Guitarist and composer Frédéric L’Épée has amassed a varied and far‑reaching catalogue since the mid seventies, yet it wasn’t until the release of 12 Pieces for Solo Electric Guitar in 2023 that I finally had the opportunity to review his…
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The late seventies and, in particular, the eighties, were heady days for American college radio stations. While most could not broadcast beyond the confines of the campus, there were a healthy number with a broader reach. Even with this limited…
View More Various Artists – This Can’t Be Today: American Psychedelia And The Paisley Underground 1977-1988
Before we ask ‘Where do we go from Here’ it may be helpful to first ask ‘Who are Abraham, Baker and Lyndon’? Lee Abraham and Dean Baker are members of the Dorset based progressive rock band, Galahad, though the background…
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Van Morrison continues his recent prolific output with an album which is a collection of blues songs and guest appearances. Morrison, of course, has written more classic songs under his own steam than most over the years, reaching back to…
View More Van Morrison – Somebody Tried To Sell Me A Bridge
Argos, hailing from Germany, return with their new album. I first encountered the band at the Summer’s End Festival in 2014, where they opened the Saturday programme with an excellent and engaging set. That performance prompted me to buy Cruel…
View More Argos – Doctor Wilde’s Twilight Adventure
Also Eden release their first new music since 2013 with Holy Books and Credit Cards 1: Promises, the first in a series of three EP’s planned in 2026. The band describe their new EP as ‘a series of observations about…
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Swathed in mystery, Nordic Giants are a UK instrumental duo who are known for blending live, cinematic post-rock with compelling visuals and film. Identities hidden with strange creature like masks, they formed in 2010 and have, over the last fifteen…
View More Nordic Giants – Under Celestial Alignments
Following a trilogy of unanimously well received sci-fi themed releases, Scanning the Dark Horizon, The Starships Are Gathering and concluding with last year’s Here Come The Robots!, the John Irvine Band (JIB) continue their space odyssey storytelling with this latest…
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No, this isn’t déjà vu; we did review The Turn of a Friendly Card three years ago. But that was Esoteric’s four-disc edition. Now, in their infinite wisdom, the powers that be have sought to re-release this album – along…
View More The Alan Parsons Project – The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Expanded Edition)
Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson’s partnership began as a business relationship with Woolfson managing Parsons’ career as an engineer/producer off the back of his impressive work with the Beatles and Pink Floyd in the late sixties and early seventies. Their…
View More The Alan Parsons Project – The Eye In The Sky (Expanded Edition)