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There could well be Too Many Roads for a person to walk along, so many distractions; so many reasons in which the straight path you choose from A to B means that occasionally that deviation offered you goes untouched, unsighted and the pleasure unheard.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Life is about discovery at all times, the moment it doesn’t then either you have become the modern epitome of a fulfilled Renaissance person or more likely life has ceased to be one in which you crave and the only journey you take is between work, television and bed.
The rich harmonies of Polish group Brassy though are something to take great cheer from and with their stunning album, Brasy Live, the journey can take an unexpected twist and causing a deviation which makes you look at the scenery in a much more positive way.
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The U.K. holds Joanne Shaw Taylor very close to its Rock/Blues heart, America does the same with Beth Hart and seemingly from out of the cultured wilds of Norway, Christina Skjolberg is ready to cause the same natural sentiments across Scandinavia and beyond and if her debut album Come and Get it is anything to go by.
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It used to be noted that an album must be worth at least listening to if the band had obviously spent money on the cover. The use of dramatic and in some cases exceptional pieces of art that would adorn the sleeve was a good indication that the group or artists were proud to have something memorable on the front rather than a picture of the band, something in which to capture the whole essence of what was to come. Marillion, Pink Floyd and Magnum always knew how to employ the method and now the eighth album by Sonata Artica, the wild and untamed Pariah’s Child joins that list of recordings that backs up the theory.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The Kaiser Chiefs promised a hiatus and that is what their fans got and thankfully the time has come again for the Yorkshire band. With new addition Vijay Mistry on drums, Ricky Wilson, Andrew White, Nick Baines, Simon Rix have conspired to make sure that the past few years away have not been for nothing, that they have worked what ever made them go arguably off the boil somewhat out of their system and will see their fans relish as if have been offered the keys to musical sanctuary in the form of Education, Education, Education & War.
The gradual rise to prominence of Molotov Jukebox is becoming a journey almost as fun and rewarding as the final destination. Following up previous E.P.’s Double Dare and Bang, divided by a flurry of energetic singles, a performance at Glastonbury, and acting appearances on both the big and little screen by lead singer Natalia Tena, Carnival Flower has been a long awaited debut L.P. from the swing band.
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How do you ever follow up an internationally acclaimed album? The only way really is to come up with another one, just as good, just as sonically rampant, interestingly lush and throughout it all having five musicians chomping at the bit to make something stand out just as their debut album did 14 years ago.
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Vedina Mosé more than lives up to the title she has given her new album, The Soul Remembers Everything. In this case the songs she has produced for this offering are of such an incredible nature, both warm even comforting and yet prickly, taking the conscience of her beloved London and putting it on show for the world to see and offering the glimpse of a life in which the musician clearly has a long memory for every smile, every frown, each and every ill-treatment struck down on her, her family and those in which society has let go in whichever form that may be.
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Can a group go on forever making storming album after album? Eventually time catches up with all, the ticking of the clock counts down and the music stops; sometimes suddenly with no expectation from the fans and sometimes with the gradual decline of a group who knows that time has caught with them but still have the power to charm and beguile.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
It is perhaps hard to believe that Columbian superstar Shakira has been performing and writing music for as long as she has. The simple incorruptibility that she wears as if a badge of honour, the tight grip she keeps on her music like a lioness keeping a watchful wary eye on her young; is not for sale, even though many an executive might try their damnedest to flaunt her appeal. Sometimes it works, the odd breakthrough the tough Columbian feminine exterior and on those occasions the music lacks soul but for the most part you can always rely on some good old fashioned pop with the big heavy hint of Latino thrown in for good measure.