{"id":2848,"date":"2018-12-16T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T05:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2018-12-14T18:19:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T18:19:26","slug":"twelve-days-of-christmas-a-look-back-at-2018-with-rpm-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=2848","title":{"rendered":"Twelve days of Christmas – A look back at 2018 with RPM – May"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a heatwave<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>with Summer just around the corner, the (dis) United Kingdom was warming up nicely surprisingly\u00a0 May was a rather quiet month for the scribes at RPM well before RPM but you get my gist. Ben was getting his head around The Future Shape Of Sound<\/a> and their ‘Showdown Gospel’.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Whilst we’re on the subject of the Gypsy Hotel it might be the right time to mention that Urban Voodoo Machine<\/a> also released a record this month which happened to be a compilation record entitled ’15 Shots From The Urban Voodoo Machine’<\/a>\u00a0which wrapped their singles and bits and bobs up very nicely into the one package and it seemed like the best idea to then go out and tour the record.\u00a0 I also got to\u00a0see them once again and same as before and the time before that etc etc they were absolutely\u00a0awesome and never fail to play the most entertaining live show out there.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

whilst we’re on the subject of records released in May 2018 I have to mention a few of my personal favourites that put out great records firstly a man who should need any introductions but I’m going to anyway – James Williamson & The Pink Heart<\/a>s. featuring\u00a0(The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs) and Petra Haden (Haden Triplets) with the fantastic\u00a0‘Behind The Shade’.<\/a>\u00a0also I have to note that Kevin K\u00a0<\/a>also put out his something like 95th solo album ‘Too Much too Sun’ I might jest about how many records the guy has released but he’s\u00a0a phenomenon and deserves respect for the amount of time and effort he puts into his music and I love it when he does release his next CD and even if he says no more, trust me he will.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Also in the pre-summer\u00a0rush, those cool cats from Burbank California\u00a0Prima Donna<\/a> saw fit to release ‘S\/T’<\/a> and much like Urban Voodoo Machine they can do no wrong in my eyes and have never made a bad record. Kevin Preston leads the band into their Fourth Long Player this time coming out on the excellent Wicked Cool Records now a four piece line up ‘4 Real’ was released as the lead single from the album.<\/p>\n