by Kev Rowland | Jul 29, 2025 | Reviews
Ashley Stephen Hutchings was born on 26th January 1945, which means he celebrated his 80th birthday earlier this year. Known by his affectionate nickname of “The Guv’nor” he as a founding member of three of the most important folk-rock bands of all time, namely...
by Kev Rowland | Jul 29, 2025 | Reviews
Mitch Towne has worked as a keyboardist with a wide variety of top artists including Buddy Miles, Aloe Blacc, Terrace Martin (playing organ on his Grammy-nominated ‘Velvet Portraits’ album), Eric Gales, Tom Scott, Ryan Kisor, Matt Wilson, Dave Stryker, Jerry Bergonzi,...
by Kev Rowland | Jul 29, 2025 | Reviews
A few years ago Vader grabbed their Polish mates Hate and blasted around the world, including a jaunt to little old Aotearoa, which certainly surprised me and a load of other Kiwi Metalheads and we had a great night hearing classic death metal being performed by...
by Kev Rowland | Jul 29, 2025 | Reviews
This is the second album from Polish band RZWD who comprise Ski (drums, electronics), Krzystof Rogalski (bass), Cezary Rosiński (dubs, synths, mod, electronics) and swrcfx (dubs, synths, guitar) and is undoubtedly one of those albums where I feel totally unqualified...
by Kev Rowland | Jul 29, 2025 | Reviews
Although this is Marko’s second solo album, it is the first since he left Nightwish at the end of 2020, citing mental illness as the reason. He has made some live appearances since then, most notably with ex-Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen where they performed “Phantom...
by Kev Rowland | Jul 29, 2025 | Reviews
So, we finally get to Andy’s latest release where he again brings in people he has worked with previously such as Michael McClure, Anthony ‘Bones’ Bonito and Gary Alesbrook plus others. Before I get into the album as a whole, I must mention second track,...
