by Kev Rowland | Mar 1, 2026 | Reviews
I thoroughly enjoyed the debut album by The Grafenberg Disciples, 2020’s ‘Johnny On The Spot’, and have only just realised they released a follow-up in 2023. They have kept the same line-up, so alongside bassist/composer Bob Madsen we have singer Hans Eberbach,...
by Kev Rowland | Mar 1, 2026 | Reviews
Here we have the debut album by the Birmingham-based trio of Owen Davidson (vocals, bass), Ben Bicknell (guitar) and Ellis Brown (drums). Davidson has worked with Uli Jon Roth, while he and Ben were in the Glenn Hughes tribute act Black Country Community, so know each...
by Kev Rowland | Mar 1, 2026 | Reviews
There are times when one comes across music so haunting and beautiful that one can only sit there with headphones on and be taken on a journey to a very different world indeed, and that is what we have here with Antinoë, the one-woman project of pianist and vocalist...
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by Kev Rowland | Jan 30, 2026 | Reviews
In December 1973 Hilly Kristal changed the name of his roots music bar from ‘Hilly’s on the Bowery’ to ‘CBGB’ and altered his musical policy to hire mostly rock bands. There is no doubt that this decision had a massive impact on the music scene in New York, which then...
by Kev Rowland | Dec 29, 2025 | Reviews
There cannot be many bands as prominent as Testament who can say they have been through a dozen drummers in their time, with quite a few having more than one stint, but yet again the Spinal Tap curse has fallen with Gene Hoglan leaving in 2022 after his second time...
