It appears that Hedvig Mollestad is on a bit of a creative streak, with past releases including three solo albums and seven with the Hedgvig Mollestad trio (who are still active). She is now introducing a new and exciting trio,…
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Jordsjø return with their fourth studio album. The duo are inspired by Scandinavian folklore, via jazz and early British prog, but that said, over their previous albums they have forged a unique sound of their own. The band made a…
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These days, there is often debate on the many social platforms out there as to which group or artist is the most underappreciated, one that is often overlooked and should be more widely known. Maybe Magnum would be named in…
View More Magnum – Great Adventures: The Jet Years 1978 – 1983
Soft Machine are best known – or should be – as being one of the originators of electric jazz/rock going back as far as early 1969. They were continually creative within their songwriting and in the live arena, inventive, forward…
View More Soft Machine – The Dutch Lesson
The classic line-up of Asia (Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton) got back together to release this reunion album in 2008, but what we have here is its first ever release on vinyl. As everyone will be…
View More Asia – Phoenix [Vinyl Reissue]
Jacob Holm-Lupo’s latest project is the jazz prog outfit Solstein, the idea for which came from his work with Steely Dan and Toto drummer Keith Carlock on a track for his previous project, Donner. They brought on board up and…
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Yay! A new Motorpsycho album! And that’s very much a typical reaction if you are a fan of these prolific Norwegian songsters. If you came to this band through their “Gullvåg Trilogy” or the following two albums, Kingdom of Oblivion…
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Seven Impale hail from Bergen in Norway and were formed in 2010 by Stian Okland. After experimenting with their sound for a couple of years they joined Karisma Records and released the Beginning/Relieve EP in 2013, which was followed by…
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Anyone who knows me, or if you read my reviews, will know that I am often drawn to the music that comes out of Norway. I saw this album and was interested. Now this band, Lumsk, was new to me,…
View More Lumsk – Fremmede Toner
It appears that of late I have become the ‘go to’ reviewer for Hawkwind releases, having over a long period been involved in reviewing some of their new releases, reissues and box sets. In truth, I volunteer, primarily due to…
View More Hawkwind – The Future Never Waits