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Jon Bryan

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Album Review: Richard Thompson – Acoustic Rarities

  • October 16, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
The new Richard Thompson album, Acoustic Rarities, arrives barely two short months after the release of its sibling, Acoustic Classics Vol II, and is released both separately, and as a…
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Classic Compilation: Randy Newman – Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman

  • October 10, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
I hate Randy Newman. Previous to me discovering his work via Lonely at the Top, I was living in blissful ignorance, occasionally putting pen to paper to scribble down a…
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Classic Album: R.E.M. – Automatic for the People

  • October 5, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
R.E.M. may have taken the scenic route to international fame, but if the only thing they ever released had been Automatic For The People, that lengthy trip would have still…
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Obituary: Tom Petty

  • October 3, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
Of all the luminaries of pop music that we have lost in the last couple of years, it is the music of Tom Petty which I have had the longest…
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Classic Album: Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue

  • October 1, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
When it comes to bloated and pompous 70s pop / rock not many matched Electric Light Orchestra for ridiculously overwrought statements, and 1977’s Out Of The Blue is their most…
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Album Review: Randy Newman – Dark Matter

  • October 1, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
Back in 2004 Green Day released American Idiot, an album on which they took the American government of the time to task for the less than wise decisions that were…
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Track: Bang Bang Romeo – Natural Born Astronaut

  • September 30, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
Since I first encountered Bang Bang Romeo in early 2014, their potential was immediately obvious to me. In the years since then they have gained themselves an ever-growing fanbase, enjoyed…
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Not Forgotten: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – Live / 1975-85

  • September 26, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
40 tracks of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band live and rocking in various theatres, arenas and coliseums over a decade may seem excessive, until you consider the fact…
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Classic Compilation: Kirsty MacColl – Galore: The Best of Kirsty MacColl

  • September 24, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
There’s a parallel universe somewhere where Kirsty MacColl receives all the respect she deserves. A universe where the wider public knows her for more than a decent, but overplayed, festive…
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Classic Album: Peter Gabriel – Us

  • September 24, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
In 1992 Peter Gabriel was the last word in mature pop artists. Having achieved immense success after leaving Genesis in the mid-70s, his solo career had seen plough a compelling…
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