Various Artists - Celebrating Jamaica 64th (Various Artists) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2013 album from the Irish Folk singer featuring musical assistance from Mark Knopfler, Jerry Douglas, Tim O'Brien, Dirk Powell, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, Michael McGoldrick, Phil Cunningham and many others. Heidi Talbot is one of the most gifted singers to emerge in Celtic music in recent years. Her talents were introduced to American audiences during her stint as vocalist for Cherish the Ladies and she has established her place as a leading voice in the genre. On her fourth solo album, she teams up again with producer and husband John McCusker to deliver her most engaging set yet. Throughout, Talbot's beguiling, crystal clear soprano is transcendent; stand out tracks include the Boo Hewerdine penned 'My Sister the Moon' and the lilting 'Will I Ever Get to Sleep'

2016 , the third studio album by Liverpudlian singer/songwriter Laura J Martin. On The Never Never tells of the disconnect she felt when returning home to Liverpool to find that all individuality had been erased and replaced by gleaming empty flats. A chance conversation with Lambchop's Matt Swanson and Tony Crow proved fruitful and they planted the seeds of an idea in Martin's head that Inchrecording in Nashville and working with Mark Nevers was a real possibilityInch. Swanson and Crow join the all-star band for On The Never Never alongside Silver Jews' Brian Kotzur on drums and The Jesus Lizard's Duane Denison reviving Fame-era Jimmy Johnson on electric guitar. Shot through with wit and humor alongside the sociopolitical themes - one of the characters talks of bleaching toilets and taking trips to Lanzarote - On The Never Never skips through waltz timings, bears influences from Scott Walker to the Compass Point Allstars and picks up a guest vocal from Benjamin Zephaniah along the way. With On The Never Never, Martin has produced a hopeful record, full of joy, beauty and tongue in cheek looks at those in charge.

2013 collection. Soul Jazz Records continues to dig deeper into the vaults of the mighty Studio One, the most important record tag in the history of Reggae music. Studio One Ironsides refers back to a time in the 1960s and 1970s when Clement Dodd was at the height of his powers, releasing so much amazing music that Studio One had to invent new tag names to trick radio DJs, wary of playing too much music from the legendary studio, into playing records. These creatively titled new tag names included Ironsides, Money Disc, ND Records, Bongo Man, Forward and more. As ever the album includes an incredible line-up of only the finest reggae artists - the Skatalites, Freddie McGregor, Alton Ellis, the Gladiators, Johnny Osbourne, Cornell Campbell, Dennis Alcapone, Prince Jazzbo, Lone Ranger - all of whom made their names at Studio One.