Rob Fisher

Mailman – The Lighthouse & The Rocks

The Lighthouse & The Rocks was released in June 2025. Yes, I know. It is January 2026, and only now have I finally decided to put fingers to keyboard and try to find the words which might do justice to…

Halestorm

O2 Arena, London Wednesday, 26th November 2025 Sometimes you go to a concert with quietly hopeful expectations, prepared for an enjoyable evening’s entertainment and the chance to hear a few of your favourite tunes. Then there are those rare evenings…

Andrew Latimer – War Stories

Twenty-three years have passed since the release of A Nod and a Wink. In the intervening decades, speculation and conjecture over whether – or even if – we would ever hear new music again from Andrew Latimer has fuelled endless…

Raphael Weinroth-Browne – Lifeblood

Some albums insist on being felt as much as heard. Raphael Weinroth-Browne’s gorgeous cello-driven album Lifeblood lovingly nuzzles its way under your skin and whispers warmly to your soul, moving between passages of exquisite serenity and moments of startling intensity.…

Malabriega – Frippada Andaluza

There’s nothing quite like discovering new music to stop you in your tracks – something with such a distinctive sound and charismatic presence you can’t help but keep listening, enthralled, fascinated. This is exactly what happened to me with Malabriega’s…

Whispers Of Granite – Liquid Stone

There’s a moment on Liquid Stone where everything stops – just a single piano note stumbling quietly in the background, searching for its place. Trude Eidtang’s voice arrives like a hand reaching through the darkness, not to rescue but to…

The Flower Kings – Love

Do you remember the moment you felt the exhilarating thrill of hearing music that utterly seduced you and made you fall in love with the band making it? Not far into the opening track, We Claim the Moon, the unmistakable…

The Flower Kings

Islington Assembly Hall Wednesday 4th June 2025 Phenomenal. A single word perfectly captures what The Flower Kings delivered at London’s Islington Assembly Hall last night – a performance which transformed technical musical excellence into something approaching the glorious and sublime.…

Obiymy Doschu – Vidrada

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…

Yuka & Chronoship – Ribbon Butterfly

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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Author: Rob Fisher