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SPOTIFY’S RELEASE RADAR TOP 10
Although, as those who know me know, I prefer physical product, especially vinyl, which is getting rather expensive these days! However,...
Nov 21, 20232 min read
SHAULI EINAV – LIVING ORGANS (2023) (Bandcamp)
A band of four soloists: Einav on alto, soprano and tenor sax and flute; Laurent Coulondre on piano, organ and synth; Evan Har Ever on...
Nov 21, 20231 min read
MIKE STERN/BOB BERG BAND – ESTEVAL JAZZ (Kipepeo publishing, 2023)
I discovered this label through Bandcamp: the releases I’ve seen curate jazz concerts of old at the affordable price of £3 for a...
Nov 21, 20231 min read
A MUST FOR PINK FLOYD COLLECTORS – ATOM HEART MOTHER!
Following the discovery of a 16 mm film in a fan’s garage a CD/ Blu-ray set will be released on 8th December, 2023. This was PINK FLOYD’s...
Nov 21, 20231 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC featuring BRIDGET WISHART – AD INFINITUM (2023)
This is a full review to follow my review of the promo. ‘Shine’ begins the album, a great vehicle for the voice of Bridget Wishart of...
Nov 21, 20232 min read
JANEL LEPPIN – ENSEMBLE VOLCANIC ASH (2022) (Cuneiform Records)
Janel Leppin’s formidable body of work is difficult to categorise: is it Chamber Jazz with touches of Rock in Opposition and Punk ethic...
Nov 21, 20232 min read
THE BEATLES 1962-1966; 1967-1970 3 x LP/ 2 x CD – 2023 (EMI/ Apple)
The last reissue of “The Beatles 1962-1966” was in 2014, if memory serves, and a new copy can still be bought on Amazon for around £40....
Nov 15, 20233 min read
SOFT MACHINE – THE DUTCH LESSON (1973/2023) (Cuneiform Records)
First of all: an audiophile warning- this album was recorded on a portable tape recorder at De Lantaren in the Netherlands on 26thy...
Nov 15, 20231 min read
UROBORO – A STORY LIKE FIRE (2023) 2 x CD (Discus Music)
Uroboro is named after the symbol for a serpent eating its own tail and also, apparently a symbol of connection, continuity and renewal....
Nov 15, 20231 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC featuring BRIDGET WISHART – AD INFINITUM (2023)
‘Shine’ begins the album, a great vehicle for the voice of Bridget Wishart of HAWKWIND and SPIRITS BURNING fame, as the unmistakeable...
Nov 15, 20231 min read
SENDELICA – MAN, MYTH AND MAGIC (2023) (Fruits de Mer Records)
It all started a few years ago (2020 or 2021 if memory serves) with “And Man Created God”, the first in an intended quartet of concept...
Nov 13, 20232 min read


THE RESONANCE ASSOCIATION/ DECOMISSIONED FORESTS – CHOOSE EUPHORIA and CHEMISTRY (2023)
A double delight from The Resonance Association and Daniel Vincent’s project with electronic musician Howard Gardner and vocalist Max...
Nov 13, 20233 min read
THUMBSCREW – MULTICOLORED MIDNIGHT (2022)/ NEVER IS ENOUGH (2023)/ MARY HALVORSON – AMARYLLIS / BELL
Cuneiform press releases are unfailingly helpful, and the description of Thumbscrew’s music as “like a reverse black hole radiating...
Nov 13, 20233 min read
DIVERGENT CONNECTIONS ORCHESTRA – TRANSCEND (2023)
First of all, some basic information: described as “music beyond normality” and “controlled improvisation”, TRANSCEND is an edited (to 93...
Nov 13, 20232 min read
SEPTÉNAIRE – THE WORLD UPRIGHT (2023) (Bandcamp)
Consisting of four pieces, ‘Ladders’ is “about introspective elevation”; ‘Silkworm is about reuniting the living; ‘Consider this as a...
Nov 13, 20231 min read
ARNAUD QUEVEDO & FRIENDS – 2ND LIFE (2023)
Arnaud Quevedo is the multi-instrumentalist and music teacher (guitar, bass, keys, drums and sax) behind this ambitious project, with...
Nov 13, 20231 min read
THE FISHHEADS – LOBSTER BASQUE REPLICA (2023)
This can only be Fruits de Mer, an LP + CD for their 100th release, but no Captain Beefheart! Instead, we get early PINK FLOYD (‘See...
Nov 13, 20231 min read
GONG- UNENDING ASCENDING (2023) (K Scope)
It’s here at last! Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth’s creation during exile in France in 1967, heir apparent Kavus Torabi (CARDIACS,...
Nov 6, 20231 min read


NEW BOOK ON EDDIE VAN HALEN ("TONECHASER" by STEVEN ROSEN)
Music journalist and Guitar World magazine correspondent STEVEN ROSEN's book about his long friendship with EDDIE VAN HALEN has been...
Nov 6, 20231 min read
THE BEVIS FROND – AN INTERVIEW WITH NICK SALOMAN
PHIL: I was in touch with Ade Shaw years ago when the was releasing his own solo works for review. I happened to mention I hadn’t...
Nov 6, 20239 min read
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