Reviewed by Richard Toller

Kris Robins is a country singer/guitarist from Tenerife; this tape is a demo recorded at home, and my review copy contained 10 songs: in final form there are 15 and Kris is hoping to produce a better-quality cassette and CD. His voice is reminiscent of Bob Dylan, Garth Hewitt or Mark Knopfler - some Knopfler-style guitar too on a couple of Dire Straits-sounding tracks. There are some sharp observations of life -Robins' own complementing those of Jesus himself as he brings out the point, and the humour, of camels and needles' eyes or dust and planks in people's eyes - and songs full of worship. A strong theme through the 10 songs is the need to get our priorities right, as Jesus has power to change our lives if we clear "the noise of the world" out of the way. Good songs which need and deserve a bigger budget and better production: the final version should be worth waiting for.

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