by Kev Rowland | Mar 1, 2026 | Reviews
Singer and harpist Joy Shannon has recently been through some significant personal struggles, having to go through medical treatments for breast cancer. She has always found comfort in the works of Tolkien, so decided to write some new material based on some of his...
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...
by rogue | Feb 27, 2026 | Reviews
This Israeli quartet returns with a sophomore album after the initial triumph of “MIR” (2016) , a release I enjoyed immensely but failed to review for lack of time. I regret it, because I still revisit it on occasion, where I get to love it even more. The core...
by rogue | Feb 22, 2026 | Reviews
Don’t you just love it when a distinguished musician branches out and defies the trends by delving into the huge panorama of styles that only progressive rock can offer, as it can incorporate everything one can think of. Venus Loon is a Peter Lawson’s collaboration...
