Kev Rowland

Schëppe Siwen: Richtung Fraiheet (2024) Luxembourg-based folk-punk outfit Schëppe Siwen are new to me, but I believe this is their fourth studio album and is a blast from start to finish. […]

Pony Boy All-Star Big Band: This Is Now [Live At Boxley's] (2024) The Seattle-based Pony Boy All-Star Big Band was formed together by drummer/arranger Greg Williamson, and within the ranks of the 18 musicians on this […]

Gravethorn: Atrocitas (2024) I admit it, I only grabbed this because I loved the cover but the more I listened to this the more I realised I had stumbled upon something really […]

Greybeards: Out of the Red (2025) Originally four schoolfriends came together for a one-off gig in Gävle, Sweden, but it went so well they kept playing and since then they have played […]

Trash Panda & Lazuli Vane: Appalachian Seafoam (2024) The band Trash Panda began in 2015 as the recording project of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Taylor, gradually turning into a band. They […]

Liljevars Brann: Helja Kor (2024) Here we have the debut album from Liljevars Brann, a black metal outfit formed by drummer Kristjan and singer/guitarist Sjelvindur, who also play […]

Laird Jackson: Life (2024) Jazz singer Laird Jackson released her debut album in 1994, her second in 2002 and this her third in 2024 so she is not one of the most prolific artists […]

Kings of Mercia: Battle Scars (2024) When guitarist Jim Matheos (Fates Warning) made it known he was writing songs for a brand-new project, word got to English journalist Dave Ling, who put […]

Gunhild Carling: Jazz Is My Lifestyle (2024) Gunhild’s latest album is credited to Gunhild Carling’s Big Band with Strings. There are 20 musicians listed in the big band, six soloists and the str […]

Gunhild Carling: Good Evening Cats (2022) Gunhild literally grew up surrounded by music as her father Hans formed The Carling Family Band in the 1980’s and they are still very active in the j […]

Drusuna: Beyond the Green Realm (2024) I first came across Portuguese Pagan Folk outfit Drusuna back in 2020 when I reviewed one of their singles, but this is the first time I have come across […]

Fit for an Autopsy: The Nothing That Is (2024) Here we have the seventh album from New Jersey deathcore outfit Fit For An Autopsy. They have had a remarkably stable line-up wit this being the third […]

Flamin' Groovies: Let It Rock. Live From The San Francisco Civic Center 1980 (2024) I must confess that although I had heard the name, this is the first time I have actually heard this San Francisco institution, who were formed in 1965 […]

Mundy-Turner: Millard Pop-Top '74 (2024) A little over thirty years ago myself and a mate went to see Fairport Convention on one of their Winter Tours, and the support that night was a solo […]

Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Southern Jam, New York 1978 (2017) Dickey Betts was of course a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, and his interplay with Duane Allman was a highlight of the essential early […]

Don Mularz: Florida Street (2025) Not long after recording the Split Decision album ‘Radio Hearts’ in 1992, Don Mularz returned to the studio with some of the members of that band to rec […]

Massacre: Necrolution (2024) There is no doubt that Massacre have had a major impact on the death metal scene, with singer Kam Lee credited for inventing the “death growl” first […]

Delay Tactics: Out-Pop Options and Any Questions? (2024) What we have here is a double CD remaster of the first two Delay Tactics albums to celebrate 40 years since the second album, ‘Any Questions?’ which ori […]

999: Emergency [At The Old Waldorf 1979] (2024) I was 13 in 1976, so the perfect age to be enthralled by what was going on in the punk scene, and while I was always a metalhead I was intrigued by the […]

The Blasters: Over There. Live at The Venue London [The Complete Concert] 2024 The Blasters were formed in 1979 in Downey, California, by brothers Phil Alvin (vocals and guitar) and Dave Alvin (guitar), along with bass guitarist […]