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ONRICO- BETWEEN DREAMS AND BELIEFS (2024) (Mylodon Records/ Bandcamp)
Onrico is another group who wear their hearts on their sleeves, and it’s hard to believe that this is their debut, and one that is sure...
Feb 31 min read
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – HEAVY SOUL (Journeyman Records) (2024)
I’m a bit slow off the starting blocks with this one, having been ‘in on’ Joanne’s music since the very beginning when Thomas Ruf used to...
Feb 32 min read
MAGIC PETRA & CHRISTIAN JÄGER – EILENSTEIN (Bandcamp)
This EP is a collaboration between Magic Petra and Space Debris drummer Christian Jäger. It consists of five tracks: it starts with the...
Feb 31 min read
SULA BASSANA – NOSTALGIA (2022) (Bandcamp)
Dave Schmidt’s music has proved enduringly popular with fans, the 500-copy colour vinyl selling out. On “nostalgia” he plays a range of...
Jan 301 min read
MASCOT MOTH – SPESIMEN A (2024) (Bandcamp)
Eight new tracks from Mascot Moth on an EP that starts with a loose funky jam, punctuated by guitar and sax excursions, followed by ‘The...
Jan 301 min read
KEVIN KASTNING, CARL CLEMENTS & SOHEIL PEYGHAMBARI – TRIPLE HELIX (Bandcamp/ Greydisc) (2025)
Kevin Kastning once again plays various types of contraguitars on this collaboration with saxophonist Carl Clements, with whom he has...
Jan 301 min read
JETHRO TULL – CURIOUS RUMINANT single (2025)
With a new album on the horizon, the mighty Tull has released a stunning 6-minute long single. Poignant piano and strummed acoustic...
Jan 281 min read
VARIOUS ARTISTS - A NEW AWAKENING - Adventures In British Jazz 1966-1971 (Release date 21st Feb, 2025) (Cherry Red)
Part Two: CD two The track listing is as follows with brief comments after each track: 1) The John Cameron Quartet – Troublemaker (1969):...
Jan 283 min read
NEKTAR – JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EYE (1971/ 2025) (Cherry Red 6 x CD/ Blu-Ray boxset)
Coming out round about now is an album that most certainly needed a significant sound upgrade from its original issue and this will...
Jan 242 min read
INTERVIEW WITH TONY CURRIE/ THE TONY CURRIE ORCHESTRA- RACE THE SUN (Pye Records) (2024)
I posted a review of The Tony Currie’s Orchestra album earlier and have re-posted it to give this interview more context. PHIL: What...
Jan 223 min read
THE TONY CURRIE ORCHESTRA- RACE THE SUN (Pye Records) (2024)
Here’s something I nearly missed in 2024 until Tony drew my attention to it. With sleeve notes from ‘pop master’ Ken Bruce, this little...
Jan 222 min read
VARIOUS ARTISTS - A NEW AWAKENING - Adventures In British Jazz 1966-1971 (Release date 21st Feb, 2025) (Cherry Red)
Part One: CD one I have been looking forward to something like this for a long time, a comprehensive 48 track 3 CD box set of...
Jan 214 min read
THE TONY CURRIE ORCHESTRA- RACE THE SUN (Pye Records) (2024)
Here’s something I nearly missed in 2024 until Tony drew my attention to it. With sleeve notes from ‘pop master’ Ken Bruce, this little...
Jan 172 min read
FIFTH DAUGHTER – STELLAR SEASON (Fruits de Mer Records) (Release date: late February, 2025)
Although a new band, a duo in fact, one of Fifth Daughter’s members James Howarth has collaborated with the KLF and Martin ‘Youth’ Glover...
Jan 171 min read
SCHIZO FUN ADDICT – AN INTRODUCTION TO SCHIZO FUN ADDICT (Fruits de Mer Records – due to be released late February) (2025)
Schizo Fun Addict first appeared in 2008 on a single (the first to be released on Fruits de Mer) with an interpretation of George...
Jan 173 min read
CACTUS FOR BREAKFAST – TAKE ME WHERE YOU GO (single) (2025) (Soundcloud)
Thanks to this Berlin band for contacting DISS regarding their single which in their words “combines reverb-drenched guitar solos with an...
Jan 131 min read
FALLING A RECORDS: a plea
Thanks to Barry Lamb and Peter Ashby for a copy of their annual report. Why is this post here? Because, for over 25 years now I have been...
Jan 132 min read
CAMEL – Music Inspired by THE SNOW GOOSE (1975/ 2025)
Another album that will be 50 years old on 25th April: strangely enough despite four albums being reissued by Esoteric Recordings in 2025...
Jan 132 min read
THE NEW YEAR – ALBUMS THAT ARE 50 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR – PINK FLOYD – WISH YOU WERE HERE (1975)
Before I get on with the backlog of reviews of new music (Keep sending the music though!), I thought I would prewarn you of some notable...
Jan 102 min read
INTERVIEW WITH DON FALCONE (2025)
PHIL : First of all, Don, thanks for the files of the book and the music. Our paths have crossed before in my incarnation as a music...
Jan 1011 min read
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