I HAVE to admit, I’m a sucker for Latin jazz. It’s happy music that goes straight to your hips and, as we all know, hips don’t lie. But I accept that it can sometimes have a whiff of Manchego cheese…
View More Mariah Parker – Indo Latin Jazz Live In ConcertMonth: January 2017
John Wetton ~ RIP
“John Wetton sadly passed away in the early hours of this morning, Tuesday 31st January 2017, after a long and courageous battle against colon cancer.” Carl Palmer posted the following tribute to John: “With the passing of my good friend…
View More John Wetton ~ RIPThe Martin-Gruber Anastomosis – wonky JESUS
This album is my wife’s favourite album of the year so far. Not that she has ever heard a single note of it’s lovely subtle, tonal, mood-fest. It’s my current album of choice to do housework while listening on headphones……
View More The Martin-Gruber Anastomosis – wonky JESUSFatal Fusion – Total Absence
Fatal Fusion return for what is now their third album; hailing from Oslo in Norway they released their debut Land of the Sun in 2010, following that in 2013 with The Ancient Tale, both receiving great reviews. Total Absence is…
View More Fatal Fusion – Total AbsenceTenth Planet – Pieces
The last time I heard and reviewed a Tenth Planet album was for the Prognaut back in 2008. Much has changed in those eight years. That sophomore effort, Everything Is Never Over, was produced by famous Tea Party lead vocalist…
View More Tenth Planet – PiecesThis Winter Machine – The Man Who Never Was
There is a touching, almost nostalgic sense of solidarity which wistfully embraces you the further you travel into this wonderfully assured and beautifully accomplished debut album from This Winter Machine. A powerful and haunting presence elusively lingers in the music,…
View More This Winter Machine – The Man Who Never WasZhongyu – Zhongyu
“Zhongyu” is Chinese for “Finally”, so explains the subtitle of this album, referring to much-travelled musician and writer Jon Davis’s long hoped for band fusing Western rock and ethnic Chinese music finally coming to fruition. In partnership with fellow Seattle…
View More Zhongyu – ZhongyuThe Steve Rothery Band / The Dave Foster Band
Islington Assembly Hall, London Friday, 13th January 2017 The Islington Assembly Hall is a magnificent venue. Built in 1929 it is an eloquent testament to the confidence, exuberance and elegance of the art deco period, even though its formidable scale…
View More The Steve Rothery Band / The Dave Foster BandNecromonkey – The Shadow Of The Blind Man EP
A year or so from their last full-length waxing, Show Me Where It Hertz, occasional noise terrorists Necromonkey are back twiddling knobs and hitting things in the name of auricular unsettlement with a short blast of cutting edge technofear by…
View More Necromonkey – The Shadow Of The Blind Man EPCarl Palmer
2016 has been a tough year for many, but for Emerson, Lake and Palmer fans, the losses have been especially tragic. On 8th December, only two days after the following interview was conducted, legendary bassist and singer Greg Lake passed…
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