Call Upon The Author

Ally Morris gets swept away by the ever changing spectrum of Ed Hale’s recent release!

Ally Morris shares her thoughts on the debut from Australian DIY folkie Guineafowl

Ally Morris checks out the debut solo album from Gomez vocalist Ottewell

Ally Morris checks out former Havenots frontman Liam Dullaghan’s debut

Ally Morris checks out Israeli actriss/singer Tally Koren to find out whether Tally’s album is the uplifting experience she hoped…

Ally Morris finds these New York art-rockers more than a little Mancunian…

‘Creation Room’ may be the fourth album from Brazilian three piece Chapa, but it’s their first to be recorded in English…

Celtic collective The Burns Unit incorporates the musical talents of Emma Pollock, Future Pilot A.K.A, Karine Polwart, Kim Edgar, King Creosote, Mattie Foulds, Michael Johnston and MC Soom T into an album which their press write up describes as incorporating elements of cabaret, dub, synth-pop, folk and rock…

It may be Friday night in England, but the day’s only just getting going for AM when I give him a ring at home at ten in the morning LA time. I am reliably informed that he can see down town Los Angeles through his window… so what else is going on with this current Call Upon The Author favourite?

Described by his PR write up as ‘one of the most distinguished guitarists and songwriters of our time’, Richard Thompson delivers two part album Dream Attic: CD1 being an electric effort, and CD2 being the same tracks performed acoustically…