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QUARTET DIMINISHED: DEERAND (Moon June Records/ Bandcamp) (2024) (2 x LP/ CD/ DL)
Quartet Diminished was founded in Iran in 2013 by Ehsan Sadigh, who alongside woodwinds player Soheil Peghambari, pianist Mazyar Younesi...
Nov 26, 20242 min read
MARK WINGFIELD- THE GATHERING featuring Gary Husband, Tony Levin, Percy Jones and Asaf Sirkis (Moon June) (2024)
I’m not a big fan of a twin drummer approach to be honest. The last time I saw King Crimson I remarked that the three drummers on stage...
Nov 23, 20241 min read
THE NEIL COWLEY TRIO – LIVE AT THE EARTH THEATRE, HACKNEY, LONDON. 19th November, 2024
While the venue was not ideal for jazz music in terms of ambience and condition, in a state of disrepair, mostly steps instead of seats,...
Nov 23, 20241 min read
DANIELSSON/ PARRICELLI/POHJOLA – TRIO (ACT label) (2024)
Already reviewed as an editor’s choice in “Jazzwise” magazine and jazz album of the month in The Guardian newspaper, “Trio” is an...
Nov 23, 20241 min read
ESPRESSO – DIMENSION_FRACTAL 001 and 002 (Mylodon Records) (2024)
Espresso is a Chilean prog rock/ fusion band, originally from Quillota, V Region Chile, and were formed in 2015. Electronica and...
Nov 17, 20242 min read
WEST, SPACE AND LOVE 111 (ltd. CD & vinyl/ DL - release date 20th December, 2024)
I can’t believe that the first album of this fantastic project came out in 2010. Their second opus came in 2015, and it’s been a long...
Nov 17, 20241 min read
BELEDO – FLOTANDO EN EL VACÍO (Moon June ) (2 x LP/ CD/ DL: 2024)
It was Mr Moon June Leonardo Pavkovic who suggested that Uruguayan electric guitarist, Spanish guitarist, pianist and violinist Beledo...
Nov 17, 20242 min read
BILL NELSON – QUIT DREAMING AND GET ON THE BEAM (3 x CD + Blu-Ray) (Cherry Red) (2024): THE REVIEW
‘Banal’ is a classic example of the ‘new sound’ Bill Nelson was striving to perfect (and also a ‘protest’ of sorts: “Every song I hear...
Nov 13, 20242 min read
BILL NELSON – QUIT DREAMING AND GET ON THE BEAM (3 x CD + Blu-Ray) (Cherry Red) (2024): THE BACKGROUND
Written between 1978 and 1979, “Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam” was originally shelved by EMI. It followed Bill’s work with Red Noise...
Nov 13, 20241 min read
BAKELIT – ASLEEP OR INSANE (FOSFOR Creation) (Release date: 22/11/2024)
Thanks to Carl Westholm for an advance review copy of the latest project, evoking fond memories of classic CARPTREE music of the past....
Nov 12, 20241 min read
HOLLINGSHEAD – IN EMPTY BOXES (Single released on 15/11/24) (FOSFOR Creation)
I’m really looking forward to hearing the forthcoming Hollingshead album “Trail” on 5th December following an advance listen to the...
Nov 12, 20241 min read
MASCOT MOTH – CONFUSIONS AND ILLUSIONS (EP) (Bandcamp CD/ DL) (2024)
I have previously enjoyed the music of this imaginative and idiosyncratic (in a nice way) band from Llanfyllin. Their latest release is...
Nov 12, 20241 min read
GARFIELD’S BIRTHDAY – NEXT STOP MARS (Bandcamp/ Pink Hedgehog) (2024)
The brothers Simon and Shane Felton are back with a shiny new power pop album with flair, sentimentality and charm and twelve new songs...
Nov 12, 20241 min read
LAZY DAYS: The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1975 (Grapefruit/ Cherry Red) (Release date: 6/12/2024)
This 3 CD set is a compendium of hit singles, near misses, memorable songs and important album tracks from the year 1975. It was the...
Nov 12, 20241 min read
INTERVIEW WITH RICK RAY on release of a new album “Underwater Cigarette Company” (Neurosis Records; www.rickray.net) (2024)
PHIL: First of all, thanks for sending the CD – a rarity these days. I got a message from a radio show host over here recently who...
Nov 12, 20247 min read
PROG ROCK – 50 YEARS AGO
For nostalgia’s sake- well, why not? – we had a look at two giants of jazz, BILLLY COBHAM and KEITH JARRETT in 1974. How about this for a...
Nov 11, 20241 min read
KEITH JARRETT – 50 YEARS AGO ‘TODAY’
Jazz piano wizard Keith Jarrett trumped BILLY COBHAM by releasing three albums in 1974: “Treasure Island” (7/10 rating in the GREAT ROCK...
Nov 11, 20241 min read
BILLY COBHAM 50 YEARS AGO ‘TODAY’
1974 was a prolific year for the famous jazz-rock fusion drummer BILLY COBHAM, with well-merited significant coverage in MARTIN C...
Nov 11, 20241 min read
INTERVIEW WITH DR SPACE OF THE ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE
INTERVIEW WITH DR SPACE OF THE ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE PHIL: I believe it’s the band’s 20th anniversary- happy birthday! I think I was...
Nov 11, 20247 min read
PAUL LAKE – DEAR MR. FANTASY/ CHILD OF THE MOON (Fruits de Mer) (2024)
Paul Lake of The Chemistry Set has produced a nice slice of nostalgia from his youth in the shape of Traffic’s ‘Mr Fantasy’ and he has...
Nov 5, 20241 min read
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