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FREDDIE HUBBARD – ON FIRE: LIVE AT THE BLUE MOROCCO (Resonance Records) (2 x CD/ 3 x LP/ DL) RSD (2025)
Freddie Hubbard looks so young in the photograph at the start of this month’s JAZZWISE article on the legendary trumpeter. Hubbard played...
Apr 231 min read
ALEXANDER HAWKINS – SONG UNCONDITIONAL (Intakt Records) (2025)
Described as innovative and as “constructing a new sound world”, Hawkins has been making albums since 2009 both as a pianist and Hammond...
Apr 231 min read
PARADOXICAL HALLUCINATIONS CD RELEASED
Head on over to BANDCAMP if you want to have a listen to the collaboration between Tim Jones and Census of Hallucinations and Paradox One...
Apr 221 min read
SOFT MACHINE – FLOATING WORLD LIVE (Moon June Records) (RM 2 x LP/ CD) (1975/ 2025)
When writing about the Moon June 2009 release of a live performance on Radio Bremen in January, 1975 by the line-up that had released...
Apr 223 min read
STRANGE VIBRATIONS – ALTERED STATES (Bandcamp) (2025)
I don’t know where Santtu Laakso finds an energy of such cosmic proportions. He’s back again, but not under his Astral Magic moniker this...
Apr 221 min read
IRÈNE SCHWEIZER QUARTET: IRÈNE’S HOT FOUR (Intakt Records) (2025)
Irène’s Hot Four are: Irène Schweizer: Piano; Rüdiger Carl: Saxophones, Clarinet, Accordion; Johnny Dyani: Bass, Vocal; Han Bennink:...
Apr 222 min read
STARSHIP OVERFLOW - GARRY LEE-PLAYLIST 1000 (Pt.2)
Thanks to Garry Lee for playing ‘Robot Formation Dance’ from the latest Paradox One “Extinction” EP series. It appears on hour 2 of part...
Apr 141 min read
MASCOT MOTH – SPESIMEN B EP Bandcamp (2025)
After “Spesimen A” comes another EP from Welsh wizards Mascot Moth. It begins with an atmospheric chant ‘In the Light Tonight’ with...
Apr 141 min read
FORGAS – COCKTAIL (Cuneiform Records) (DL) (1977/ 2025)
I have previously reviewed the Patrick Forgas Phenomenon for Acid Dragon, but this is a reissue of Patrick’s very first album, recorded...
Apr 141 min read
LATEST DOCTOR WHO SERIES GUIDE AVAILABLE NOW
Benedict's latest Doctor Who series guide: THE DAVID TENNANT YEARS. has been published by Amazon. Earlier, I posted a little extract on...
Apr 91 min read
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS QUARTET with Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones and Chad Taylor - ABSTRACTION IS DELIVERANCE (INTAKT RECORDS) (2025)
This is highly-rated tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis’s fifth album with his quartet. It is described somewhat enigmatically as “a...
Apr 92 min read
WHY THE BEATLES? by PHIL JACKSON
Author of “Within You, Without You” The most comprehensive book about The Beatles, offering fresh insights, and explaining why they...
Apr 81 min read
SHOSTAKOVICH- EIGHTH SYMPHONY IN C MINOR: RSNO (Caird Hall, Dundee: 3rd April, 2025)
Conducted by Jonathon Hayward with a full orchestra the RSNO did us proud with as good a rendition of Shostakovich’s Eighth as I have...
Apr 84 min read
POTAMOS (Aesthetiko Music Collective) (2025)
Thanks to Steve Young for making me aware of the Aesthetiko Music Collective (whose mission statement is to make “a sound of musical...
Apr 82 min read
THE CHEMISTRY SET – AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHEMISTRY SET (Fruits de Mer) (2 x CD) (Release date: 9th May, 2025) CD TWO
I continue where I left off in my review of CD one of this two CD extravaganza: “Psych music fans know that there loads of compilations...
Apr 81 min read
THE CHEMISTRY SET – AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHEMISRTY SET (Fruits de Mer) (2 x CD) (Release date: 9th May, 2025)
Founded in 1987, The Chemistry Set are veterans dating back to the cassette only label “Acid Tapes”, receiving regular airplay by John...
Apr 82 min read
CUSTARD FLUX – ENTER XENON (Release date: 1st June, 2025)
Following their sold-out lathe cut split single on Fruits de Mer (‘Opportunity Knocks’), Curvey’s latest project Custard Flux has...
Apr 81 min read
NORTHERN FAITH – MAUNDY MONEY (A Gift to the Poor of Knaresborough) (Bandcamp) (2025)
Easter time is of course a very important time in the Christian calendar and Knaresborough multi-instrumentalist Tim Hunter has released...
Apr 81 min read
HERVE PEREZ & JOHN GARNER – BELL OF EVENING SKIES (Bandcamp) (2025)
Following Hervé’s live streams and inspired by Buddhist mediation, his latest project is a collaboration with John Garner which explores...
Apr 81 min read
DOCTOR WHO – THE SAVAGES (DVD)
The recent totally missing Doctor Who serial to be brought back to life, “The Savages”, provides a glimpse into this well received...
Apr 81 min read
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