Musical legend that is Jon Anderson releases a new album which has been thirty years in the making. There will be a lot of debate regarding this album, comments like, ‘well it’s not Yes’, ‘all his solo albums bar two…
View More Jon Anderson – 1000 Hands: Chapter OneAuthor: Mel Allen
Jordsjø – Nattfiolen
Jordsjø return with their latest album on Karisma Records. Last year saw their first ever CD release, the excellent Jord, which was followed later in the year with a compilation release of their previous cassette-only albums. All were of an…
View More Jordsjø – NattfiolenIsildurs Bane & Peter Hammill – In Amazonia
Isuldurs Bane have a long history of making exciting and interesting music, pushing boundaries, taking risks and expanding the always varied musical palette with their unique brand of chamber rock. The ensemble has always been a collective of very talented…
View More Isildurs Bane & Peter Hammill – In AmazoniaEveline’s Dust – K
I had the pleasure to be able to review Eveline’s Dust’s last album, the well-received The Painkeeper. At the close of my review, I expressed the wish to hear what this band would do next. Now I have the opportunity…
View More Eveline’s Dust – KXavi Reija – The Sounds Of The Earth
Sometimes life gets in the way of completing reviews, the growing pile needing your attention, but in this case just playing the album, enjoying it, means kind of forgetting that you need to make some notes. Yep that’s the case…
View More Xavi Reija – The Sounds Of The EarthEivør – Live In Tórshavn
Born in Syðrugøta on the Faroe Islands, but now residing in Copenhagen, Eivør has been making music for most of her life, indeed her first album was released when she was just sixteen years old, blending traditional Faroese with other…
View More Eivør – Live In TórshavnRuphus – New Born Day
During my time reviewing albums I have become very interested in the great music being produced by the Norwegian music scene, therefore when I saw this reissue album by the Seventies band Ruphus my curiosity was tested further. The fact…
View More Ruphus – New Born DayDuke 72 – The Mid Shires Herald
Duke 72 is a Scottish/Australian collaboration, brainchild of guitarist Justin Lumsden and drummer Jonny Mitchell, conceived, written and performed during a nine hour session in Glasgow. The Mid Shires Herald does not feel rushed, it has that carefully put together…
View More Duke 72 – The Mid Shires HeraldIll Considered – V & VI
There are times when a “you may like this” recommendation pays off and you find a little gem, this has happened for me in the case of Ill Considered. The Bandcamp recommendation was spot on, the music capturing my musical…
View More Ill Considered – V & VIThe Tronosonic Experience – II: The Big Blow
The Tronosonic Experience, from Oslo in Norway, return with their second album, their first release on the excellent Apollon Records. The band’s music is inspired by avant garde jazz artists of the Sixties and Seventies progressive rock bands, sounds which…
View More The Tronosonic Experience – II: The Big Blow