by Kev Rowland | Sep 29, 2025 | Reviews
Some four years ago I was introduced to bluegrass musician Jason Dea West (vocals, guitar, harmonica) when he was part of the incredible Magnolia Sessions series for Anti-Corp, and now here he is back with his latest album. Normally he performs and records totally...
by Kev Rowland | Sep 3, 2025 | Reviews
Recorded on a Steinway D Grand Piano at the Lancaster University Arts department, here we find Stephen Grew performing three fully improvised pieces (17:18, 13:22 and 22:46 long respectively) relying solely on his skill as a pianist to ensure the music is fluid and...
by Kev Rowland | Sep 3, 2025 | Reviews
Here we have the debut album from improvisational musicians Potamos, which feature Harris Lambrakis on Ney (an end-blown flute that figures prominently in traditional Persian, Turkish, Jewish, Arab, and Egyptian music), Gilad Atzmon (woodwind), Vironas Ntolas...
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by Kev Rowland | Sep 2, 2025 | Reviews
I have been thoroughly enjoying the remastered reissues of classic blues albums from Craft/Concord, and the latest I have come across is this Lonnie Johnson album from 1960. Lonnie was a pioneer of both jazz guitar, widely recognised as the first to play guitar solos...
by Kev Rowland | Sep 2, 2025 | Reviews
Here we have a new outfit, but whenever I see the name of drummer Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Misery Index, End Reign, Fulgora, Lock Up, Scour) I always it up and take notice as he has been at the forefront of some of my favourite extreme bands for many years. This...
