It’s rather wonderful when discovering music for the first time with which many others are familiar. A bit like finding a new path nearby that you’ve not previously noticed before and discovering new vistas and points of interest on your…
View More Sonar with David Torn – Tranceportation (Volume 2)
A Day at the Beach is Airbag’s first new album since Disconnected in 2016. Last year, following Bjørn Riis’ latest excellent album A Storm is Coming in a run of outstanding solo releases and the departure of two original band…
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On 26th January 2019, Pete Jones and his Tiger Moth Tales (TMT) performed at the Boerderij in Zoetermeer for what would become his third solo performance in the Netherlands. Previous performances, on the same stage, during the sixth edition of…
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It was nothing more than a small message in the margins of the tsunami of articles about the coronavirus, but subconsciously it drew my attention, there it was: Radio Caroline founder Ronan O’Rahilly passed away at the age of 79.…
View More Love, Peace and Good Music – A Tribute to Radio Caroline Founder Ronan O’Rahilly
Mike Patton is something of a musical polymath. Away from the two main bands he’s known for lie all sorts of musical diversions, all coloured with varying degrees of strangeitude. One of them, but probably not the oddest (that’s Fantomas)…
View More tētēma – Necroscape
The ‘Bright Ambassadors of Morning’ of Pure Reason Revolution broke up 10 years ago, seemingly burning out after shining brightly over a brief 5 or so years, therefore, it came rather as a surprise when they appeared out of the…
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Karina are a duo from Finland, who have genuinely (and pleasantly) surprised me with their second album. Their eponymous debut was quite beautiful, but notable for its minimalist and acoustic nature, largely just the two voices of Karin Mäkiranta and…
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The discussions about which bands have the greatest influence on progressive rock music always seems to throw up the same five bands, but in my opinion Gentle Giant should always be included. They were a band unafraid to push boundaries…
View More Gentle Giant – Vinyl Reissues: Gentle Giant / Acquiring The Taste / Three Friends / Octopus
It feels a little odd to be almost halfway through 2020, and reviewing an album from the tail end of 2019, but perhaps it is almost appropriate, given that Michele Conta’s debut solo album seems to have been in gestation…
View More Michele Conta – Endless Nights
Dave Brons, another new name to conjure with, although those familiar with Dave Bainbridge’s Celestial Fire will be aware of Dave Brons as part of the live set-up. Along with this both Dave’s took part in the short lived GB3…
View More Dave Brons — Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost