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 […]

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 & […]