by Kev Rowland | Oct 9, 2022 | Reviews
In recent years I have been thoroughly enjoying the works of big band leader and arranger Ed Palermo as he has taken songs and turned them into jazz classics. The person getting the treatment this time is none other than Edgar Winter, an artist I have consistently...
by Kev Rowland | Oct 9, 2022 | Reviews
It is safe to say that I was not a fan of Ghost Bath’s last album, 2017’s ‘Starmourner’, and I said that by far the best thing about it was the artwork! The band were still hiding their identities at the time (at one point everyone was convinced they were Chinese),...
by Kev Rowland | Oct 9, 2022 | Reviews
Jeff Scott Soto has long been one of my favourite singers, and here we have an interesting concept as this album is a retrospective of sorts, as it contains re-recordings of favourite songs from throughout his career, but he has brought onboard other singers to treat...
by Kev Rowland | Oct 9, 2022 | Reviews
It is not unusual for bands to go through line-up changes, but there is no doubt that what has happened with Massacre is a little unusual in that no-one in this line-up played on the last album, while vocalist Kam Lee (Mantas, Bone Gnawer) and bassist Mike Borders...
by Kev Rowland | Oct 9, 2022 | Reviews
I am currently reading Richard Thompson’s excellent memoirs ‘Beeswing’, and in that he talks about how they had to let Iain Matthews go from Fairport Convention as he wanted to follow a different musical path, which directly led to Matthews forming Southern Comfort....
