Ward Thomas - From Where We Stand.

August 20, 2014 by David Vousden in Country, Album Reviews

At the time of writing the top slot on the UK Country chart is held by Ward Thomas. The interesting, and surprising, thing about this is Ward Thomas is Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas, 20 year old sisters from Hampshire. With the renewed interest in the genre due to the hit TV show ‘Nashville’ and with the Country2Country festival bringing top USA acts to the UK it would seem to be an opportune time for UK acts to make a dash for the spotlight. Hopefully Ward Thomas will be one of many acts to strike whilst the iron is hot.

Hartmann - Out In The Cold (Retro Reviews)

August 20, 2014 by David Vousden in Melodic Rock, AOR, Album Reviews, Classic Rock

Singer / songwriter / guitarist Oliver Hartmann was, up until the release of the CD, best known for his time in AT VANCE a German power metal act that he fronted for four albums. In 2005 he embarked on a solo career which would produce one of the best AOR / Melodic Rock albums of that year.