Beckoned: Luminous (2023) single The word “supergoup” is not one to be bandied around lightly, yet that was very much the first thing which came to mind when I came across this new for […]

Julia Dorry: You Make Me (2023) single You Make Me is the debut single from Julia Dorry, who was born and raised in Berlin but now calls Aotearoa her home. This four-minute-long number is all […]

Fiffdimension: Aguas Brilhantes. 2018​-​2022 (2022) What we have here is the fourth in a series of compilations from Dave Edwards, covering the years 2018-2022 (the others are for earlier years) and […]

Matt Joe Gow: Between Tonight & Tomorrow (2023) single Here we have Matt’s latest single, taken from the album of the same name which is out on March 10th. Matt provides vocals and guitar, and he is again a […]

Fathom: Wink of the Lighthouse (2023) single In my wonderfully formed Kev’s Top Tens for 2022 we can see nestling at #5 in the albums slot The World To Breathe by Nancy Howie, otherwise known as F […]

Oberon: The Mountain of Fate (2016) Oberon is a two-man project of Yuri Crescenzio (acoustic & electric guitars, bass, keyboards, organ, synth, effects) and Alberto Baretta (percussion), […]

Oberon: The Sleep Produces Monsters (2018) The band’s second album showed quite a shift, with Yuri Crescenzio now just providing electric guitars and Giacomo Zanardo joining on bass while d […]

Rebecca Angel: Love Life Choices (2021) As is normal for me, I loaded this album onto the next playlist and didn’t even look at any details until I had listened to it, so consequently had now i […]

Sonata Arctica: Acoustic Adventures – Volume One (2022) It is always interesting when a band decides to revisit their back catalogue in a new way, and this is the first of two albums from Finnish power […]

Fit For An Autopsy: Oh What The Future Holds (2022) The artwork may look pleasant at first glance, and the opening title cut may lead the unwary into a false sense of security, but we all know what FFAA […]

Hammock : Love In The Void (2022) USA Hammock Music 73mins Atmospheric and Ambient New Age Music Rating 85/100 Music takes many forms, of course, the impact of which depends on […]

Alchem –Viaggio Al Centro Della Tebba (Journey To The Center of the Earth) 2018 2018 Black Widow Records CD 60.49 mins Alternative/Prog […]

Gin Lady: Camping with Bodhi (2021) I know virtually nothing about these guys, apart from they hail from northern Sweden and I believe this is their fourth album. Going by the funky artwork […]

Julian Gerstin: Music for the Exploration of Elusive Phenomena (2021) If one goes to percussionist Julian Gerstin’s website one will find it is subtitled Music of Africa, the Caribbean and the African Diaspora — […]