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Love Sux

Avril Lavigne

Avril is back! At 37 she is still one of my favourite punk rockers and her latest album, Love Sux, doesn’t disappoint. I feel like I’m back in the early 00’s when I had the energy to jump off the floor for hours at a time to her first album. But for now I’ll settle for playing air drums in the comfort of my living room.

Never Forget My Love

Joss Stone a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet…..

I had almost forgotten about Joss Stone: maybe forgotten is too strong a word but she certainly didn’t float up to my top artists when searching my iPod but here she is with a new album. Co-written with her producer Dave Stewart, of Eurythmics, this is her first album in seven years and is an elegant return that puts the onus firmly on her extraordinary voice. Motown legend Smokey Robinson once dubbed her 'Aretha Joplin', because of her ability to fuse the gospel hues of Aretha Franklin with Janis Joplin's blues and this album certainly delivers that. There’s even a 1960s Burt Bacharach vibe which is very comforting to my old soul. Imagine a late nightcap with a loved one, either 2 legged or 4, curled up on the settee - it’s the perfect background accompaniment.

aly & AJ

It’s great to see that these girls have finally brushed off the obstacles that almost derailed them back at the beginning of their career and are finally doing their own thing - a little bit of synth-pop with a splash of disco-country (If that’s possible?). This is exactly what I want to listen to as we emerge from a very dark winter to spring - bright, breezy and fun.

Feeling Good Her Greatest Hits & Remixes

Nina Simone

This new album gathers together some of her most iconic songs and includes 7 remixes by some of the hottest, in-demand DJ’s worldwide. There’s not much to say except The High Priestess of Soul does it again with her voice this time atop dance music that will fill any dance floor and introduce a whole new generation of followers, much in need of hearing what she had to say when she was with us.

Star-Crossed

Kacey Musgraves

I’m a huge Kacey Musgrave fan and while this album is a little more sombre than what I’m used to, I still rate it. Following a Shakespearean theme of three acts she works her way through her recent divorce and out the other side. In some places she shows her sadness and in others the victory of pulling herself together and finding a new way through. While the album is undeniably country this very talented singer-songwriter has bonded it together with the pop genre and is successful in doing so - love it.