We know him mainly as the violinist, singer and frontman of the legendary American progressive rock band Kansas, with whom he recorded ten studio albums, good for gold, platinum and double platinum status. And now there is a solo album,…
View More Robby Steinhardt – Not in Kansas Anymore
Lucid Planet are a 100% independent self-funded band from Australia. As they have stated, this allows “an unparalleled level of freedom and creativity with our music and direction”, and Wow, have they got that right. This album was released in…
View More Lucid Planet – Lucid Planet II [vinyl release]
Music fans can be an incredibly snobby lot, who can marginalise and denigrate great swathes of music with the rigidity and narrowness of their opinions. One such argument I’ve often encountered, and that has always riled me, is that “real”…
View More Violet Cold – Empire of Love
An unexpected side effect of the worldwide pandemic on music has been the mushrooming culture of ‘stripped back’ albums or straight performance recordings by bands bereft of opportunities to perform live in a significant manner, for obvious reasons. Similarly, gathering…
View More Airbag – A Day In The Studio / Unplugged in Oslo
What is it about Norway? I mean a lot of English bands and artists seem to have some sort of innate ‘Englishness’ to their music. Norwegians just sound like they’re from a different planet, and perhaps that is why the…
View More The Eivind Aarset 4tet – Phantasmagoria, or A Different Kind of Journey
Happy New Year! Well, hopefully things will start to show an improvement at last. Despite the restrictions on social gatherings, live music and fun in general, the boffins at various music-making facilities around the globe have been beavering away to…
View More TPA Best Albums of 2021
Emerson, Lake and Palmer have released the first official illustrated book outlining the story of this unique and iconic progressive rock band. Created by Rocket 88 (the publishers behind recent books by Jethro Tull and Opeth) with the full co-operation…
View More Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Official Illustrated Book (Classic Edition)
To mark Camel’s 50th anniversary I thought I might use the opportunity of this particular landmark to take a nostalgic look back at one of Camel’s finest moments, and a personal favourite album from their catalogue, Harbour of Tears, released…
View More Camel – Harbour of Tears
Featured artists: Drott | Grorr | Alex Ward | Seven Nines and Tens | Fair Wind Pleases ||: In this final ADA (shorter reviews) update for 2021 Nick Hudson takes a look at recent releases from… • Drott – Orcus…
View More A Different Aspect #72
I am in the car with my daughter, a mother of two. “Dad, what kind of music are we listening to? Is that something from Robin Hood?”. To my surprise she got it right first time; it is indeed Chris…
View More Chris de Burgh – The Legend of Robin Hood