When I first discovered Robert Reed’s albums, I thought they were a joke perpetrated by Mike Oldfield. Surely these must be Oldfield albums, somehow lost and now put out under a nom de plume? Reed’s albums sound as good as…
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229, Great Portland Street, London Friday 23rd May 2025 The small room at 229, The Venue, is a nicely laid out space with great sound, and even better, a mere stroll from my mainline train station. Following some decent grub…
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Grand Opera House, York Sunday, 18th May 2025 New Bits & Greatest Hits Despite having a love of comedy, especially the type of humour that can fly off in random and strange directions, I had always found that Harry Hill…
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Vidrada by Obiymy Doschu is, for me, the album of 2025. Oh yes: it’s ‘only’ May and I’m going there. And this review would have appeared a lot earlier if only I could have found the words to tell you…
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When one looks back at the music scene of the Seventies, so often it is the big boys that are remembered, but bubbling under those guys were host of wonderful bands who maybe did not get the recognition they rightly…
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After seven years of quiet anticipation since their last thrilling musical adventure, Ship, Yuka and Chronoship return with their fifth and most ambitious studio album yet, Ribbon Butterfly. Where Ship dazzled with its stunning blend of technical virtuosity and sweeping…
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This is the third album from collective project Moon Halo, featuring the creative minds of Marc Atkinson (Riversea/Lee Abraham), Iain Jennings (Mostly Autumn) and David Clements (Riversea/One Iota)… With Alex Cromarty (ex-Mostly Autumn) and Martin Ledger (Alchemy-Live). The talent involved…
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With their eighth album, Hedvig Mollestad Trio are back, and then some! After a few highly appealing diversions under her own name, Hedvig is back firing out her nonconformist guitar shapes while leading her esteemed Trio further down their highly…
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The Palladium, London Tuesday, 13th May 2025 Steven Wilson is back and touring, which was announced around the time of the release of his latest solo album The Overview. The tour, which will not end until November, takes the ‘little…
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St George’s Church, Hartlepool Saturday, 17th May 2025 It had been slightly longer than I remembered since I last visited St George’s in Hartlepool, and on that occasion it was to see the superb Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear in…
View More Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira with Miguel Girão