Formed in 2021 by Simon Waller (guitar/vocals), Neovenator released their first EP in 2022. When I realised that had been produced by JC Carroll of The Members I must admit I smiled as here is a group which is taking us back to that time just after punk when bands...

Here we have the debut album by Finnish musician Janeski (Janne Karppinen) who previously had been in Elvenscroll for many years before deciding to strike out on his own, literally. Here he provides guitars, bass, vocals, drums/synth programming, mixing and mastering,...

Surely everyone has heard of Impellitteri, even if they haven’t heard their music. Formed all the way back in 1987 by Chris Impellitteri (guitars) and singer Rob Rock, the band have had quite a few members over the years with Impellitteri being the only constant, with...

Everyone who knows the wonderful Leonardo Pavkovic understands that not only has he introduced the world to some amazing fusion artists , but he has been on a mission to highlight music we would not otherwise have come across which is why for years he has been...

Here we have the eighth album from Perth’s black/gothic metal masters Deadspace. I’ve only made it to Perth once (it takes longer to fly there from Sydney than it does to fly to Sydney from NZ) and I found it a lovely vibrant city, but it is obvious these guys inhabit...

Although guitarist Dave Stryker and arranger and conductor Brent Wallarab are both faculty members of Indiana University in their Jazz Studies Program, they had not worked together until they collaborated on the Emmy-winning PBS special ‘Wes Montgomery at 100: A 100th...

Daria is back with her fourth album, her first since 2019’s excellent ‘Earthly Delights’, although there have been other works including the excellent ‘Flowers’ which was released with Odette Michell and Karen Pfeiffer. Odette has even returned to provide some backing...

If it wasn’t for the fact that I have being reviewing David Brenner for years, and know he is genuinely a really nice guy who worries about cleaning his yard like any other American, I would honestly imagine him inhabiting a lab somewhere in a haunted mansion in the...

Luxembourg-based folk-punk outfit Schëppe Siwen are new to me, but I believe this is their fourth studio album and is a blast from start to finish. Somehow, they manage to fit ten musicians onstage and, in the studio, with four trumpeters, a flautist, an accordionist,...

The Seattle-based Pony Boy All-Star Big Band was formed together by drummer/arranger Greg Williamson, and within the ranks of the 18 musicians on this recording are people who have played with The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd, Harry James...