“Understanding the order of time is important to anyone hoping to manifest a dream,” says Valerie June. “There is a time to push, and a time to gently tend the garden.”

Since the release of her 2013 breakout Pushin’ Against A Stone, June has been patiently at work in the garden of song, nurturing seedlings with love and care into the lush bloom that is her stunning new album, The Order Of Time. Some songs grew from seeds planted more than a decade ago, others blossomed overnight when she least expected them to, but every track bears the influence of time. See, time has been on June’s mind a lot lately. It’s the only constant in life, even though it’s constantly changing. It’s the healer of all wounds, the killer of all men. It’s at once infinite and finite, ever flowing with twists and turns and brutal, churning rapids that give way to serene stretches of placid tranquility. Fight against the current and it will knock you flat on your ass. Learn to read it, to speak its language, and it will carry you exactly where you’re meant to be.

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slunky music is what remains of the Stupid Love Junkies, I am in the process of finishing off some old band recordings as well as producing some new material under the slunky name. hope to be uploading regularly as I work my way through stuff.

Crosscut Saw are a six-piece blues band from West Lothian. Their influences range from Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson and the Chess Records giants of the 50s and 60s, through  Johnny Winter, Gary Moore and Stevie Ray Vaughan, to the Blues Band, with the odd surprise thrown in along the way. 

Ranging in age from early 60’s to early 30’s, they are: Dennis O’Donnell on vocals and harp; Steve Healy and Stevie Hunter on lead guitars; George Wood on keyboards and vocals; Neil Humphrey on bass and vocals, and Stephen Firth on drums. They are a seriously exciting live band, with a driving sound and some virtuoso playing – catch them if they’re in your area.

The Strypes are 4-piece rhythm and blues band hailing from Cavan, Ireland, formed in 2011 by Ross Farrelly (lead vocals/harmonica), Josh McClorey (lead guitar/vocals), Pete O'Hanlon (bass guitar/harmonica) and Evan Walsh (drums).

The group has spent the past 18 months launching their explosive R&B assault on the clubs and festivals of Ireland, the UK and Europe, viciously hammering out a no-nonsense blues repertoire drawing from the songbooks of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Slim Harpo and more with the passion and venom of British blues groups such as Dr. Feelgood, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones and The Animals. 

Having already been met with critical acclaim from greats such as Jeff Beck and Paul Weller and been tipped by NME as the No. 1 new band to watch, it seems things can only get better for The Strypes.

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