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A YEAR OF ALICE COLTRANE: THE CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT (1971/ 2024) (Impulse!) (2 LP, 2 CD, DL)
Great news for ALICE COLTRANE fans, with the release of “Alice Coltrane: The Carnegie Hall Concert” on Impulse! Alice Coltrane had just...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
SUN DIAL – MESSAGES FROM THE MOTHERSHIP (2023) (Sulatron Records) (LP/ CD)
Hazy vocals accompany the guitar riff-driven opener 'Echoes All Around' as we set off on another outer limits trip with Gary Ramon AKA...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
SPECK/ INTERKOSMOS - METZ SESSION/ BEYOND HIBERNATION - SPLIT LP (2022) (Echodelik Records, distributed through Sulatron Records)
Crikey, what a pair of bands. Speck are new to me but serve up an exhilarating adrenaline rush of a guitar based all-instrumental jam,...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
LANDING - MOTIONLESS I- IV (2023) (Sulatron)
For 25 years Landing (Aaron Snow and Daron Gardner) have been painting their aural soundscapes and have become much appreciated by those...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
APRIL RECORDS – A JAZZ LABEL FROM COPENHAGEN YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF
April Records has a number of new releases out: I have only been able to listen to a selection of tracks and one full album by RASMUS...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
CHRIS POTTER – EAGLES’ POINT (2024) (Edition Records)
Chris Potter is a highly talented tenor and soprano saxophonist who mustn’t be missed for anyone who has even just a passing interest in...
Mar 16, 20242 min read
CHRIS LLOYD – THE SKY WILL STILL BE THERE TOMORROW (Blue Note) (2 CD, 2 LP, DL) (2024)
Anyone evenly remotely into Jazz should check out the indefatigable sax and woodwinds maestro CHARLES LLOYD, 85-years young and composing...
Mar 16, 20241 min read
SATURNIA- THE GLITTER ODD (Sulatron Records) (2001) (2024)
“The Glitter Odd”, Saturnia's second release from 2001, is available on vinyl for the first time, specially mastered for LP. It is an...
Mar 13, 20242 min read
FRÉDÉRIC L’ÉPÉE: SHYLOCK AND BEYOND
It has been my honour to conduct the first of a two-part interview with Frédéric L’épée, guitarist of SHYLOCK, PHILHARMONIE and YANG and...
Mar 13, 20242 min read
ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE and DR SPACE: RE-DISSCOVERY: TAKING A LOOK BACK AT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IN SPACE AND TIME! (PART ONE)
I have been reviewing OSC and DR SPACE on and off now for a long time, and here are some reminiscences of reviews for ACID DRAGON and...
Mar 13, 20242 min read
DOCTORS OF SPACE -ASTRAL SESSION VOL. 6 – SUMMER 2021 (2024)
Available at last and described as futuristic space rock, Dr Space is Scott Heller from Øresund Space Collective/ Black Moon Circle and...
Mar 13, 20241 min read
ZONE SIX – FULL MENTAL JACKET (2023)
Zone Six was founded in 1997 by Dave Schmidt of Sula Bassana. They classify themselves as Neo-Krautrock and Improrock. It is no surprise...
Mar 12, 20242 min read
SULA BASSANA – NOSTALGIA (2022)
In the year of Sula Bassana’s 20th anniversary, multi-instrumentalist Dave Schmidt got together a series of pieces composed and recorded...
Mar 12, 20242 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC – MIND MELT MACHINE EP (2024) (Bandcamp)
Released on 1st March, and with more mind-blowing cover art, “Mind Melt Machine” is a collaboration between Santu Laakso and Paul Roland...
Mar 4, 20241 min read
KALEIDOSCOPE - DAVE Mc LEAN - FAINTLY BLOWING (FRUITS DE MER RECORDS)
On sale on 1st April is a version of the classic Kaleidoscope number from 1969 (as well as the title track of their second and final...
Mar 4, 20241 min read
FRÉDÉRIC L’ÉPEE – OBSERVATION REPORT (STILLNESS IN MOTION); 12 PIECES FOR SOLO GUITAR (2023); THE EMPTY ROOM (2019)
As a preview to an extensive interview and feature on master guitarist Frédéric L’épee, of Shylock, Philharmonie and, currently, Yang, I...
Mar 4, 20242 min read
YES: CLASSIC TALES OF YES TOUR
Yes has announced a UK tour beginning in Manchester on 23rd May and ending in Bath on 4th June. Of particular interest of fans and art...
Mar 4, 20241 min read
IAN ANDERSON TO PLAY ON NEW OPETH ALBUM
Having recently reissued 2003 album “Damnation”, Opeth are delighted to secured the participation of Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson,...
Mar 4, 20241 min read
FISH ON THE ROAD
Well, it’s the “Road to the Isles” tour to be specific as Fish announces a UK retirement tour for 2025 starting in Haddington and ending...
Mar 4, 20241 min read
BIG BIG TRAIN - THE LIKES OF US (2024) (Inside Out/ Sony)
There is always a piquancy and warmth to Big Big Train’s music, and while not as uninhibited as some past musical adventures, “The Likes...
Feb 21, 20241 min read
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