by Kev Rowland | Nov 27, 2021 | Reviews
There is something visceral about the blues, something which grabs the heart with emotion which is far more felt than logical. It is a form which guitarists often fall back into, and such is the case here when Sebastian Eder (Avalon) started playing some blues...
by Kev Rowland | Nov 27, 2021 | Reviews
I have had mixed feelings about Korpiklaani over the years, as while they have long been favourites of the mass media and are certainly the closest a lot of denim and leather wearing longhairs will ever get to folk, to me they can sometimes lose their core purpose. I...
by Kev Rowland | Nov 27, 2021 | Reviews
Ask anyone my age what is the most important live hard rock album, and you will get a host of answers from ‘Live At Leeds’ through to ‘Live and Dangerous’ while the more discerning will also include ‘Snaz’, but any Top 10 will have within it UFO’s ‘Strangers In The...
by Kev Rowland | Nov 27, 2021 | Reviews
When Discus Music approached Pat Thomas and asked what he would like to see made available out of his own personal archive, he turned to this set, which was recorded at the festival Konfrontationen Nickelsdorf in 2006. Here Pat (piano melodica) had arranged six early...
by Kev Rowland | Nov 27, 2021 | Reviews
There are times when I am listening to music and it feels like I am getting way too much sugar in my diet, losing sensibility and understanding of where I am, and the only way to get myself sorted is to give myself a strong dose of something so off the wall, so...
