I recently found Jon Gillespie’s The Runner on CD Baby and I’m glad I as it has become one of my favourites of the year. Jon has an amazing voice, a wonderful combination of the highs of Yes’ Jon Anderson…
View More Jon Gillespie – The RunnerMonth: September 2018
Mystery – Lies and Butterflies
C’mon. We’ve all been there (and if we haven’t, this is about to get embarrassing!). Lights out, headphones on, heart rate elevated, breathing laboured. There you are, triumphant, taking the plaudits of the ecstatic audience. “Thank you Wembley (gotta think…
View More Mystery – Lies and ButterfliesTalitha Rise & The Abandoned Orchestra / Julu Irvine & Heg Brignall
The Angel Gallery, Totnes, Devon Friday, 31st August 2018 The wonderfully named Angel Gallery seemed an apt place to witness ethereal music, shimmering with an almost translucent quality. Some gigs come out of the blue, almost totally unexpectedly to surprise…
View More Talitha Rise & The Abandoned Orchestra / Julu Irvine & Heg BrignallNosound – Allow Yourself
As Nosound prepare to release their sixth studio album, the band has re-invented its sound for Allow Yourself. Now relocated to England, band leader Giancarlo Erra is a little apprehensive about how the new album will be received by fans…
View More Nosound – Allow Yourself3.2 – The Rules Have Changed
Thirty years ago, Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer teamed up with singer and multi-instrumentalist Robert Berry to form ‘3’. With Berry contributing vocals and bass to their debut, To The Power Of Three…, fans could be forgiven for thinking this…
View More 3.2 – The Rules Have ChangedSouthern Empire – Civilisation
Although I generally make a point of spending significant amounts of time with the albums I review, nevertheless it is rare that I find myself quite so resistant to putting pen to paper or, more accurately, fingers to keyboard. Getting…
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