I love a good curio, and this is fab. Subtitled ‘The songs of Scott McCaughey performed by Funpark Fugitives’, it’s a ten-track tribute to, yep, Scott McCaughey—a talented chap who has worked with R.E.M. and also fronted up US alt-rock outfits such as The…

The Thread (Three Six Zero) Genre-bending multi-instrumentalist WILLOW has released her second album of the year and ninth overall, a pretty amazing feat given she is just 25. The Thread proves that, despite the volume of music she’s releasing, WILLOW re…

This Hartlepool-based, vocal-led, jazz-soul quartet conjures up a heady brew of all manner of different influences—all of them good. I’m of the mind that a vocal-led, jazz-soul quartet—with designs on my heart—must be in possession of a quality singer…