Peter Hilton

Airbag – The Century Of The Self

Since I started this hobby 18 months ago, I have been dreading this moment coming. It is probably because I am not musical in the slightest, I just love listening to music, that I tend to be in awe of…

ViaMedia – Bridge Of Sighs

Whilst the Nordics have given us the lighter side of pop with Abba, A-ha and Roxette they also have a history of creating intense, moody and dark forms of rock and metal music, and over recent years have become a…

Trifecta – The New Normal

Trifecta’s second album, The New Normal is an album of fusion music, combining any number of genres and as such it won’t be to everyone’s taste. It is the equivalent of picking up a comic, such as the Beano or…

Oliver Wakeman – Anam Cara

The culmination of a long period as a highly successful session musician and collaborator sees Oliver Wakeman return to solo pursuits. A window of opportunity has enabled songs that had been in development over the last decade or more to…

White Willow – Ex Tenebris (Remaster)

This is the second in a series of six White Willow re-releases on Karisma Records and is presented for the first time on vinyl, with the original cover artwork. Ex Tenebris was White Willow’s second album and has been remastered…

Mansoro – Everyday Fate

Marco Mansoro is a Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, in his own words, writing “songs that create a positive energy and cause a feeling of faith in the good things in life”. Everyday Fate is an instrumental album that was released via Bandcamp…

Various Artists – New Guitars in Town: Power Pop 1978 – 1982 [3CD Boxset]

The late ’70s and early ’80s has been a fertile era for Cherry Red Records, with releases covering the heydays of various genres of music that rode the wave of the commercial and creative booms for popular music at that…

Magnum – Here Comes the Rain

Here Comes the Rain is Magnum’s twenty-third studio album, released on 3rd January this year, just five days before the death of the band’s co-founder, guitarist, and songwriter Tony Clarkin. In these sad circumstances, this review will inevitably pay tribute…

Big Big Train – The Likes of Us

It’s hats off to Gregory Spawton and the members of the Big Big Train team, who have overcome the most difficult circumstances and put heart and soul into building on the legacy of the contribution of much-loved and much-missed lead…

Procol Harum – Shine On Brightly (Remastered Vinyl)

I don’t know about you, but I am fascinated by the development of ‘Progressive Rock’ in the period between 1965 and 1973. There were massive leaps from Pop and Blues Rock, to Psychedelic and then to the classic Progressive genre…

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Author: Peter Hilton