_{The description given to me by our friend Doug at New Ocean Media was “acoustic rock”, so I wasn’t too sure what I’d make of the self-titled debut album from Nashville based Edge of Free. As this is a recommendation, clearly I really liked what I heard! Acoustic rock is probably the best way of describing it – you’ll not be head-banging to it, but you’ll not dozing off listening to it either! Edge of Free are definitely worth checking out. The album was released on 19th May and I included the track “Blood Eagle” on the Friday NI Rocks Show uploaded this week.}

_{Almost two years since their rebranding and the release of a four track EP, local band Blackwater Conspiracy have released their long anticipated debut album “Shootin’ The Breeze”. The CD and digital versions of the album were released on 9th June with a vinyl release to follow on 7th July. I played “President Joe” and “Monday Club” on the Friday NI Rocks Show uploaded on 15th June, but the four tracks from the earlier EP have been on our playlists constantly for the past two years.}

_{Any album release that features singer Jorn Lande is always eagerly anticipated and this time that expectation was raised even further after checking out the list of musicians working on his latest project. Needless to say his latest offering once again lives up to expectation. Jorn’s album “Life on Death Road” was released via Frontiers Music on 2nd June. I included “Fire to the Sun” on the Friday NI Rocks Show uploaded on 24th May and “Hammered to the Cross (The Business)” on the Show uploaded on 8th June.}