Kev Rowland

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Still Barking (2024) What is a review? They may purport to be many things, but at the base all it is, is one person’s (hopefully) objective and informed opinion. We all l […]

Winterfylleth: The Imperious Horizon (2024) Winterfylleth are back with their eighth album, the first in four years, following on from ‘The Reckoning Dawn’ since when there has been a line-up cha […]

Atreyu: The Pronoia Sessions (2024) I first became a fan of Atreyu two decades back with the release of ‘The Curse’, since when they have broken up, reformed, and even lost their ori […]

Joy Shannon: An Chailleach (2024) This is the first time I have come across Joy Shannon, who has released multiple albums with her band The Beauty Marks, and to say I am simply blown away […]

Jack Wood and Nichaud Fitzgibbon: Movie Magic. Great Songs from the Movies (2024) When California-based singer Jack Wood discovered Australian jazz singer Nichaud Fitzgibbon he decided to show her talents to his own audience, and she […]

Gino Amato: Latin Crossroads (2024) Gino Amato’s is a classically trained pianist who has worked with the Puerto Rican salsa band La Sonora Ponceña and pianist Papo Lucca, studied with Do […]

Eric Person: Rhythm Edge [Remastered] (2007) What we have here is a remastered version of an album which was released in 2007, but I didn’t hear it at the time and I am very pleased indeed to have i […]

Doug Ferony: Alright Okay You Win (2024) Ferony might be a name new to many of you, but you may recognise his face as he has been in quite a few movies, normally uncredited, such as ‘Back To S […]

Yuka Mito: How Deep Is the Ocean (2024) Yuka Mito is a Japanese jazz singer, and here she has been joined by a Japanese trio to work their way through seven classic numbers with a total playing […]

Kevin Kastning / Carl Clements / Soheil Peyghambari: Triple Helix (2025) The latest album from Kevin Kastning (36-string Double Contraguitar, 28-string Double Contraguitar, 18-string Contraguitar, 17-string Subcontraguitar) […]

Kevin Kastning & Carl Clements: Partitas, Book 1 (2024) Kevin Kastning (30-string Contra-Alto guitar, 28-string Double Contraguitar, 24-string Double Subcontraguitar, 18-string Contraguitar, 17-string […]

Anne Burnell and Mark Burnell: This Could Be The Start Of Something Big (2024) On this album Anne Burnell (vocals) and Mark Burnell (piano, keyboards, vocals) have been joined by Joshua Ramos (bass), Jim Widlowski (drums & […]

Alkonost: Дар саламандры (2024) Russian folk metal band Alkonost have been around since the Nineties, and they recently returned with their 15th (I think) studio album. These days they […]

Anialator: Death Is Calling (2024) Not to be confused with the iconic Canadian outfit led by Jeff Waters, this differently spelled Anialator has had a somewhat chequered past in that it […]

Behemoth: XXX Years Ov Blasphemy (2024) Originally streamed online in 2021, this career-spanning show, held at and filmed on three different locations, has a total running time of 90 minutes, […]

Stryper: When We Were Kings (2024) This year is the 40th anniversary of ‘Soldiers Under Command’, the first Stryper album I ever bought, and Michael Sweet (lead vocals, guitar), Oz Fox (gu […]

Richard Guba: Songs for Stuffed Animals (2024) Richard Guba (alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones) has brought together an eight-piece outfit to record his debut as bandleader with Ken Zimmerman […]

Matt Panayides Trio: With Eyes Closed (2024) On this album guitarist Matt Panayides is joined by bassist Steve LaSpina and drummer Anthony Pinciotti, and they take on eight songs by six jazz […]

Manic Abraxas: Skinformation (2024) I knew absolutely nothing about this band when I agreed to review them, just that I thought that artwork was cool and interesting so why not? From the […]

Jason Kao Hwang: Soliloquies (2024) The subtitle of this album is ‘Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations’, which tells you exactly what this album is about. Recorded in two days at […]