Category: Reviewss

Elly Roberts reviewsNina Simone: The Very Best Of Nina SimoneDistributed bySony/BMG Cat.no: 82876805532 Released: May 2006 Rating: 8/10 Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon who died 21 April 2003, Nina Simone,a well crafted piano player, adopted her …

Elly Roberts reviewsNeil Young: Living With WarDistributed byReprise Cat.no: 9362443352 Released: May 2006 Rating: 4/10 Following his recent masterpiece Prairie Wind,Shakey puts on his ‘political conscience head’ and rush-releases 10 new songsto bash Bush and …

Elly Roberts reviewsNeil Young: Live At Massey Hall 1971Distributed bysimplyred.com March 2007 Rating: 10/10+ If an album deserves to go off the normal rating scale – then this is it ! It now ranks amongst …

Elly Roberts reviewsNeil Young & Crazy Horse: Live At The Fillmore EastDistributed byReprise CD: CD+DVD: November 2006 Rating: 8/10 First in the series of Neil Young retrospectives,this time including on-off cohorts Crazy Horse (originally called …

Elly Roberts reviewsNeil Young: Prairie WindDistributed byReprise Records Cat.no: 9362-49593-2 Released: September 2005 Rating: 10/10 Prairie Wind breezes in like a folk-rock hurricane,signalling the return ofthe genius that is Neil Young. The complex Canadian singer-songwriter …

DVDfever.co.uk – Nowhere Boy OST: Various Artists CD reviewElly Roberts reviewsNowhere Boy OST: Various ArtistsDistributed bySony Music Released: December 2009 Rating: 8/10 Tracks: 33, including Mr. Sandman (Dickie Valentine) Hard Headed Woman (Wanda Jackson) Twenty …

Elly Roberts reviewsHey Negrita: The Buzz AboveDistributed byFat Fox Released: July 2006 Rating: 10/10 Think Mark Knopfler’s voice. Add bucket loads of Americana. Result? Hey Negrita.. It astounds me how we (Brits) can sometimes outdo …

Elly Roberts reviewsNatty: Man Like IDistributed byAtlantic Records Released: August 2008 Rating: 4/10 Vote and comment on this album: Male version of buddies Adele, and Lily Allen. Below all the shiny production, the 24-year-old North …

Elly Roberts reviewsNatalie Williams: Secret GardenDistributed byEastside Records Released: October 2006 Rating: 8/10 Wow! Things are certainly blooming in Natalie Williams’Secret Garden – it’s a wonderfully colourful place to visit. For those seeking contemporary jazz, …

Elly Roberts reviewsM.Ward: Post WarDistributed by4AD Released: September 2006 Rating: 8/10 Plaudits are already flying in for the Californian singer-songwriter’s fifth album. Rated as one of the best Americana singer-songwriters in the States right now,he’s …