new release Archive
13 Sep 2024
Come Fly Wid Reggae Star Shaggy (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… Shaggy: So I put my phone on some Bluetooth. And I have a Sinatra playlist. You know, what a lot of people don’t know is radio […]
12 Sep 2024
Come Fly Wid Reggae Star Shaggy (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… Shaggy: I think as you get success, you get less inspired because you’re not forced. So you’ve got to keep the hunger. Which is why I […]
11 Sep 2024
Come Fly Wid Reggae Star Shaggy (Part 1 of 3)
Shaggy is an international superstar. The dancehall reggae sensation has earned blockbuster album and single sales in the U.K. and beyond with his strong voice and inimitable style. Born in […]
10 Sep 2024
Davina Michelle’s “All is Ours” (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… You got your start doing covers of other people’s material, and your career has sort of evolved organically from that point. Were the cover versions part […]
09 Sep 2024
Davina Michelle’s “All is Ours” (Part 1 of 2)
This Dutch pop singer-songwriter has a not-evil master plan for world domination An edited version of this feature appeared previously in SPIN. Davina Michelle got her start the new-fashioned way: […]
08 Sep 2024
Album Review: Sparkle*jets U.K. – Box of Letters
Despite their name, Sparkle*jets U.K. are from Southern California, not Leeds, Hull or Manchester. With that bit of housekeeping out of the way, let’s consider the latest release from the […]
07 Sep 2024
Album Review: The Courettes – Hold On, We’re Comin’
Older readers may recall the time when Natalie Cole recorded a duet with her father, Nat “King” Cole. The event was somewhat controversial, as Nat had at that point been […]
31 Aug 2024
Album Review: Blake Jones & the Trike Shop – And Still…
Oftentimes, the listener’s path into an artist’s work goes like this: they hear about new music, listen to those recordings, develop greater interest, and then maybe get the opportunity to […]
28 Aug 2024
Album Review: The Raveonettes — The Raveonettes Sing…
As I (and plenty of others before me) have observed before, an artist’s choice of covers can tell you a lot about that artist. Copenhagen duo The Raveonettes (Courtney Rose […]
27 Aug 2024
Album Review: The Black Watch – Weird Rooms
Hard as I try, I simply can’t keep up. John Andrew Fredrick isn’t only a fine songwriter and musician; he’s a staggeringly prolific one. Limiting the discussion to only releases […]