Jazz at the Ballroom: Flying High (2024)

Jazz at the Ballroom: Flying High (2024)

Here is another jazz album which caused me to have a smile on my face from beginning to end. My dad was into jazz, and I remember our first family car had an eight-track cartridge player and we would often listen to big band classics whilst out for a drive. This...
Jake Hertzog: Longing to Meet You (2024)

Jake Hertzog: Longing to Meet You (2024)

There are times when one comes across an album which is so perfectly curated and brought together that one feels there is no single leader of the band, and that everyone is truly being given their chance to shine, and that is very much the case here in what is...
Eric Frazier: That Place (2024)

Eric Frazier: That Place (2024)

Here we have the latest release from Brooklyn-based percussionist, drummer, vocalist, composer and bandleader Eric Frazier. His main instrument on this album is congas and while there is a core band of Gene Ghee (tenor, soprano sax), Wayne Jeffrey (guitar), Mamiko...
Downcross: White Tower (2024)

Downcross: White Tower (2024)

I get offered multiple albums every day, and the vast number of emails just get filed away, but for some reason I took a second look at this one. I had never heard of this Belarus-based black metal duo prior to the email, but there was something about this which made...
Darkthrone: It Beckons Us All (2024)

Darkthrone: It Beckons Us All (2024)

There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Darkthrone are one of the most important bands to ever come out of the black metal scene, and their early albums are triumphs from beginning to end. Fenriz and Nocturno Culto have followed their own path for many years now,...
Carl Clements: A Different Light (2024)

Carl Clements: A Different Light (2024)

I have reviewed many albums released by Greydisc over the years but am sure this is the first one I have ever been asked to write about which does not involve Kevin Kastning. Mind you, I have previously reviewed some of Carl’s collaborations with him but this time...