Skinher: Heartstruck (2023) To say I was surprised by this album is something of an understatement as it is way more melodic than I have come to expect from Aural Music, and in many […]

Tomas Janzon: Nomadic (2023) In his sixth release as a band leader, jazz guitarist Tomas Janzon has produced an album which in some ways can be neatly split into two quite distinct […]

Shepherds Reign: Ala Mai (2023) Ask any metalhead who follows the festival circuit in Europe to name a New Zealand metal act, and they will probably respond with Alien Weaponry who have […]

Cattle Decapitation: Terrasite (2023) I must admit, it has been a few years since I last came across an album by Cattle Decapitation, and to say I was surprised when I played this is […]

Eldanka: Joldanka Patrol (2022) This 2022 release was the third album from this Finnish surf rock band who comprise Mika Jämsä (lead guitar), Rasmus Tammik (rhythm guitar), Mauri H […]

Gridfailure & Interstitia: Sunyata Ontology (2023) Anyone who follows my writing will know I am a long-time fan of Dave Brenner and his Gridfailure project, and from time to time he works with other […]

House of Shakira: Xit (2023) It is strange to think this band have been around for more than 30 years now, with guitarists Mats Hallstensson and Anders Lundström there since the […]

Israel Tanenbaum & The Latinbaum Jazz Ensemble: Impressions (2023) After producing over 50 albums for other artists in Puerto Rico, Colombia and the U.S., participating as pianist-arranger in more than 100 recordings and […]

Laila Faerman: Awake! Arise! Songs of Sri Chinmoy (2023) Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) was an Indian spiritual leader who became famous for teaching meditation in the West after moving to New York in 1964. He was a p […]

Eldad Tarmu: Tarmu Jazz Quartet (2023) This quartet was put together by vibraphonist Eldad Tarmu along with alto saxophonist Adam Hutcheson, bassist Sam Bevan, and drummer Cengiz Baysal, and […]

Anderson, Chute, Easley: Adventures of the Moss Bear (2021) Five of the six songs on this album are improvisations from the trio of Dave Anderson (bass), Tom Chute (drums and percussion) and Dave Easley (pedal […]

Behemoth: Grom (1996) Here we have a deluxe reissue of Behemoth’s second album, 1996’s ‘Grom’. Following on from a series of demo tapes, with 1994’s ‘…From the Pagan Vastl […]

Emmett Finley: Emmett Finley (1971) In 1971 Emmett Finley released his only album. Possibly it would have had a greater fanfare if his old mate Jimi Hendrix had joined the sessions as he […]

Fella Cederbaum: Speech Acrobats (2023) Much music is designed to simply entertain, some to get across a message of some type, while some albums are designed to make us think, and this very […]

Maria Jacobs: Back At The Bop Stop (2023) Here we have the ninth album from Maria Jacobs, an American jazz vocalist, Christian singer songwriter and author, born of Syrian, Lebanese and Armenian […]

Volts: Bleeding Hearts (2023) single It was through a happy accident that I came across Volts last year, as that night I was supposed to be at another gig altogether which had been […]

Doug McDonald: Big Band Extravaganza (2023) Throughout his career, guitarist Doug MacDonald has recorded as a leader in settings ranging from a duo, trios, quartets, quintets, an octet, and a […]

Hollentor: Divergency (2023) Here we have the third Hollentor album, which is a vehicle for Glen Poland to get his songs out to a wider audience. On this one he has been joined by […]

The Indica Project: Time Travel (2022) Formed in Mumbai by American guitarist /composer D. Wood and Indian bassist/composer Storms, here we have one of the more unusual styles of jazz fusion I […]

Michael Rabinowitz: Next Chapter (2023) Bassoon is not an instrument normally associate with jazz, and while Rabinowitz is not the first to play bassoon within the genre (Garvin Bushell and […]