Katherine Wiles: No Autographs, Please! (2024) [Book]

Katherine Wiles: No Autographs, Please! (2024) [Book]

(288 Pages, Echo Publishing) I guess there are some people who might view me as being something of a cultural philistine, as while I have attended many hundreds of gigs over the years, been to some great musicals (the highlight surely being seeing Topol in ‘Fiddler on...
Arx Atrata: A Reckoning (2024)

Arx Atrata: A Reckoning (2024)

I really enjoyed the last album by Arx Atrata, ‘The Path Untravelled’, so was pleased to say they/he is back with their/his fourth release. No, I am not attempting to be correct on gender, but rather this is a one-man outfit from England, with Ben Sizer providing all...
Antonio Adolfo: Love Cole Porter (2024)

Antonio Adolfo: Love Cole Porter (2024)

The latest album by Brazilian jazz master Antonio Adolfo, who has been releasing albums for more than 60 years, is a tribute to Cole Porter. Recent releases has found Adolfo concentrating on just one artist or style, but normally this is from the Brazilian field. This...
Troy Kingi: Leatherman & the Mojave Green (2024)

Troy Kingi: Leatherman & the Mojave Green (2024)

Troy Kingi continues to power through his 10/10/10 project of ten albums in ten different musical styles in ten years as we eight to album #8. This is the one I have actually been waiting for as he has been threatening this style for quite some time and I know it is a...
Sunbomb: Light Up The Sky (2024)

Sunbomb: Light Up The Sky (2024)

I have been really enjoying this album, although I kept wondering why on earth it reminded me of a very heavy metal version of Stryper, and it was only reading the PR that I realised this is the project from Tracii Guns and Michael Sweet. Tracii has been around the...