Tom Rodwell

Uncompromisingly raw bohemian hybrid-blues music from TR & Storehouse, who prize a stark 'documentary' aesthetic, with overdub-free recordings and no fixed live arrangements, yet boast bizarrely entertaining, intense and dancefloor-friendly marathon shows. Musical reference points include slave-era spirituals, Alan Lomax field recordings, calypso music, and all varieties of mean blues. Keen listeners may detect subversiveness, and while there is conscious experimentation with the form, the real intention is to do justice to this music and communicate the range of emotions and integrity it carries. The feeling is the only real content.

• Lucy Lawless and Friends
• Tim Ripper Owens
• Dimmer - The Farewell Shows
• Inquisition (US), Vassafor, Anno Domini Mortus, Winter Deluge
• The Gunslinger's Ball