Written by: John Porter Release Date: 17th March 2023 Recently featured in issue 16 of Emerging Rock Bands magazine, this internet-formed, multi-national six-piece Quiver make their entry into the musical arena via this eponymous EP. They’re a band in a hurry, and they certainly don’t wait for you to…
Written by: Paul Monkhouse Release Date: 6th May 2023 It’s been a long, hard road for Laudez Rose, the singer who is the beating heart of Indya. With broken promises, errant band members, struggles with the tabloids and other attacks on her both physically and mentally, she’s had a lot…
Written by: Terry Taylor Release Date: 21st April 2023 Often mentioned in the same breath as Joe Bonamassa, Jim Kirkpatrick is a gifted and well-respected rock and blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. Best known as the lead guitarist of British melodic rock band FM and for his work alongside…
Written by: Skid 20 or so years in the making and coming into fruition through the pandemic, Paul Dillon’s project pMad‘s debut album Who Why Where What was released via Sliptrick Records in November 2022. Hailing from Portumna, Eire, where the river Shannon meets Lough Derg, Dillon spent the…
Written by: Emma Painter It’s a well-known fact that each month of the year has a different moon to represent it; and January’s full moon, which should appear around the 6th January in 2023, is called the ‘Wolf Moon’ or the ‘Moon after Yule’ in Anglo-Saxon times. But…
Written by: Luke Dunmore Refuse as a project has been quite some time in the making. I interviewed Jon Poole and Willie Dowling back in July 2021 (a much abridged version of the interview appeared in issue 6 of ERB Magazine) and Willie said they’d been toying with the idea…
Written by: Gareth Endean Big, balls-out rock and roll bands are ten-a-penny nowadays, the NWOCR scene has churned out plenty of groups with big riffs and in-your-face attitude, but what if you’re looking for something a bit more contemplative, something more – dare we say it – mature? Then Our…
Written by: Luke Dunmore The fifth album album by Tyler and his Shakedowns is a vibrant, multi-faceted thing which, as the title might suggest, has firm ties with the past and the music that steered the band on their way. That’s not to say Shake The Roots is derivative in…
Written by: Smudge Jessica Lynn is considered a country artist who has had a string of hit singles, but has only released three EPs and a debut live album since 2013. Now, we have her first full album – Lone Rider. Lynn herself doesn’t want to be chained to just…