Monthly Archives: February 2011
Xavier Quijas Yxayotl – Mayan Ancestral Music: Healing Music for Mother Earth
28 February 2011 | aaamusicThe latest in what Xavier Quijas Yxayotl has to offer the world, ‘Mayan Ancestral Music: Healing Music for Mother Earth’ is like taking a journey back to an ancient world long since forgotten by time. The album features the … Read More
Two Spot Gobi – Guiding Star
28 February 2011 | aaamusicTwo Spot Gobi’s new single Guiding Star edges onto the scene with a gentle air of persuasion stirred through the mellifluously evocative track.
The track has an immediately fresh sound as it opens with a fast-moving, rhythmic cello part … Read More
Lauren Pritchard – Stuck
28 February 2011 | aaamusicThis week I was reacquainted with the smooth tones of American singer Lauren Pritchard who has produced a captivatingly sensuous sound with her latest release Stuck.
The ballad is saturated in the characteristically soulful vibe that we have come … Read More
Different Frequencies – Littlehampton
28 February 2011 | aaamusicDifferent Frequencies are an intriguing prospect. A collaboration, of sorts, between a DJ/producer – Rob Watson – and a singer/musician – Benjamin McCourt, this band are received ample support from radio DJs Rob Da Bank, Zane Lowe and Annie … Read More
Sam Kills Two – Pretty Ugly
28 February 2011 | aaamusicA glass of red wine and a shimmer of a tear threads a melancholic homeward bound theme through these thirteen tracks of clouds Stills and Nash. The album as a whole is in reality a careful canoodling and hushed … Read More
Andy Whittle – Reflections of an Illusion
28 February 2011 | aaamusicDispelling the relentlessly upbeat folksiness country musicians sometimes seem prone to, Reflections of an Illusion actually falls much closer to the folk end of the spectrum. I’m probably biased but this was definitely the right move to make – … Read More
Exlovers – Blowing Kisses
28 February 2011 | aaamusicTwo tracks on offer here – Blowing Kisses and Motheaten Memories. Well, two in theory; in practice, there’s really very little difference between them at all. This isn’t entirely a bad thing – the sound is likeable enough: fast-paced … Read More
Sandra Piller – Days Like These
28 February 2011 | aaamusicCovering familiar ground – the space between country and folk – Days Like This is pretty standard stuff. A blend of melancholy love ballads, relentlessly upbeat, folksy meditations and fast-paced rock n roll dance tracks, this record does it … Read More
Underground Railroad – Russian Doll
28 February 2011 | aaamusicLondon-based French trio Underground Railroad introduce to next album ‘White Night Stand, with first single ‘Russian Doll’.
As singer Raphael Mura explains, ‘Russian Doll’ is about hate and attraction. Raphael used to give French tuition to a Russian aristocrat’s … Read More
Nostalgia 77 – Simmerdown
28 February 2011 | aaamusicWaiting for long-awaited fourth studio album ‘The Sleepwalking Society’, Ben Lamdin, aka Nostalgia 77, provides a taste of his class and skills with new single ‘Simmerdown’.
Forget the hip-hop beats and electronic atmospheres of his past works, ‘Simmersdown’ is … Read More