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.

Although now based in Glasgow, there is an international feel to Sparrow and the Workshop, Jill O’Sullivan was born in Belfast but raised in Chicago, whilst Nick Packer is from Wales and Gregor Donaldson is Scottish.

Eat More Cake? After this offering from the London based duo Andy Briggs and Matt Pearn, you’d be hard pushed to find any more room. Not only is ‘Climb the Ladder, Live the Dream’ a double EP release, but there is a whacking 12 tracks in total. The biggest question has to be if you’ve produced 12 tracks worthy of putting onto CD then why not just release an album of tracks?

"The only downside to this release by Dangerous is that it is so full on, you need plenty of energy to appreciate what is on offer here."

Ok so historically Australia was a British penal colony from 1770 onwards, but what is it about a country that has for many an idyllic climate, which turns out such aggressive musicians?

In the history of music, 1989-1994 only spans five years, but in those five years one band made such an indelible mark on music that their influence still reverberates through the years. The Seattle-grunge scene; which was formed in the mid 1980s; became the voice of a generation in the 1990s when that iconic of front men, Kurt Cobain, brought Nirvana’s second; groundbreaking; album Nevermind to an audience wanting a voice.