The Courier Mail (Australia) reviews the new EP from Emma and The Hungry Truth and comments "the opening tune here, Always The Last To Know, with its thumping piano that feels like a Todd Rundgren production circa 1980, a swirling string quartet and plenty of soul-baring in the lyrics."
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Meanwhile the Ventura County Star (California) has an intervierw with the DownTown All Starz, a blues/jazz outfit who've been treading the board a while. When asked if they had a dream gig with another artist they replied: "there’s two different realms. I really like Todd Rundgren but he’s way out of my league but for blues stuff, I love Buddy Guy."
I think this was Todd's first appearance at the Forum since he recorded a live album there back in 1994 on the No World Order tour. He was all alone for that one. Tonight, things could not have been more different as Todd brought the Arena tour to London. What can I say. It rocked. Playing the same set that he has been doing for the whole tour - opening with Love in Action, Open my Eyes, Black Maria, I Saw the Light etc, before playing Arena in its entirety - this was guitar rock heaven (and let's face it, probably the last time you'll see Todd doing this kind of tour in the UK). The band were tight, the backing vocals near perfection, and a few ropey moments aside, Todd's vocals strong and good. It was a real joy to see him playing so much lead guitar, after recent years of being more of the 'singer in the band'. There were a few technically issues near the start, when Todd couldn't get the clean guitar sound he wanted, and one amusing moment when he manag...
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