Published on 26th September 2020 | by Alex Driessen
Finally, it’s been a long time coming: the new live Blu-Ray/DVD/double audio CD from Camel saw the light of day earlier this year. Being present on the night, I noticed the presence of an extensive crew... Read More →
Published on 25th September 2020 | by Graham Thomas
A squeak, a muffled belch, some scrapings and scrabblings on strings, more guttural grunts, and gradually, very slowly, we ease into something that sounds like ensemble coherence, a tune even! The instruments begin to play a... Read More →
Published on 24th September 2020 | by Kevan Furbank
For the last decade or so, Steve Hackett has been making a very nice living, thank you very much, by dusting off old Genesis classics in front of appreciative audiences across the world. And why not?... Read More →
Published on 23rd September 2020 | by James R. Turner
Rebecca Foon is a new name to me, however this Canadian cellist has had a long career as a solo and band performer in her homeland. She has been rightly acclaimed over the last decade or... Read More →
Published on 22nd September 2020 | by Bob Mulvey
One of the outstanding releases from 2018 was Deep Energy Orchestra’s Playing With Fire, so with the announcement earlier this year of the follow-up, the succinctly titled The Return, anticipation was high. For those who purchased... Read More →
Published on 21st September 2020 | by Roger Trenwith
Commissioned to write the signature work for the 2018 Vossajazz – Norway’s long-running and well respected annual jazzfest, held in the eponymous city – Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen took the opportunity to expand her established trio format... Read More →
Published on 20th September 2020 | by Kevin Thompson
Tarry awhile goodly ladies and gents, allow me to regale you with tales of a fine fellow, Marc Atkinson, a musical bard of some little known renown. He peddles his calling among the taverns and the... Read More →
Published on 19th September 2020 | by Geoff Ford
“I had a discussion with my good friend Jackie Morris, a writer of enchanting words and an illustrative artist of exquisite paintings, about where magic happens. She gave me the title and the rest of the... Read More →
Published on 18th September 2020 | by Leo Trimming
Let’s face it, 2020 has been a bloody strange and tumultuous year, and then along come Gazpacho to add their own particularly weird flavour to these peculiar times with a darkly hypnotic and ambitious concept album... Read More →
Published on 17th September 2020 | by Roger Trenwith
I first came across Charlie Barnes as the enthusiastic fresh-faced guy behind the merch desk at a few Amplifier gigs I attended years ago. Since then Charlie has gone on his own path and is now... Read More →
