Category: reviews

Album Review – Missing Persians (by Dave Franklin)

The Missing Persians (Reviewed by Dave Franklin)

Words such as ‘timeless’ and ‘classic’ are banded around all too freely these days but when a band is working with the very generic building blocks of contemporary music it isn’t too much of a stretch to describe their sound this.

Opening salvo, On Concrete, offers up some hot-to-trot, solid……


Album Review – Hot Cats (by Dave Franklin)

The Missing Persians (Reviewed by Dave Franklin)

Words such as ‘timeless’ and ‘classic’ are banded around all too freely these days but when a band is working with the very generic building blocks of contemporary music it isn’t too much of a stretch to describe their sound this.

Opening salvo, On Concrete, offers up some hot-to-trot, solid……


CD Review – Lancashire Blues Archive

Review for ‘The Missing Persians’ – CD – ‘The Missing Persians’ – 2014 [Self release]

The first full album from ‘The Missing Persians’ is a refreshing change. It is not steeped in one style of music which keeps the interest going, with an eclectic mix of blues, country blues, Americana, rock, jazz, soul, funk, reggae and……


Review – The Missing Persians at the The Harcourt Arms – 6/12/2014

Now for the main band of the evening ‘The Missing Persians’. They hail from the Oxford area and are fronted on main vocals and acoustic guitar by Chris Cox, who also writes most of the material. On lead guitar and vocals is John Keston-Hole, with Chas Maguire on electric and stick bass and vocals, with……


Live Review – Thamesfest 19/07/2014

With a new album release hot off the press, THE MISSING PERSIANS play a mix of blues, Americana and some alternative. All superb musicians, they come from the Oxford area. They did a brilliant set of self penned works and are well worth checking out if you get the chance. They are all seasoned musicians……


Live Review – Rock of Gibraltar, Enslow 23/11/2013

Hailing from the Oxford area, THE MISSING PERSIANS are a relatively newly formed band. Playing at this charming, out of the way pub ‘The Rock of Gibraltar’, on the outskirts of Enslow, the band consisted of Chris Cox on vocals, acoustic guitar and mandolin, John Keston-Hole on electric guitar, vocals, Chas Maguire on bass, upright……


Live review – The Missing Persians at THAMESFEST 2013

The Festival kicked off on Friday evening with a new band on the circuit, ‘The Missing Persians’ a four piece from the Oxford area. They are all seasoned musicians and play an eclectic mix of music from blues, country blues to Tex Mex and Americana with jazz overtones. They gave a tight performance and were……