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Ismay: Half Truth (2026) This is the first time I have come across rancher, alt-country musician and dreamer Avery Hellman, but I certainly hope it will not be the last. In 2023, […]

The Hollywood Stars: Hey! LA! (2026) The Hollywood Stars are back with their next album following on from 2024’s comeback, ‘Starstruck’. The line-up is the same as on that album, namel […]

Gus G: Steel Burner (2026) There is no doubt that Konstantinos Karamitroudis (Gus G.) has come a long way since picking up a guitar after hearing ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ when he was […]

Vøvk: Litera (2025) It never ceases to amaze me that there is still a music scene within Ukraine, and that musicians still manage to find a way of getting their music and […]

The Young Lions: The Young Lions [Remastered] (1961) This interesting album was recorded in April 1960 then released the following year on Vee-Jay, and in the liner notes it was argued by saxophonist […]

Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Alone in San Francisco [Remastered] (1959) The latest in the Craft Recordings/Concord reissue series of Thelonious Monk is his third solo album, originally released on Riverside, which captures […]

Eveale: Enter the Woodland Realm (2026) Formed in 2025 by two musicians on different sides of the Atlantic, they initially operated under the pseudonyms of The Monarch of the Hillside (MOTH) […]

Godthrymm: Projections (2026) This is the third album from British doom act Godthrymm, completing the ‘Visions’ trilogy which started with 2020’s ‘Reflections’. Formed by guitarist […]

Einar Solberg: Vox Occulta (2026) I must confess I was not a huge fan of the last album I heard from Solberg, 2024’s ‘The Congregation Acoustic’, so when I realised he was releasing a sec […]

David Becker and Paul Wertico: Tuxedo Man (2025) Earlier this year Kevin Kastning sent me ‘Interchange One’, an album he recorded with the famous drummer Paul Wertico (who won multiple Grammys with Pat […]

Beyond the Dead of Night: From the Ocean to the Stars (2025) Dead of Night released their debut album in 2015, quickly putting out another three in quick succession. The only constant in the line-up was keyboard […]

Dennis Atlas: Principle (2026) Dennis may be known to some of you as the second keyboard player and singer in the mighty Toto, a band I first became aware of not long after they […]

Gafieira Rio Miami: Beleza Pura (2025) Gafieira Rio Miami was brought together by renowned Grammy Award winning Brazilian bassist Diogo Brown in 2020 when he wanted a small (11 member) band to […]

Atreyu: The End Is Not the End (2026) Back with their tenth album, Atreyu have been incredibly stable over the years with Brandon Saller (lead vocals, keyboards, backing vocals), Dan Jacobs […]

Port Noir: The Dark We Keep (2026) Since their debut album, ‘Puls’, in 2013 this Stockholm-based trio have been fairly prolific, and I believe this is their fifth album, with the same lin […]

Lee Morgan: Introducing Lee Morgan [Remastered] (1956) Here is yet another in the wonderful series of reissues from Craft/Concord, and this time it is the 1956 hard bop album by the jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan […]

SOLSTICE (UK) New Life 2026 What an appropriate title! Giving new life to an old and dusty classic was such a joy to witness. Solstice appeared on the scene in the heady early […]

The ECHO VEILS (MEXICO) Roses Are Dreams I saw their 2024 debut pass by and did not or could not latch onto it for further perusal, but who else than my revered prog colleague and friend Lazland […]

DECEPTION STORE (ITALY) Osmosis The gift that keeps on giving, time after time. Just when you think the well is drying up, the spouting prog fountains spurt out another magnificent […]

Stephen Grew: Pianoply (2026) There is no doubt that Discus Music are becoming one of my very favourite labels, and I am pleased to again be listening to Stephen Grew given how much I […]