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PARADOX ONE – THE SCREAM (2024)
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” (Martin Luther King Jr.): I don’t know how...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
WARHORSE – THE RECORDINGS 1970-1972 (2024) (Esoteric Recordings) (2CD -release date 26th April)
WARHORSE was formed in 1970 by DEEP PURPLE bassist Nick Simper and quickly became the backing band for MARSHA HUNT. RICK WAKEMAN was...
Mar 20, 20243 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
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
CAMEL – AIR BORN – THE MCA & DECCA YEARS 1973-1984 (2023)
Camel’s relationship with Decca was a fraught one; indeed, drummer Andy Ward suffered a mental breakdown, but Decca insisted they make a...
Feb 21, 20242 min read
JETHRO TULL – WAR CHILD 2 (Parlophone) (2023)
This is a vinyl release remastered by Steven Wilson of the remnants of the “War Child” sessions between 1973 and 1974. It has the classic...
Feb 21, 20241 min read
DAVID JACKSON & RENÉ VAN COMMENÉE – KEEP YOUR LANE (2023) (Talking Elephant)
Some jazz, electronica and a little bit of funk add to ex VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR’s saxophonist/ flautist David Jackson progressive...
Feb 21, 20241 min read
STEVE HACKETT – THE CIRCUS AND THE NIGHTWHALE (2024) (Inside Out Music)
It’s here at last, the eagerly anticipated semi-autobiographical concept album with a touch of the Moby Dicks about it, as the metaphor...
Feb 20, 20242 min read
THE PINEAPPLE THIEF – IT LEADS TO THIS (2024) (K Scope)
Guitarist/ vocalist and leader Bruce Soord has spoken in interview of a minority creating the toxic environment we have to live in; hence...
Feb 19, 20242 min read
EXPERIMENTAL – HOMÓNIMO (2023) (Mylodon Records)
Towards the end of last year this extraordinary record was released. It actually originates from 2001 and has been remastered in digipack...
Feb 19, 20242 min read
RE DISS-COVERY: DEEP PURPLE – MACHINE HEAD (1972/ 2024) (Warner)
Guess what? Deep Purple’s classic 1972 album is, following the 40th anniversary edition, in a deluxe 3 x CD/ LP/ Blu-Ray edition with a...
Feb 19, 20242 min read
RE- DISS-COVERY: ACQUA FRAGILE – MOVING FRAGMENTS (2023) (Ma. Ra. Cash Records)
ACQUA FRAGILE, from Parma, Italy, was founded by Bernardo Lanzetti (vocals, guitar), Gino Campanini (guitar) and Piero Canavera (drums),...
Feb 19, 20243 min read
INSIDE OUT: new album from STEVE HACKETT to be released on 16th February, 2024
“The Circus and the Nightwhale” is a concept album about a young person called Travla’s rite of passage, with an autobiographical element...
Feb 7, 20241 min read
INSIDE OUT: New album coning down the tracks from BIG BIG TRAIN (1st March, 2024)
Preliminary thoughts of what I have available to me of the upcoming release of “The Likes of Us” on 1st March. The BIG BIG TRAIN line-up...
Feb 7, 20242 min read
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