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ALAN GOWEN & HUGH HOPPER /NIGEL MORRIS-BRACKNELL BRESSE IMPROVISATIONS (CUNEIFORM) (1980/ 1996/2021)
A welcome reissue, all the more poignant given Hugh Hopper’s sleeve notes and the premature death of the innovative and talented keyboard...
Oct 19, 20232 min read
THE FLOWER KINGS – LOOK AT YOU NOW (2023)
Since their reformation in 2019, Roine Stolt and co have been pretty prolific (this is their fourth release) and the remarkable thing is...
Oct 19, 20232 min read
CLARK ORBIT – FADING MEMORIES (2023)
On Chilean label Mylodon Records, the home of the excellent TRYO, this is the first album of the Clark brothers (presumably): John...
Oct 9, 20231 min read
BRIAN AUGER’S OBLIVION EXPRESS – THE COMPLETE WORKS ON LP AND CD
I am somewhat confused about the announcement of all of the Oblivion Express LPs in a boxset as I see no mention of it on the Soul Bank...
Oct 9, 20231 min read
UPCOMING RELEASES: SPOCK’S BEARD, CARAVAN, MARILLION, NEKTAR, GREG LAKE
SPOCK’S BEARD – FEEL EUPHORIA (20th anniversary), the first without Neal Morse; remastered with two bonus gatefold sleeve (24th...
Oct 9, 20231 min read
SIAPIAU -SIAPIAU (2023)
Yet another intriguing release from the Discus label. I thought it was Julie Tippetts vocalising at first, but it turns out it is Maggie...
Oct 9, 20231 min read
ECLECTIC MAYBE BAND – BARS WITHOUT MEASURES (2023)
Guy Segers of UNIVERS ZERO is the mastermind behind this project. The press release suggests that Guy “takes the improvisations as raw...
Oct 9, 20232 min read
TRYO - SURAMÉRICA
Haunting ‘bugle calls’ bookend the album and provide the continuity that permeates “Suramérica”; the catchy title track with its surging...
Oct 9, 20232 min read


GARY BROOKER MEMORIAL CONCERT
NEWS FROM ROLAND AND JENS: The GARY BROOKER MEMORIAL CONCERT will take place on 4th December, 2023 at G LIVE, GUILDFORD on 4th December,...
Sep 27, 20235 min read
PETER HAMMILL – IN A FOREIGN TOWN/ OUT OF WATER (2023)
On 24th November, 2023 a CD set combining two albums from 1988 and 1990 respectively that Peter has been reworking/ re-recording will be...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
CHARLOTTE KEEFFE – ALIVE IN THE STUDIO! RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW QUARTET (2023)
Playing a mixture of free jazz and more conventional post-bop jazz, Charlotte Keeffe has developed into one of Britain’s top trumpeters...
Sep 27, 20232 min read
JOHN SIMMS’ LIGHT TRAILS – TRIP INTO THE LIGHT FANTASTIC (2023)
Trip into the Light Fantastic is a follow-up to Light Trails positively reviewed first release Chromatology (2022). Leader John Simms was...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
PINK FLOYD – BREATHE IN THE AIR – LIVE AT THE DOME, BRIGHTON (1972/ 2023)
Released on 13th October, 2023, the second concert at Brighton featured a pre-release performance of “Dark Side of the Moon” with...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
BE BOP DELUXE - HOT VALVES EP (2023)
Originally released in 1976 “Hot Valves” is being re-issued in 10-inch version as part of Cherry Red’s 45s at 45 series. Consisting of...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
HERVÉ PEREZ – NADA LISTENING MEDITATION (2023) (Discus Music/ Bandcamp)
And now for something completely different. This is meditation but not as we know it. In the artist’s own words his electroacoustic...
Sep 27, 20232 min read
MARIUSZ DUDA – AFR AI D (2023)
Mariusz, of Riverside and Lunatic Soul fame, releases a solo album on 17th November, 2023. The theme is Artificial Intelligence as a...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
NEW ORDER – SUBSTANCE (2023/ 1987)
“Substance” was originally a compilation of 12” singles and B-sides. Now it is to appear, on 10th November, as a 2 or 4 CD set with lots...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
HAWKWIND – RCA ACTIVE YEARS 1981-1982 (2023)
On 3rd November Atomhenge/ Cherry Red will release, in replica card wallet style with poster, in a clamshell 3 x CD box set. The albums...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
CLASSIC ALBUMS GET VINYL REISSUES: BRUFORD, FAMILY and Mc.DONALD AND GILES
Versatile and enduring flautist/ saxist Ian McDonald and exceptional drummer Mike Giles were part of KING CRIMSON at the very start and...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
RE-DISS-COVERY: VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – A GROUNDING IN NUMBERS (2010)
It’s interesting to return to something after a considerable amount of time and this record sounds better to me than when I first heard...
Sep 5, 20231 min read
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