Kev Rowland

Blair Dunlop: Out Of The Rain (2024) Although I have reviewed countless albums from his father, Ashley ‘The Guv’nor’ Hutchings as well as others featuring his mother, Judy Dunlop, this is th […]

Thin Lizzy: 1976 (2024) 1976 was the year when Thin Lizzy started to find their feet. After the initial wanderings as a trio with Eric Bell, Phil Lynott and Brian Downey had […]

Sullvation: The Beginning of the End (2023) Sullvation is a solo project by bassist Brent Sullivan, who here also provides keyboards and guitar. He has been in the scene for a long time, co-founded […]

The Folk Implosion: Walk Thru Me (2024) I really ought to read press releases more carefully before downloading albums as I saw the name of this band and just thought they were a folk act, […]

Doug MacDonald: Santa Monica Session (2024) Doug provided a quick follow-up to ‘Live at The Rancho Mirage Library’ with this album which finds him working with different musicians in a slightly dif […]

Doug MacDonald: Live at the Rancho Mirage Library (2024) Over the years guitarist Doug MacDonald has operated in many different settings, including his own big band and an all-star group (the latter is featured […]

Disgorged Foetus: Obscene Utter Gore Annihilation (2023) French Death Gore Grind outfit Disgorged Foetus have been around in a few different iterations since 1996 (although they did officially split between […]

David Bailis: Tree of Life (2024) On this five-track 27-minute-long instrumental release guitarist Bailis is joined by the tenor-saxophonist Chris Speed, Eric Lane on piano and synth […]

Home Service: A Live Transmission (2024) When thinking about the folk-rock scene in the UK, it is no surprise that Ashley Hutchings is rightly referred to as “the guv’nor” given he was a found […]

Pitch Shifter: Peel Sessions 1991​-​93 (2024) Yes, I do know the band these days are known as Pitchshifter, but originally, they spelled it as two words, and when these sessions were recorded for […]

Margaret Slovak & Chris Maresh: A Star's Light Does Fall (2024) However much I love metal and rock music, there will always be a very warm place in my heart for acoustic as there is no room to hide, everything has to […]

Various Artists: Let’s Have Rockin’ Christmas. Vol. 9 (2024) This is the first album I have come across from Bongo Boy Records, and if they are all as interesting as this one, I can see I am going to be looking out […]

Coffin Rot: Dreams of the Disturbed (2024) Sometimes the only thing which will work is sheer unadulterated death metal, which is why I think I grabbed the promo for this album as there was […]

Ron Keel: Keelworld (2024) Ron Keel surely needs no introduction, first making a name for himself by fronting Steeler before forming Keel who sold two million albums in the […]

Verni: Dreadful Company (2024) Once punk outfit Lubricunts bit the dust, bassist DD Verni decided not to waste any time and put out an advert looking for people to form a new band. The […]

Paula Maya: Rio de Janeiro (2024) Ever since she made her recording debut in 1995, and especially since she founded Yellow Rose Records in 2003, pianist and singer Paula Maya has been a […]

Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus: The Rock Opera (Live In Sofia) (2024) The full title of this album is ‘Nikolo Kotzev’s Nostradamus The Rock Opera – Live In Sofia’, and somewhat surprisingly it was not recorded at the pre […]

Nikolo Kotzev: Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus (2001) In 2001, Nikolo Kotzev (Brazen Abbot, Kikimora), delivered a three-set rock opera on the life of Nostradamus. Involved were some of the best singers […]

Mr. Big: Ten (2024) Following on from the death of Pat Torpey from Parkinson’s in 2018, there was always a desire to release a final album and tour, but it has taken until n […]

Monika Herzig's Sheroes: All in Good Time (2024) This is the fourth project under the banner Sheroes, an all-female band led by Monika Herzig who on this release provides piano and Fender Rhodes. She is […]