smudged, dark stains and nothing seems as it was. A pervasive sickness has spread through the world like a biblical retribution, battling against the damage humans…
View More Downriver Dead Men Go – RuinsMarc Atkinson – Black & White
Tarry awhile goodly ladies and gents, allow me to regale you with tales of a fine fellow, Marc Atkinson, a musical bard of some little known renown. He peddles his calling among the taverns and the greens of the villages…
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