by Kev Rowland | Jul 20, 2026 | Reviews
I was on the Mac one night and started wondering what had happened to Greenrose Faire, a band I really admired, and it didn’t take much searching to discover they went on hiatus a few years back. I dropped a line to Niilo Sirola (Irish bouzouki, guitar, bass, bodhran,...
by Kev Rowland | Jul 20, 2026 | Reviews
There is no doubt that Jeff ‘Mantas’ Dunn has a lot to answer for, as there are very few bands can say they released an album which created such an impact it spawned a whole new genre, but that is exactly what happened with Venom’s second album, ‘Black Metal’. Their...
by Kev Rowland | Jul 20, 2026 | Reviews
I really enjoyed the most recent album from Frostlake, ‘Shattered Stone’, so much so that I decided to discover their previous release which was from 2021. This was their third album, with Jan Todd (vocals, voices, lyrics, acoustic/electric/12 string guitars, E-bow,...
![Howard Rankin: A New Day [Photography Book] (2026)](https://houseofprog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/howard-r-1000x675.jpg)
by Kev Rowland | Jul 20, 2026 | Reviews
I have a great many music books in my collection, but this is a new style for me, namely a book of concert photos taken over the tours which tied in with the last three Solstice albums, ‘Sia’, ‘Light Up’ and ‘Clann’, which collectively are known as ‘The Sia Trilogy’....
![Dave Stryker: Blue Fire [The Van Gelder Session] (2026)](https://houseofprog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/dave-s-1080x675.jpg)
by Kev Rowland | Apr 30, 2026 | Reviews
Here we find guitarist Dave Stryker and his trio of Jared Gold on organ and McClenty Hunter on drums, recording at Rudy Van Gelder’s famous studio (Van Gelder recorded almost every session on Blue Note Records from 1953 to 1967, participating in literally thousands of...
