I thought it might be nice to mark the 40th anniversary of John McLaughlin’s eponymous Mahavishnu album released in 1984, unfortunately time constraints during the latter part of 2024 means it is now in its 41st year. A Personal Intro…
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On June 1st 2024 the Polish melodic progressive rock maestros Riverside played a triumphant homecoming gig at COS Torwar in Warsaw, marking the pinnacle of touring for their ID. Entity album. Over the last 20-odd years Riverside have become a…
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The history of Osibisa goes way back to Ghana in the 1950s, when saxophonist Teddy Osei was a member of a highlife (a fusion of traditional African music with Western jazz) band. He moved to London on a music scholarship…
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Twenty years after it was released Mercury Rev are re-leasing The Secret Migration on double vinyl in beautiful artwork, befitting the pastoral splendour of this magical gem. Mercury Rev are rather an enigma with their unpredictability making them difficult to…
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The last ever recording of Tony Clarkin and Bob Catley performing Magnum songs together was made on 10 December 2022 and in Bob’s words it was “….the perfect evening. We finished our ‘The Monster Roars’ tour in Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel…
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When you get three stellar musicians together, you know you are guaranteed some interesting and exciting music, and that’s exactly what you get with Stick Men. Messrs Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto and Marcus Reuter have been playing together for some…
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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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Back in 2016 I took a punt on Echoes In Time, the second album from Canadian duo/ensemble Sills & Smith and then three years later their third album, Maps ~ Burned Or Lost came under scrutiny. Both albums were not…
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We’ve Been Expecting You is the third album, from Tony Patterson and Doug Melbourne, who toured last year for the final time with the eminent Genesis tribute band, ReGenesis. It is a tough ask following up their previous excellent album…
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Fernando Perdomo never sleeps. Ever. How else do you explain his incredibly prolific output? He is a solo artist with a surfeit of albums under his own name. He is in bands with Dave Kerzner, Carmine Appice and Ruti Celli…
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