Don’t be deceived, like I was, by the title of this set from Humble Pie. Rather than a decade long history of the band, which would have been quite welcome, this five disc set is largely the last gasps of…
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Back in April 2023 I gave a qualified thumbs up to Random Earth Project’s debut release Airwaves. I felt at the time that if the band could channel its energy into playing to its strengths, then the they would have…
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I have always been a fan of Chris Thompson. His powerful, raw, emotional and extremely characteristic voice has brought many a Manfred Mann Earth Band (MMEB) album to a hit status. The band, led by the eccentric South African keyboardist…
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The final instalment of Blue Öyster Cult’s September 2022 three night stand at Sony Hall in New York City has arrived, featuring the third album from the band’s long career, Secret Treaties. This is the album that found the band…
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Mobula is a fine companion piece to Gleb Kolyadin’s last album The Outland, from 2022. It’s another instrumental album and there is the familiarity of his busy, rhythmic style of playing but this time he presents his ideas in a…
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As a lifelong Phil Collins and Genesis fan, when it comes to reviewing an album that is coming up to its 40th anniversary there is a lot of emotional bias which I recognise and realise that I must approach this…
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You go on a date. On paper, they look great and have all the qualities you’d expect of a potential match. You meet the person and they’re fun, friendly and feel very familiar. Too familiar. They remind you of an…
View More Dream Theater – Parasomnia
Dearly Beloved: A Prince Songbook, a compilation of Prince covers by a wide variety of artists, proves two things. First, Prince Rogers Nelson was a musical genius (but you already knew that). Second, he was also an underachiever of sorts.…
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Keeping alive the flame of mostly improvised music in the fields of jazz and rock, up there in Sheffield is one Martin Archer, and his label Discus Music. There is a conglomerate of like-minded radical musicians in the locality who…
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Wind and Memories is the impressive debut release from the Bulgarian progressive rock band Untold Stories. Formed at the end of 2022 by the highly respected guitarist Daniel Eliseev-Marinovski to not only record original music, but perform it live as…
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