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Songs The Touch My Soul Valentine’s Day Edition – Part One

We all have them, songs that seem to touch a secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They can grow and occasionally fester like an open wound, or they can fill you up, inspire you and … Continue reading

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The Bittersweets – The Life You Always Wanted

I was going to be driving across Scotland on my way to Ullapool to visit a sick friend; I figured that, the four and a half hour drive was as good a time as any to listen to a few … Continue reading

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Girl In A Coma- Both Before I’m Gone

Girl In A Coma (GIAC) is a modern, ultra-hip mixture of 50s retro, modern punk, lilting Irish folk rock and alt rock with a tough girl attitude. Think Indigo Girls, Siouxsie Sioux and Shirley Manson in a dark alley kicking … Continue reading

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My Top Ten Albums of 2007

2007 was a very difficult year for me personally, which coincided with a very bad year musically for everyone else; making this a difficult year for choosing a list of best albums. So few truly fabulous albums were released and … Continue reading

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Christmassy Songs that Touch my Soul – Part Two

We all have them, songs that seem to touch a secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They can grow and occasionally fester like an open wound, or they can fill you up, inspire you, and … Continue reading

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U2 Re-release Joshua Tree (Remastered and Expanded Deluxe Edition)

U2 are one of those bands. The world class, best-of-the-best, influenced millions (either directly or indirectly), legend bands, and this didn’t happen overnight. U2’s progress up the mega-superstar, giving-your-hat-to-the-pope ladder began in 1980 with the release of their impressive debut … Continue reading

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Christmassy Songs That Touch My Soul – Part One

We all have them, songs that seem to touch a secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They can grow and occasionally fester like an open wound, or they can fill you up, inspire you and … Continue reading

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Matt White – Best Days

Matt White is a singer-songwriter and he isn’t. He writes and sings all his own music; he plays the guitar and piano and even sings his own backing vocals. However he doesn’t sound like a singer-songwriter usually does. Maybe his … Continue reading

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Sons Of William – What Hides Inside

Sons Of William make the kind of rock you want to hear when you’re slumming it in a saw-dust-on-the-floor bar, in the deep-south, sitting, feet-up on a table, drinking bourbon. As you watch, the band slowly enthrals the rancorous audience … Continue reading

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Colbie Caillat – Coco

Recently a friend asked me what I thought of Colbie Caillat, and at the mere mention of her name I was flooded with the feelings of girlish pleasure I used to experience every time I listened to her song “Bubbly” … Continue reading

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