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 […]

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 […]