Bob Mulvey

Neil Campbell – Tabula Rasa Suite

It has been a decade since I first discovered the music of gifted Liverpudlian composer and guitarist Neil Campbell, a journey which began in 2005 with the release of The Neil Campbell Collective’s 3 O’Clock Sky. Along with the aforementioned…

Captain Cougar – Åkerblomrörelsen

In the autumn we received Kivenpyörittäjä, a splendid album from Finnish composer and keyboard player Juha Kujanpää. As I greatly enjoyed and therefore favourably reviewed the music, I was intrigued when a few days after the article appeared we received…

Manning – Akoustik #2

The last few years seem to have taken on a more reflective stance for Guy Manning with two acoustic albums, re-visiting previously released works and last year’s studio release, The Root, The Leaf And The Bone, being the only new…

Juha Kujanpää – Kivenpyörittäjä | Tales And Travels

Kivenpyörittäjä (Tales And Travels) was released this time last year and you could well be forgiven for not coming across this album in your travels. Had I not received an email from Juha himself asking if we would be interested…

Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble – Out Of The Blue

Out Of The Blue along with the Live In Buenos Aires DVD serve as the first recordings of the then recently reformed The English Rock Ensemble featuring Rick Wakeman (keyboards), Damian Wilson (vocals), Ant Glynne (guitars & backing vocals), Lee…

Rick Wakeman And The English Rock Ensemble - Out There

Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble – Out There

Following on from their re-incarnation just prior to the new millennium, Rick Wakeman And The English Rock Ensemble undertook a touring schedule in 2000 which took them to South America, a process they continued into 2001 and resulted in the splendid…

Steve Rothery Band – Live In Rome

This much cited guitarist has waited a long time to release his first solo album, over thirty years in fact. Although there had been previous offers initially at the time of Misplaced Childhood (85) and later around the time of…

Sanguine Hum – Live In America

Prior to their ROSfest performance in 2012, Sanguine Hum had recently signed to the Esoteric Antenna label, (a division of Esoteric Recordings/Cherry Red Records), for the release of the Diving Bell (12) album and it therefore seems appropriate that the…

David Sancious (& Tone) – Forest Of Feelings & Transformation (The Speed Of Love)

David Sancious seems to be one of those musicians that you’ve heard of, but perhaps not explored in any great depth. His early career saw him as the keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and he appeared on…

Grus Paridae – Passes By

Hailing from Finland, experimental, progressive art-rock duo Grus Paridae offer a brief glimpse of what we might expect from a full length album from them. Passes By is an independent single, released towards the end of May, and clocks in…

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Author: Bob Mulvey