by Kev Rowland | Feb 16, 2025 | Reviews
I must confess that although I had heard the name, this is the first time I have actually heard this San Francisco institution, who were formed in 1965 around the core of two singers/guitarists, Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan. Loney left after their first three albums,...
by Kev Rowland | Feb 16, 2025 | Reviews
A little over thirty years ago myself and a mate went to see Fairport Convention on one of their Winter Tours, and the support that night was a solo singer/songwriter, Jay Turner. We both thought he was amazing, so we each bought his latest album ‘Movements in...
by Kev Rowland | Feb 16, 2025 | Reviews
Dickey Betts was of course a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, and his interplay with Duane Allman was a highlight of the essential early albums. After Duane’s untimely death Betts became even more of a key figure, writing and singing “Ramblin’...
by Kev Rowland | Feb 9, 2025 | Latest News, Reviews
Not long after recording the Split Decision album ‘Radio Hearts’ in 1992, Don Mularz returned to the studio with some of the members of that band to record “Mean Old World” plus a few other songs which would later appear on Dark Horse Flyer albums. Years later he...
by Kev Rowland | Feb 9, 2025 | Reviews
There is no doubt that Massacre have had a major impact on the death metal scene, with singer Kam Lee credited for inventing the “death growl” first heard on the band’s 1986 demo ‘Aggressive Tyrant’, but over the years the line-up has been quite fluid and...