AROUND EUROPE IN 80 EUROPEAN PROGRESSIVE ROCK BOOKS LATEST
It is with great disappointment that we are not able to print paper copies of this proposed book. Samples of the book have been published...
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Aug 23, 20238 min
FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION: THE EARLY YEARS (PART ONE)
AN OUTSIDER In an excellent article in ‘Guitar’ magazine defines an outsider: An outsider “suggests persons who are ‘out there’, whether...
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Aug 23, 20231 min
FRANK ZAPPA – ZAPPA MUNICH ’80/ ZAPPA ’80 MUDD CLUB and MUNICH/ FUNKY NOTHINGNESS (2023)
A 3 LP Zappa official release is out, praised by Discogs buyers as revealing Zappa on top form on the complete last show of his 1980...
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Aug 23, 20231 min
JONI MITCHELL AT NEWPORT (2023)
From the ‘informal’ concert at the Newport Festival on 24th July, 2022, CD and 2 LP sets are now appearing in record stores. It’s by all...
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Aug 23, 20234 min
HERETIC – COMPLETE WORKS (1984-2023)
HERETIC is the brainchild of Kyoto synth/ keyboard player HIRO KAWAHARA. Working in a different way from the famous electronic musician...
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Aug 23, 20231 min
GOAT- THE GALLOWS POLE Original Score (2023)
The perfect subject matter for DISS, combining film and music! Having composed the music for the 2017 independent British horror film...
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Aug 23, 20231 min
THE CHRONICLES OF FATHER ROBIN – THE SONGS AND TALES OF AIROEA BOOK 1 (2023)
Due for release on 15th September, a full review has been sent to ACID DRAGON for the next issue. Suffice to say if you like a little...
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Aug 23, 20232 min
NUCLEUS – ELASTIC ROCK and WE’LL TAKE ABOUT IT LATER (1970/2023)
Yet another vinyl reissue for the popular jazz rock fusion band with musicians like trumpeter and MILES DAVIS/ KEITH JARRETT chronicler...
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Aug 23, 20231 min
MARILLION: HOLIDAYS IN EDEN (1991/ 2023) and SEASON’S END deluxe edition (1989- 2023)
The Stephen W Tayler remix of this classic album that includes enduring Marillion pieces like ‘Splintering Heart’, ‘Cover My Eyes’, ‘The...
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Aug 23, 20231 min
A CERTAIN RATIO – 1982 (2023)
What? 1982 in 2023? Yes, this is a new record from the Jazz-funk meisters. I found it a pleasant listen and I thought that ‘1982’ is a...
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Aug 23, 20232 min
THE GALLOWS POLE – BBC TV DRAMA SERIES (2023)
Link: Review of GOAT soundtrack album “The Gallows Pole” The long opening scene is part mythology, the music of GOAT (see music review)...
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Aug 23, 20231 min
BRIAN AUGER, JULIE DRISCOLL AND THE TRINITY – FAR HORIZONS – THE TRINITY BOX SET (2022)
Now here is something absolutely essential in 5 x LP, 4 x CD or download, and available on BANDCAMP. We have OPEN (1967), the one with...
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Aug 23, 20231 min
NINA SIMONE – YOU’VE GOT TO LEARN (2023)
It may just have been released on Verve Records, but this archive recording is actually from the Newport Jazz Festival in 1966. While, I...
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Aug 23, 20231 min
DISS – COVERY: CHARLES LLOYD + THE MARVELS + LUCINDA WILLIAMS- VANISHED GARDENS (2018)
I got re-acquainted with the music of tenor saxophonist/ flautist CHARLES LLOYD with his trilogy of 2022 albums “Trios” (“Chapel”,...
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Aug 9, 20231 min
AROUND EUROPE IN 80 PROGRESSIVE ROCK GROUPS
AROUND EUROPE IN 80 PROGRESSIVE ROCK GROUPS The projected book is progressing well with most of the groups listed below already...
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Aug 9, 20236 min
SPACE DEBRIS – Getting right inside the music of my favourite improvisational rock band (PART THREE)
SHE’S A TEMPLE (2012): Jerry Kranitz enthused about the 15 minute ‘Palmyra’ with its swirling Hammond, and Tommy Gorny’s “ripping guitar”...
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Aug 9, 20234 min
SPACE DEBRIS – Getting right inside the music of my favourite improvisational rock band (PART TWO)
ARCHIVE RECORDINGS CD ARCHIVE VOLUME 1: JOURNEY TO THE STARGLOW RESTAURANT (2011): An extract from my Acid Dragon review can still be...
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Aug 9, 20232 min
BLUR – THE BALLAD OF DARREN (2023)
Of course, I read all the hype in the newspapers about a new Blur album, and people’s recollections of the phoney Blur v Oasis war which...
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Aug 9, 20235 min
FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE RICK RAY BAND: PSYCHEDELIC AND PROGRESSIVE HARD ROCK FUSION
I know Rick and co are working on a new album so, until then, I present an extract from a review and interview from 2022 originally...
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Aug 9, 20231 min
DAVE HOLLAND – CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS (1973/ 2022)
I am not a major fan of free jazz, but this albums by a quartet of Sam Rivers (reeds, flute), Anthony Braxton (reeds, flute) led by...
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