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Various Artists – All God’s Children – Songs from The British Jesus Rock Revolution 1967 – 1974

For the past 40 or so years, my regular gig as a musician has been as the guitarist for a church band or, as we called ourselves, a Contemporary Christian Ensemble. What set the band apart from others ploughing the…

Steve Lukather – Bridges

Two years after the release of I’ve Found the Sun Again, Steve Lukather’s ninth solo studio album, Bridges, is here. The new album has been given a more than appropriate title; the guitarist/singer/songwriter sees it as a bridge between his…

Various Artists – Still Wish You Were Here

It’s funny, I’d never have deemed myself a massive fan of Pink Floyd, but this past week has shown me just how much I care for these songs. It started when I decided to review the upcoming Meddle Reimagined, a…

IO Earth – Sanctuary

‘Seamless’ – Definition: Smooth, without seams and obvious joins. It’s a word readily associated with the rag-trade, sewing, fashion combining materials and surfaces with no apparent gaps or spaces between one and the next. It can also apply to music,…

Andrew Gold: The Fraternal Order of the All – Greetings from Planet Love

It’s possible that this album, originally released in 1997, was the first true example of the ‘Regressive’ music genre. Instead of borrowing influences and using them as inspiration for creating new sounds, Andrew Gold completed the circle by cloaking his…

Like Wendy – The Rest of Wendy

One of the joys over the last 10 years for me was the discovery of the streaming platform Bandcamp. This service supports artists of all musical genres from all around the world. In essence, it is an online platform that…

Gentle Giant – Interview [Steven Wilson Remix]

Every self-respecting progressive rock fan ought to own at least a handful of Gentle Giant albums. After all, they’re the band who stayed truest to the spirit of the genre during its early days with their famous proclamation on the…

Various Artists – March of the Flower Children: The American Sounds of 1967

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of reviewing the Grapefruit Records compilation of British psychedelia circa 1967, Too Much Sun Will Burn. It was the second volume of such music the label released over the years. Now comes…

Godsticks – This is What A Winner Looks Like

The arrival of a new Godsticks album is always welcome, and their latest release, This is What A Winner Looks Like, is certainly that! The headline is that this is, in my opinion at least, their finest work yet. There…

Path of Ilya – Heterostasis

Path of Ilya are three musicians who reside in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France and consist of bassist André Marques, Bruno Chabert on kit and Jean-Joseph Bondier on guitar and turntables. Turntables? Heterostasis is the band’s second album and the…