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.…
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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…
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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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The Palladium, London Monday, 12th May 2025 Some Reflections Hell hath no fury than a woman scorned. True. But a man who has parted with 70 notes for a gig he leaves halfway through isn’t too far behind! After 46…
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I am thoroughly enjoying 2025. The music I have encountered in these first four months has challenged me to explore and appreciate what it means when we speak about music being an ‘immersive experience’. The journey began with Nicola Lori’s…
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Imagination, says Leonard Bernstein, is our ‘greatest treasure.’ With it, we have the ability to bring our dreams to life: we can, every day, dream our lives alive. The continual flow of imagination shapes all that we do and colours…
View More Lyrella – Cosmic Lark
Urban Vision is a remarkable experience. It’s one of those albums which come into your life and make you instantly wonder how you’ve ever managed to survive without it. Across ten gorgeously sensual musical windows, our senses are enchanted and…
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Things don’t feel…‘quite right’. We know it. We sense it. And yet, when we try to articulate that gnawing, festering seam of troubled disquiet lurking beneath our every waking moment, there’s never one clear target at which we can point.…
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What has struck me most about a lot of the music I’ve been listening to across 2024 are the truly creative ways in which musicians interpret, react and respond to the world in which we live our daily lives. We…
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Feelings of weariness and fatigue invariably descend on us all. The relentless grind of daily life, the struggle to make ends meet, the constant battle with its seeming injustices, inherent unfairness and bitter disappointments leaves us physically drained and emotionally…
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