Kev Rowland

Jordsjö & Breidablik: Kontraster (2025) This is not the first time that Jordsjø and Breidablik have released an album together, as back in 2016 there was ‘Songs From The Northern Wa […]

Jonathan Segel: Puzzle World (2026) Jonathan Segel is a prolific musician who has now been playing in Camper van Beethoven for more than 35 years as well as releasing solo albums, but I […]

Ismay: Half Truth (2026) This is the first time I have come across rancher, alt-country musician and dreamer Avery Hellman, but I certainly hope it will not be the last. In 2023, […]

The Hollywood Stars: Hey! LA! (2026) The Hollywood Stars are back with their next album following on from 2024’s comeback, ‘Starstruck’. The line-up is the same as on that album, namel […]

Gus G: Steel Burner (2026) There is no doubt that Konstantinos Karamitroudis (Gus G.) has come a long way since picking up a guitar after hearing ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ when he was […]

Vøvk: Litera (2025) It never ceases to amaze me that there is still a music scene within Ukraine, and that musicians still manage to find a way of getting their music and […]

The Young Lions: The Young Lions [Remastered] (1961) This interesting album was recorded in April 1960 then released the following year on Vee-Jay, and in the liner notes it was argued by saxophonist […]

Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Alone in San Francisco [Remastered] (1959) The latest in the Craft Recordings/Concord reissue series of Thelonious Monk is his third solo album, originally released on Riverside, which captures […]

Eveale: Enter the Woodland Realm (2026) Formed in 2025 by two musicians on different sides of the Atlantic, they initially operated under the pseudonyms of The Monarch of the Hillside (MOTH) […]

Godthrymm: Projections (2026) This is the third album from British doom act Godthrymm, completing the ‘Visions’ trilogy which started with 2020’s ‘Reflections’. Formed by guitarist […]

Einar Solberg: Vox Occulta (2026) I must confess I was not a huge fan of the last album I heard from Solberg, 2024’s ‘The Congregation Acoustic’, so when I realised he was releasing a sec […]

David Becker and Paul Wertico: Tuxedo Man (2025) Earlier this year Kevin Kastning sent me ‘Interchange One’, an album he recorded with the famous drummer Paul Wertico (who won multiple Grammys with Pat […]

Beyond the Dead of Night: From the Ocean to the Stars (2025) Dead of Night released their debut album in 2015, quickly putting out another three in quick succession. The only constant in the line-up was keyboard […]

Dennis Atlas: Principle (2026) Dennis may be known to some of you as the second keyboard player and singer in the mighty Toto, a band I first became aware of not long after they […]

Gafieira Rio Miami: Beleza Pura (2025) Gafieira Rio Miami was brought together by renowned Grammy Award winning Brazilian bassist Diogo Brown in 2020 when he wanted a small (11 member) band to […]

Atreyu: The End Is Not the End (2026) Back with their tenth album, Atreyu have been incredibly stable over the years with Brandon Saller (lead vocals, keyboards, backing vocals), Dan Jacobs […]

Port Noir: The Dark We Keep (2026) Since their debut album, ‘Puls’, in 2013 this Stockholm-based trio have been fairly prolific, and I believe this is their fifth album, with the same lin […]

Lee Morgan: Introducing Lee Morgan [Remastered] (1956) Here is yet another in the wonderful series of reissues from Craft/Concord, and this time it is the 1956 hard bop album by the jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan […]

Stephen Grew: Pianoply (2026) There is no doubt that Discus Music are becoming one of my very favourite labels, and I am pleased to again be listening to Stephen Grew given how much I […]

Michael Sweet: The Master Plan (2026) When one sees the name Michael Sweet on an album cover there will always be certain expectations such as the lyrics will be heavily Christian, the vocals […]