The finale This Side of The Glass is an honest and brutally honest harmony driven song about heartbreak and a broken heart in the style of Steve Earle or Neil Young but neither can dredge up the pain and heartbreak these days that Alexander manages with consummate ease. If I’ve done my maths correctly, this is John Alexander’s 8th album since 2004, and it appears he’s served a long and globetrotting apprenticeship, playing to audiences the world over which probably explains the way he naturally paints pictures in the listeners’ head with his words and imagery during the deceptively punchy Fault and Blame as well as the smouldering Living To Stay Alive.Īs these are grown up and mature songs, there’s nothing here commercial enough to trouble the Top 40 chart compilers but in some ways that’s a good thing as the target demographic will want to play this album from start to finish in the way the artist has arranged them but a couple of songs really stand out from the crowd. ![]() The key to these songs though is Alexander’s incisive and acutely observed songwriting which really comes to the fore with the smoky Last Man Standing and the title track Face The Wind, which has a neat Juke Joint melody and a kick in the teeth chorus. making it accessible for English speaking audiences the world over. Knowing Alexander comes from Glasgow I can hear hints of his accent in the background rasp during the stunning Blood In The Water and Breathe but generally his voice is deep and emotional with no discernible landmarks in it quite International in fact …. What follows is predominantly Americana to my ears but with a healthy dose of Southern Blues, most notably in the stunning guitar playing, and combining the two gives us some really memorable songs like White Noise and Long Way From Gone too. Opening song Bullets in The Rain is mighty impressive straddling the genre defying music we associate with acts like John Prine, Nanci Griffith, Steve Earle and the young John Martyn too, as Alexander combines gentle Bluesy licks with an Americana tinted story from a charmingly world weary voice aligned to a sharp and edgy female in the background. He was correct of course and here’s my thoughts on the first one, by Glaswegian singer-songwriter John Alexander. Just as I was winding down the reviews section of RMHQ, one of our friends in Scotland, broadcasting legend Mike Ritchie, knowing my tastes in music, got in touch regarding two albums from friends of his that he thought we’d enjoy. We wish you the best, and hope you have safe travels, always.Smouldering Blues Tinged Americana Singer-Songwriter For Grown Ups Again, I do thank you for taking my call and my General Manager's email in regards to this matter. While I do apologize that this incident affected your stay with us, we do have to uphold our corporate policies. ![]() We did not ever move your room or change your reservation. I looked you up in our system, and I informed you then that you booked via on Januat 8:41pm EST, and since that moment, we had always had you booked for a Garden Courtyard King room. As far as your comments about the room, you did come and also speak to me directly at the front desk about this. For these reasons, we did have to uphold our corporate policy and charge the smoking fee. You did mention to me on our phone call that you disposed of your cigarette butts in our room trash cans, so that could have been the source of the smell. So yes, while it is possible that you may not have smoked in the room, the overwhelming smell of cigarettes in the room, it was undeniable. Due to this strong odor, we had to move the incoming guests into that room to another room and due to the large amount of time we had to run our ozone machine to rid the room of the smell, we were not able to sell the room for the night. ![]() We had four different members of our staff, including our General Manager, inspect the room. As I had mentioned in our phone call, there was a very strong odor of cigarettes in the room. Thank you for your feedback, julie c, and thank you for taking my direct phone call as well.
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