Brits & Pieces - Volume III

Labours of love can be thankless things.

To dedicate one’s heart and soul to a project, be it writing a book or re-organising the garden, takes time but the effort, and indeed the entire project, can often pass unheralded to all but the creator. It’s not why they do it, but some acknowledgement would be nice.

Therefore it was pleasing to see the first two Brits & Pieces compilations enter the UK Album Charts at 54 then 52 in late 2020/early 2021.

For the unaware, these CDs aspire to be the ‘Shine’ series for the 21st century, an initiative set up by one man (Marc Rossiter) and his Twitter account to promote new and unsigned music.

Why a labour of love? Because Rossiter ensures that all royalties go straight to the artists included which, in a music industry that’s been particularly starved of cash for the last two years, clearly signals that the venture is worthy of your time if nothing else.

Fortunately it’s not just the gesture that impresses. This new collection (Volume III, naturally) is stocked with a selection of tracks which illustrate the healthy status of British music.

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