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Marc Higgins

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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Speed Of The Stars' latest album, While Italy Dreamed...Through Summers Of Haze

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The same review in Fatea Records Magazine

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Speed Of The Stars, While Italy Dreamed…Through Summers Of Haze (2025) Easy Action Records

Sitting somewhere between the Prog ambience of LAMB LIES DOWN Genesis and Rain Tree Crow Tree or David Sylvian, Steve Kilbey and Frank Kearnes as Speed Of The Stars are the absolute masters of blis…

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January 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM

Marc Higgins

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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Mikey Kenney's latest album Tiny Little Light.

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Mikey Kenney, Tiny Little Light (2025) Penny Fiddle Records

There is a wonderfully organic and ‘in the room’ quality to Mikey Kenney’s TINY LITTLE LIGHT. On most tracks Mikey is playing the fiddle and singing simultaneously, as he would live, wi…

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January 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM

Marc Higgins

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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Wrong Kind Of One, the excellent secondvalbum by Amit Dattani

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Amit Dattani, Wrong Kind Of One (2025) Self Released

Using the same template of guitar and drums as Seasick Steve, only with more grace and sensitivity, Amit Dattani’s take on Americana and The Blues is sophisticated and subtle. In 2018 Amit was diag…

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January 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM

Marc Higgins

@marchiggins.bsky.social

My review in Time Past and Time Passing of the Airs On A Sixstring EP by Roberta Smith

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The same review in Fatea Records Magazine

Ibid

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Roberta Smith, Airs On A Sixstring EP (2025) Self Released

The AIRS ON A SIXSTRING EP is the latest release from self confessed ‘Boho’ Singer Songwriter and musician Roberta Smith. That effortless mix of old and new, contemporary and retro is very evident …

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January 3, 2026 at 10:44 PM

Marc Higgins

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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of How To Raise The Wind, the latest album by Sarah-Jane Summers and Juhani Silvola

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Sarah-Jane Summers and Juhani Silvola, How To Raise The Wind (2025) Eighth Nerve Audio

Norway based Scottish Finnish duo Sarah-Jane Summers and Juhani Silvola have played together for fifteen years, releasing four albums.Violin snd Hardanger Fiddle player Summers is particularly driv…

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January 2, 2026 at 7:47 PM

Marc Higgins

@marchiggins.bsky.social

1st review of 2026, but i'm still working through 2025 releases. Metagama Ensemble's, Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey,

Review in Time Past & Time Passing

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Review in Fatea Magazine

tbc

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Metagama Ensemble, Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey (2025) Wee Studio Records

Step aboard the SS Metagama with The Metagama Ensemble (Calum Alex Macmillan, Charlie Mckerron, Christine Hanson, Dolina Maclennan, Donald S Murray, Liza Mullholland, Willie Campbell and guests Bev…

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January 1, 2026 at 10:08 PM

Marc Higgins

@marchiggins.bsky.social

My 18 best releases of 2025. In alphabetical order with reviews, tracks to sample and a streaming playlist.

Happy listening

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The 18 Best Releases of 2025

Best of 2025, 18 of my favourite albums released this year. Up from an initial plan for 15, because I kept thinking of more I had to include. Many I reviewed, some I sought out, some were overheard…

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December 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM

Marc Higgins

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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Jim Ghedi’s Wasteland another fine Basin Rock release and what is I'm convinced is a brooding electric folk concept album or thereabouts.

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Jim Ghedi, Wasteland (2025) Basin Rock

An age ago, in our cups, while listening to some typical bohemian long haired student music, probably Laurie Anderson or Van der Graaf Generator, a friend of mine commented that to balance the genr…

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December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Marc Higgins

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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Swilkie the latest album by Iona Lane

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Iona Lane, Swilkie (2025) Own Label

I dont know where I first heard Scottish Highland’s Iona Lane, it would have been HALLIVAL, her debut album on either the radio or via one of those online ‘you listened to that, so I’m going to pla…

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December 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Marc Higgins

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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Our Calling, the incredible album by Piers Faccini and Ballake Sissoko.

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Piers Faccini Ballake Sissoko, Our Calling (2025) No Format

Ballake Sissoko, along with Toumani Diabate was a gatekeeper for me, my way into West African Kora Music. Through the 80s SONGHAI album where Danny Thompson, Diabate and flamenco band Ketama blen…

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December 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM

Marc Higgins

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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of the latest album by singer songwriter and guitarist Dave Gardner

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Dave Gardner, Tales Of The Road And The Wilderness ( 2025) Self Released

Dave Gardner is a Preston based singer guitarist I first met at a Michael Chapman gig 32 years ago. Front man to The Hellfire Preachers an inventive southern fried Americana band, 2025 sees Gardner…

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December 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM

Marc Higgins

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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of The Wandering Hearts incredible Deja Vu (We Have All Been Here Before)

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The Wandering Hearts, Deja Vu (We Have All Been Here Before) 2025 Chrysalis Records

Formed in 2015 The Wandering Hearts are a UK Country Rock band whose love of West Coast American music infuses through their sound. The mix of guitar and light as air vocal harmonies, strongly reca…

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December 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Reposted by Marc Higgins

Cloudland Blue Quartet

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If you were to buy a 10 track album via Bandcamp for £13. Post fees, for the artist, that's the equivalent of streaming all 10 tracks, on Spotify, every day, for a year

But Spotify would pay the artist £0, as 365 streams per track doesn't reach their threshold of 1,000

So, you know, go to Bandcamp