Manchester trumpeter Matthew Halsall has gained quite a following and reputation since he founded his Godwana Records outlet fifteen...

Think of a big name in Bop and Post-bop Jazz and Max Roach has probably drummed with them, as well as releasing the seminal protest album...

First of all, thanks to Santtu Leakso for getting in touch and kindly providing BANDCAMP codes for some of his albums. Given that not...

This is the second album from the Avergne-Rhône prog fusion group, and quite unlike their eponymous release from 2016. I was really taken...

THE HISTORY OF HIGH TIDE/ THE MISUNDERSTOOD, ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE PROGRESSIVE ROCK BANDS/ AND A CLASSIC ‘LOST BAND’ OF THE SIXTIES EVER...

The response to this album has been positive, and it’s easy to hear why if you sample the five available tracks on Bandcamp as a...

At last the final part of a trilogy of albums about the life of Joan of Arc following on from the two part THE VISION: THE SWORD AND THE...

It sounds too good to be true- German retailers including Leidenshaft für Musik will be releasing a 27 CD + 5 Blu-Ray set to commemorate...

There are many recommended 2023 releases from this well established and well run website. I’ve picked out a few tempting ones: AYREON –...

In January the mighty Polish heavy neo-prog group Riverside returned with another tour de force. All the ingredients that make the band...

Due for release on 9th September, 2023 THE LIGHT OT ANCIENT MISTAKES is the seventh album by HATS OFF GENTLEMENT, IT’S ADEQUATE who are:...

What do these three characters all have in common: Kronos, Azal, and Professor Zaroff? Answer, they all claim or bear some responsibility...

Due out on 29th September, “Fearless” has been remastered from the original tapes and comes in a 3 CD clamshell box set with a repro...

Hey - wasn’t ‘Round and Round’ that number by the Panama Jug Band on the Harvest Picnic sampler way back when? I remember rolling around...

You would expect the worlds of JUNKO UEDA, a Japanese medieval story teller and chanter (also player of a satsuma-biwa, a 4 stringed, 4...

Due for reissue as a 2 x LP retailing at around £40 with some different tracks on it- no specific details yet, this seminal album, like...

A 20 CD SET WITH A 48 PAGE BOOK FOR £150 – for those who can afford it or can’t do without it spanning THE NICE, ELP, SOUNDTRACK and SOLO...

Following previous editions of STAND UP and AQUALUNG, coming up on 1st September is a 40th anniversary of the underrated (by some)...

It can’t be 50 years! Makes me feel really old! I saw them twice in their heyday and a couple of mates of mine went to their infamous...

Intriguing lyrics, phantasmagorical musicianship; maybe I yearned for a few more solos such is the intensity of the lyrical and musical...