Spriggan Mist are specialists in progressive folk rock. More specifically, they are a pagan folk rock band, as can be heard in their rich lyrics and seen in their stage presence – no more so than in the costume worn…
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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…
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Many if not all of us have hit a rough patch (most likely not just once) during our lifetimes, and I would venture a guess that somewhere during that time, music played a role in the healing process. Music is…
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Here’s a story about stumbling upon a musical marvel independently in the modern era. As a casual drummer, it’s no surprise that Meta has flooded my feed with endless reels of exceptionally talented drummers, the kind that motivate me to…
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As part of their 40th anniversary celebrations, Galahad have finally released this archive live recording from 2010 which turned out to be bassist Neil Pepper’s last ever live performance with the band. The band have dedicated this release to his…
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So just who is Grace Hayhurst? From what little research I’ve done, she’s either a tech savvy programmer, a photographer, or perhaps a musician and composer? No doubt she has many other talents, but let’s concentrate on the musician and…
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Wataru Sato, aka Gecko, is a Japanese pianist and has created a vast repertoire of works based on electronica and modern-classic music since his recording debut in 2010. Augmenting his solo work and various commercial offshoots for TV and film,…
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Mark Trueack fittingly recently released In Journey’s Groove – An Adventure in Life on his 70th birthday, underlining that this is a musical document looking back on the more salient points of his life. Journey’s Groove… is an entertaining and…
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Before reading this review of an album you probably know inside out, you need to know where I’m coming from with it. The nature of a reissue review is heavily dependent on whether the author is familiar with it or…
View More The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (Super Deluxe Edition Boxset)
Kepler Ten return with their third album Random Number Generator Episode 1, after a five year gap since A New Kind of Sideways. Interestingly, they present this new album as the first part of a series of shorter digital only…
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