This is my 7th Nektar review for TPA and 9th overall, if you count my old DPRP reviews. That’s how committed I am to charting the tale of Nektar, in whatever haphazard order the reissues will come. This time around,…
View More Nektar – Magic Is A Child (Remastered & Expanded 3CD Edition)
In music culture, nothing beats a generous portion of nostalgia. It enables the listener to indulge in either reminiscing on the past, or in re-invigorating the senses for new music to come. And Pop music artists, in particular, are magpies…
View More Various Artists – Digging Your Scene: New Pop And All That Jazz 1982-1987
The latest album from Martin Springett’s musical project, The Gardening Club, is called The Insubstantial Pageant, takes you on a wonderful, cinematic journey through time and place. Once again, the Toronto-based, ex-pat, musician, illustrator and author has conjured up a…
View More The Gardening Club – The Insubstantial Pageant
It would be easy to dismiss the new Yes album, Aurora, out of hand: it’s not Yes without Jon Anderson, it’s little more than a cover band, their time has come and gone. You could dismiss it, but that would…
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The inspiration for Snowdrop, the latest and 13th album from Japanese instrumental rock band Mono, came about from the passing in 2024 of long-time friend of the band Steve Albini, Mono’s recent production partner, and, in the past, audio engineer…
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I am sure that many of you have at the very least, a passing acquaintance with Franck Carducci and the Fantastic Squad. But for those of you who aren’t I can sum them up as quintet of amazingly talented individuals…
View More Barth Sky – Rockstars
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Famous for his near photo realism and the dramatic use of chiaroscuro (the strong contrast between light and dark), his paintings reflected his own turbulent, troubled and…
View More Stefano Panunzi – Caravaggio
Whenever I write a retrospective review of an album that means a lot to me, I try to make sure that it’s an album that has not had its horn tooted over the years. In this case, I think I’m…
View More New Trolls – Concerto Grosso No2
Back in late 1973, a gifted young guitarist by the name of Gary Boyle, who had played with various bands, most recently Stomu Yamashta’s East Wind, decided that he had to form his own band to further explore the fusion…
View More Isotope – Upward Curve: The Recordings 1973-1976 (3CD Boxset)
When it came to trying to sum up Terl, and his work, I was struggling as I knew that, having met him, he is a nice bloke but musically he is too eclectic to fully summarise in a few words.…
View More Terl Bryant – Jargon