In the artist’s own words “I knew I was gonna make a good album because I had so many songs and so much energy…it was joyous. A dream of...

They’re having a listening party at my ‘local’ record shop. I would definitely go if I could on the evidence of the two tracks already...

A heads up for this album by Joanna Beck and Ian de Silva that they describe as “cinematic psychedelia, mixing the psych/ folk elements...

The title track is a 4-part suite and an accomplished and impressive start to the album with Mazyar Younes (piano), Ehsan Sadich...

Prepare for some free range jazz from Phil Hargreaves and his trio, impressionistic music with sounds varying from squawking gulls,...

Prime exponents of Zeuhl Music, Japan’s own answer to King Crimson, Magma and Univers Zero, are described as a “furious riffing” band...

Titles like ‘It Will Resolve Itself Mathematically’ give an idea of what The Reference Group are all about: challenging time signatures,...

Freddie Hubbard looks so young in the photograph at the start of this month’s JAZZWISE article on the legendary trumpeter. Hubbard played...

Described as innovative and as “constructing a new sound world”, Hawkins has been making albums since 2009 both as a pianist and Hammond...

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...

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...

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...

Irène’s Hot Four are: Irène Schweizer: Piano; Rüdiger Carl: Saxophones, Clarinet, Accordion; Johnny Dyani: Bass, Vocal; Han Bennink:...

Thanks to Garry Lee for playing ‘Robot Formation Dance’ from the latest Paradox One “Extinction” EP series. It appears on hour 2 of part...

After “Spesimen A” comes another EP from Welsh wizards Mascot Moth. It begins with an atmospheric chant ‘In the Light Tonight’ with...

I have previously reviewed the Patrick Forgas Phenomenon for Acid Dragon, but this is a reissue of Patrick’s very first album, recorded...

This is highly-rated tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis’s fifth album with his quartet. It is described somewhat enigmatically as “a...

Author of “Within You, Without You” The most comprehensive book about The Beatles, offering fresh insights, and explaining why they...

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...

Thanks to Steve Young for making me aware of the Aesthetiko Music Collective (whose mission statement is to make “a sound of musical...