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Beverly McClellan, Fear Nothing. Album Review.

Fear Nothing could just be an outstanding metaphor for Beverly McClellan’s life; the fact that she uses this inspiration as the title of her international debut album release shows not only how much she believes in her own mantra but also in the music that she has recorded.

American television programme The Voice may have given her national exposure but this is one woman whose work stretches back long before breaking a countrywide conscious with her very intelligent music and raw power in her sensual and honest bluesy voice.

Beverly McClellan, Fear Nothing. Album Review. full post

(409 words, 1 image, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Second Time Around.

I don’t know why she decided to trust him once again,

He never was going to change; he had proved that once before.

She had found a way to deal with his madness

She had found a way to deal with her sadness.

But now I fear she has got it into her head

That all that matters is she’s lonely in her bed.

How lonely can you be?

To be blinded by his rage and insanity!

I hear her through our walls, talking to herself

Trying to convince herself that she is right.

Second Time Around. full post

(359 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

Non-Attendance.

Every day she put on the same clean deep blue uniform

Her peroxide stained hair tied back in a bright blue bow.

Her shoes, highly polished, reflected her deeply tired face

As she sees tears streaming causing mascara to run

Down on her cheeks which she lets drop to the floor.

The bus takes her everyday to the airport

Where she waits for her plane to take off.

The panic sets in just before

Take off

As she screams inside her head, the image always there,

As the plane gets delayed time and time again.

Non-Attendance. full post

(192 words, estimated 46 secs reading time)

Always There.

It is said that the wind and rain will always be there.

No matter how many times they say that the Earth is dying on us today.

It is said that the sun will continue to shine every day my love,

Even though they can prove it isn’t so with a dozen dossiers.

And now, they have all the proof on camera

It doesn’t lie the way honest men do.

And I find myself hoping they are wrong

And it is all in their heards.

I hope to find that the world will refresh

Always There. full post

(325 words, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)

Leaving Ohio.

Kate was travelling in a new direction.

Leaving her old life behind with the ghosts of her past.

She hated who she was, she wanted to be different

To breathe in new air, breathe in new life

To not be a child, to be a woman at last.

 

Other people got on the bus, a man was crying,

I know how you feel my unknown friend.

She smiled to herself and closed her eyes

And wrapped her coat tightly around her petite body.

She dreamed of the flight she was taking to Paris.

Leaving Ohio. full post

(219 words, estimated 53 secs reading time)

Drink And Drive.

He sat back and half enjoyed the ride.

The day he lost his driver’s licence

Had in turn, been the worst and best day of his life.

The judge took the keys to his life and threw them

Away

And sentenced him to enjoy conversation on the bus.

He had managed to find a job closer to home.

One Hour

Twice a day,

Back and forth

And the people he met were nice enough.

His thoughts turned to home, five minutes

From the cinema, home to the faithful wife.

Drink And Drive. full post

(175 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)

A Greyhound Tale.

The greyhound bought me mile and mile ever closer

Home to you. I pictured you waiting by the cinema,

Just below the broken orange light that swings

Violenty

In even the most gentle of breezes.

I picture you there and hope you have forgiven me.

Nobody pays much attention to me, thank god.

If they did, they would see a regretful tear

Drifting slowly down my scared, haggard face.

I take my handkerchief out of my pocket.

My nose catches your scent and I cry some more.

A Greyhound Tale. full post

(193 words, estimated 46 secs reading time)

Kiss, Monster. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

No matter what, the story of Kiss keeps going. Nearly 40 years down the line Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons continue to let this gargantuan behemoth draw breathe and thrill their millions of fans. For their 20th album release Monster, the ingredients that made them absolute show stoppers and musical entertainers are still there and it seems as if this Monster will not be tamed.

Kiss, Monster. Album Review. full post

(391 words, 1 image, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

Beth Hart, Bang Bang Boom Boom. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It cannot just be by chance that music producer Kevin Shirley aligns himself with some of the most fascinating and brilliant people within modern blues and they don’t come much more fantastic than Beth Hart or her new album Bang Bang Boom Boom.

Following on from her collaboration with the man who makes blues seem effortless and instinctive, Joe Bonamassa, for the 2011 album Don’t Explain and her simply stunning album, 2010’s My California, Ms. Hart has once more come up with songs that are musically strong and reveal another layer to her virtuoso performances both as writer of intense feeling and also as a vocalist.  Her intonation and deep desire in her voice gets underneath your skin and tugs at every resistance you may possess until you give over to her demands.

Beth Hart, Bang Bang Boom Boom. Album Review. full post

(416 words, 1 image, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

Jeff Lynne, Long Wave. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

In the years to come Birmingham City Council should and must erect a statue to the local lad who became one of its finest musicians and record producers. If they can put up a piece of modern art for the great comedian Tony Hancock then by beyond all reasonable doubt they should put one up of the equally excellent Jeff Lynne.

Jeff Lynne, Long Wave. Album Review. full post

(422 words, 1 image, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)