By the late eighties and early nineties U2 were an act I used to like but didn't anymore. So I thought.

Depeche Mode's Violator marked a bit of a recovery from a sequence of albums that were generally described by critics as "OK".

Around the World in a Day is not my favourite Prince album and it doesn't include my favourite single but has always been fondly remembered

A semi regular look at the latest music releases, probably including some that I've just come across or forgot to mention before.

An excuse to point you in the direction of a few musical delights that you may have missed in the lead up to Christmas and the New Year.

The perfect audio treat to get you through the last of your Christmas shopping.

Numb is the first of a collection of new songs inspired by Zoë’s recent solo travelling trip across the world, with further single releases

Hospital is the first single, with more planned for early next year and it doesn't disappoint. Jaunty, jumpy and quirky it's a great debut.

In this debut episode of the BIG Sound Machine podcast, I speak to singer-songwriter Alex Bayly about his debut album release "Ley Lines"

Track of the Week is Love is a Light (For the Lost) from the debut album The Calm Before by Electric Black.

New album Bailey Bird from Ray Cordell is a project that has been around 4 years in the making. Inspired by a name that Ray encountered...

A new first for the Track of the Week section, in that I'd recorded a live version of this track for a Cream Room Session for The BIG...

Delicate Mind is the second single of the year from Hertford Singer Songwriter Ed Tattersall, following up on summer release Never...

Cameron Sanderson started out on YouTube, posting original content and covers. Building his fanbase up from scratch he now has over...

There aren’t many bands who progress from formation to a record deal and a single release in just a matter of months. Thousand Thoughts...

Charlotte and the Glovers are a five piece featuring the vocal talents of Charlotte Glover. The band was formed in late 2018 and...

You may have come across TOMIK in another guise in the past, either as Tom Donovan or perhaps Mr Speaker. I last bumped into Tom at the...

Another track lifted from the upcoming album "Ley Lines". Lonely Michael "starts off with a cascading guitar riff – a perfect intro to...

Despite some mainstream success the genre prefers to stay rooted in folk traditions and artists tend to frequent their own circles,...

After Dylan, folk singers and their music opened up to pop/rock production techniques and instrumentation, and the songs about the...