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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Behemoth: Grom (1996) Here we have a deluxe reissue of Behemoth’s second album, 1996’s ‘Grom’. Following on from a series of demo tapes, with 1994’s ‘…From the Pagan Vastl […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Emmett Finley: Emmett Finley (1971) In 1971 Emmett Finley released his only album. Possibly it would have had a greater fanfare if his old mate Jimi Hendrix had joined the sessions as he […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Fella Cederbaum: Speech Acrobats (2023) Much music is designed to simply entertain, some to get across a message of some type, while some albums are designed to make us think, and this very […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Maria Jacobs: Back At The Bop Stop (2023) Here we have the ninth album from Maria Jacobs, an American jazz vocalist, Christian singer songwriter and author, born of Syrian, Lebanese and Armenian […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Volts: Bleeding Hearts (2023) single It was through a happy accident that I came across Volts last year, as that night I was supposed to be at another gig altogether which had been […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Doug McDonald: Big Band Extravaganza (2023) Throughout his career, guitarist Doug MacDonald has recorded as a leader in settings ranging from a duo, trios, quartets, quintets, an octet, and a […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Hollentor: Divergency (2023) Here we have the third Hollentor album, which is a vehicle for Glen Poland to get his songs out to a wider audience. On this one he has been joined by […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
The Indica Project: Time Travel (2022) Formed in Mumbai by American guitarist /composer D. Wood and Indian bassist/composer Storms, here we have one of the more unusual styles of jazz fusion I […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Michael Rabinowitz: Next Chapter (2023) Bassoon is not an instrument normally associate with jazz, and while Rabinowitz is not the first to play bassoon within the genre (Garvin Bushell and […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Roy McGrath: Menjunje (2023) McGrath is a saxophonist who grew up in Puerto Rico, and although he is now in America he has kept very close to the musical traditions he grew up with. […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Siege Of Power: This Is Tomorrow (2023) Back in 2018, four mates got together to have some fun and ending up recording an album just for the hell of it, never expecting anything to come from […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
This Silent Divide: Morning (2023) single I first came across Wellington quartet This Silent Divide a few years ago with their excellent single, “Lucinda”, since when I have followed their car […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Ruth Angell: Hlywing (2023) I have long worked with Stevie Horton at Iconic Music & Media, and when she sent me this album she said, “here is something really special – and very b […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Skip Grasso: Becoming (2023) Skip Grasso is well-known in the Baltimore/Washington DC area where his guitar playing has been heard in a wide variety of settings, ranging from […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Grym Rhymney: This Is What Your Hands Were Made For (2023) I am not sure how many times I have caught up with Auckland metalcore outfit Grym Rhymney, but it has been quite a few. They were originally a four-piece […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Eric Bell: Remembering [book] (2022) What we have here is a fascinating look into the life of Eric Bell, who will always be remembered for being a founder member of Thin Lizzy. In some ways […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Lynn John: A Secret Never to be Told [book] (2022) Is there anyone who doesn’t love a good conspiracy theory? There aren’t that many connected with music, although for years there were theories that Jim […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Tim Hunter: Captain James Cook's Journeys (2019) This album was originally released in 2019 and designed to mark the 250th anniversary in 2018 of the first of Captain James Cook’s three historic P […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Ape Shifter: Monkey Business (2023) I first came across guitarist Jeff Aug when he was releasing solo acoustic albums and setting world records for the “most concerts performed in d […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 1 year, 1 month ago
Stray Dogs: Stray Dogs (2023) single Originally known as Fire For Glory, this pop punk band had been hitting the Auckland circuit for more than a decade, before deciding last year it was […]
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