Dave Franklin
Musician, scribbler, historian, gnostic, seeker of enlightenment, asker of the wrong questions, delver into the lost archives, fugitive from the law of averages, blogger, quantum spanner, left footed traveller, music journalist, zenarchist, freelance writer, reviewer and gemini. People have woken up to worse.
Premiere: Predator – Ben Noble (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If the arc of Ben Noble's sonic journey is one that has seen him wander ever further into pastures new: from analogue to digital,...
Backroom Blues, Volume 12 – Various Artists (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Bongo Boy Records is a name synonymous with bringing new music to its ever-growing army of fans and followers, whether via TV shows, compilation...
Love, compassion and how music can save your life. A candid...
As always, can we start with a bit of background? Can you tell me about the musical journey that brought you to where you...
Icarus – Tobin Mueller (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Tobin Mueller understands the benefits of collaboration better than most. Even though he releases music mainly under his own name, I'm sure he would...
Pozitif – Moh Dediouf (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
One of the great things about the world becoming an ever smaller and better-connected place is its effect on music. There was a time...
Inside Me – Noph’N (reviewed by The Night Writer)
Music, like all art, and indeed life itself, is at its best when it is difficult to define, swerves expectations and can't be easily...
Run Goddess Run – Mahamaya Experience (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The music that comes out of the Mahamaya Experience is, if nothing else, eclectic and adventurous. A core of South and South East Asian...
Isolation – Kalen Hogan (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
You could make a fair argument that people have been making music like this - gently adorned singer-songwriter musical missives - throughout the history...
New Day At Dawn – The Star Prairie Project (reviewed by...
The Star Prairie Project is an exciting and eclectic proposition, named in part of the hometown of songwriter and head honcho Nolen R. Chew...
Saturday’s Child – Scott Zosel (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I said as much when reviewing a previous single, “Flow”, I think it was, but it is worth repeating that Scott Zosel is an...
No Hook – JRose (reviewed by Baron Daker)
In a world where rap, hip-hop, and the various urban genres that have emerged from them appear to have been reduced to formulaic templates...
Will You Answer My Questions – Co.Lega infused by Urbzz (reviewed...
Music can be mere entertainment, sure; nothing wrong with that. But it is always lovely when it strives to be something more as well....
Bitter Work – Ben Noble (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Is it possible to make music that explores the potential of the digital age without losing the tones and textures of more traditional music...
Crash Land – Leon Daye Band (reviewed by T. Bebedor)
I do like it when a band describes themselves as something and it turns out to be true. The amount of times I’ve read...
Crazy – Clay Joule and Elisa Mammoliti (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
In this exciting and adventurous collaboration, Clay Joule and Elisa Mammoliti have joined forces, once again, to deliver a sensational new track titled Crazy....
Premiere: Sinking – Gary Bamford (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Gary Bamford is probably the first to admit that music is an outlet for the mental challenges that he faces in life. But then,...
Live at Porgy and Bess – Guido Spannocchi (reviewed by T....
Jazz has a core that is made up of energy, passion and spontaneity, this is what brings millions of music fans to jazz gigs....
Brujos – Vladimir Torres (reviewed by T. Bebedor)
I’m always a little worried when it comes to reviewing jazz bassists, ok, perhaps worried is the wrong word but given that I dabble...
Cirrus – Angus McOg (reviewed by T. Bebedor)
I first had the pleasure of listening to Angus McOg back in 2019 when I had the pleasure of reviewing his album ‘Beginners’, I...
Sunflower 69 – Whistlewit (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I thought that I had fallen for the same old trap. You know, books and covers and making quick judgments. that old chestnut. A...
Premiere: Henry Kissinger – David Marx & The Handle With Care...
David Marx is a man of many musical moods. I have seen him tread the boards, gently teasing deft and delicate notes from an...
This is Not the End – 3Mind Blight and Samantha T...
Many things about 3Mind Blight make his music a joy to listen to and write about. He is a master at collaboration, his songs...
Afterwords – Tobin Mueller (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It is always lovely when my twin passions come together in one piece of work as they do with Afterwords. As the title suggests,...
The Best of Dwight Twilley: The Tulsa Years 1999 – 2016...
Dwight Twilley may not be as well known as some of the other acts that made up the springboard roster of Leon Russell’s Shelter...
Ricochet – The Sheyana Band (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
As I was reminded many moons ago when listening to Big Love, rock music doesn't have to be brash and bombastic, all angular and...
Wa-Kei-Sei-Jyaku – Sienná (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Every time that Sienná, or an artist like her, (though, to be honest, I can't think of an artist like her,) comes under my...
Last Place – TidyRubble (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I love songs that lull you into a false sense of security and then, having played with your expectations, pull the rug out from...
Thrift Store Troubadours, a song-by-song, guided tour through the new It’s...
With the new album from It’s Karma It’s Cool, Thrift Stone Troubadours out on 2nd June, I sat down with the always affable Jim...
Welcome To The Party – BlackLight (reviewed by Baron Daker)
There is nothing better than music which simply gets on with its job. It's all very well, throwing in all manner of studio gimmicks...
Dark With An Indigo Lining: A Chat with Chicago’s The Bellwether...
Finally out, after six years in the making, Vestige & Vigil is truly a distillation of life in the modern age, made timeless by...
