PLEDGE OF HEALING (France) One Step Closer

A debut album from the dynamic French duo of multi-instrumentalist Cyrille Delvallez and lead vocalist Claire Sergue, well supported by 2 guest bassists and 2 guest guitarists, proposing a heady mix of progrock, trip-hop and electronics, metal shavings, cinema and a...

NOVA CASCADE (UK) The Navigator

Eric Bouillette of Nine Skies, Solace Supplice, This Winter Machine, Drifting Sun, Imaginaerium, and the Room was, by all accounts, a universally respected as well as deeply loved musician, who passed away, way too young from pancreatic cancer, almost a year ago this...

T.A.P. (MULTI-NATIONAL)- Paradigms

This is quite the progressive project, combining some serious global talent, namely Fearful Symmetry’s guitarist Suzie James from the UK, Canada’s Mike Jobborn on keyboards, Americans Mark Cook on Warr guitar and bass, drummers Paul Sears and Bill Bachman and finally...

Nick FLETCHER (UK) Quadvirium

An unheralded master jazz-rock guitarist from the United Kingdom, who has quietly developed his craft in the relative shadows of fame, Nick Fletcher first appeared in my collection via a collaboration with John Hackett, brother of some Steve guy, reputedly a legendary...
Neil Young / Crazy Horse: Barn (2021)

Neil Young / Crazy Horse: Barn (2021)

At the end of 2021, Neil Young released his latest album with Crazy Horse, an alliance which goes all the way back to their debut album in 1969. Today, Crazy Horse features Ralph Molina on drums, Billy Talbot on electric bass plus multi-instrumentalist Nils Lofgren,...