You may not recognise all of the characters but you’ll almost certainly recognise the story, or at least the darker parts of it. At its core are three men with a love of the same kind of music in common, liberated from time to time, I suppose, by the magic they heard around them,... Continue Reading →
FREEDY JOHNSTON: ‘NEVER HOME’ [Sunday Tribune review, June 1st, 1997]
Freedy Johnston ‘Never Home’ [Elektra Records] **** In a nutshell, ‘Never Home’ is far better than Johnston’s last record, ‘This Perfect World’, and very certainly up there with his first, ‘Can You Fly’. Although largely unknown over here [once again despite No Disco’s better efforts], Johnston is an acclaimed, if still very much acquired, taste back in... Continue Reading →
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