The joy of discovering Sam Sallon is that you have discovered him, relatively unknown at the moment, Sam’s debut album ‘One for the Road’ is due out in 2012 and is a burgeoning record full of unadulterated traditional singer / songwriter material that will please those enjoying the mellow acoustic music scene.

Juan Zelada has had a colourful upbringing in Madrid a brief sojourn in Hong Kong and time in Liverpool (where he received an award from Sir Paul himself) before landing in London to make his musical name. He certainly has made an impression on the music scene with his debut solo being a beautifully sun kissed kick-your-knees up and relax - Jack Johnson/Jazon Mzax style.

This band’s first double A-side ‘Build a Life’ and ‘Ferrous Vessel’ that was so full of potential and undercurrents of rage and desire has finally fermented into a less naive four track that though it shows the initial quiet-loud-quiet of the single in the single its title track starts out slowly but swiftly and epically explodes into riotous harmonies that flow to the tune of rolling percussion and incessant beatific guitar so clinically interspersed into the harmonic vocals that that they are barely audible.

After an undeserved two decades in musical purgatory outside their native Canada, Cowboy Junkies who kicked the genre system up the arse in 1986 with ‘Whites Off Earth Now’ and follow up ‘The Trinity Sessions’ are back, having dumped major label Geffen for the indies with a repackaged repertoire. Not only are they releasing new material by the bucketload, but we can expect four albums in the near future under the guise of The Nomad Series, Volume 3 ‘Sing In My Meadow’ being the current LP under review.