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Malcolm Holcombe
Tricks of the Trade  (Gypsy Eyes Records)

Look at yourself in the mirror and admonish yourself for not knowing Malcom Holcombe; then immediately forgive, then praise the fact that you have a huge swathe of music to investigate, starting with the latest of his releases, Tricks of the Trade.  A singer/songwriter that can engage in the local issues as well as the national problems is worth their weight in gold, to tackle on a global scale all that binds us, the scourge of Government inflicted despair, hunger, poverty, the local issues of toxic officials ruining the working class lives with even greater demands of subservience; these are the artists in which to hold close, for they are they ones that inspire the confidence to fight back, these are the musicians that know how to strike at the heart of the machine. A collection of songs that come from the heart, there is no fluff, no double talking; all that Malcome Holcombe has in his courage and spirit is on the album, all that the artist encompasses is there for all to take inspiration from.  (edited from Liverpool Sound and Vision review)