Fathom: Wink of the Lighthouse (2023) single In my wonderfully formed Kev’s Top Tens for 2022 we can see nestling at #5 in the albums slot The World To Breathe by Nancy Howie, otherwise known as F […]

Oberon: The Mountain of Fate (2016) Oberon is a two-man project of Yuri Crescenzio (acoustic & electric guitars, bass, keyboards, organ, synth, effects) and Alberto Baretta (percussion), […]

Oberon: The Sleep Produces Monsters (2018) The band’s second album showed quite a shift, with Yuri Crescenzio now just providing electric guitars and Giacomo Zanardo joining on bass while d […]

Rebecca Angel: Love Life Choices (2021) As is normal for me, I loaded this album onto the next playlist and didn’t even look at any details until I had listened to it, so consequently had now i […]

Sonata Arctica: Acoustic Adventures – Volume One (2022) It is always interesting when a band decides to revisit their back catalogue in a new way, and this is the first of two albums from Finnish power […]

Fit For An Autopsy: Oh What The Future Holds (2022) The artwork may look pleasant at first glance, and the opening title cut may lead the unwary into a false sense of security, but we all know what FFAA […]

Gin Lady: Camping with Bodhi (2021) I know virtually nothing about these guys, apart from they hail from northern Sweden and I believe this is their fourth album. Going by the funky artwork […]

Julian Gerstin: Music for the Exploration of Elusive Phenomena (2021) If one goes to percussionist Julian Gerstin’s website one will find it is subtitled Music of Africa, the Caribbean and the African Diaspora — […]

The Rising Tide: The Hope We Die For (2023) Palmerston North deathcore band The Rising Tide had a great 2022, touring for the first time in six years and here we are now with their latest EP which […]

Richard "Piano" Scott: Jambalaya Town (2014) Last year one of my daughters went on a travelling tour of the States with her partner, and of course one of the places they visited was New Orleans. […]

Dave Miller Trio: The Mask-erade is Over (2021) In 2009 Miller released his first album on the Summit label, ‘Rapture’, which featured drummer Bill Belasco and bassist Mario Suraci. Over the last ten […]

UFO: No Heavy Petting [2023 Remaster] (1976) Unless you were a teenager in the UK in the mid to late Seventies I don’t think it is possible to understand just how important UFO were to the hard r […]

UFO: Werewolves Of London (2022) On February 10th 1998 UFO strode out onto the Civic Hall stage in Wolverhampton, and the set was recorded and soon made available as an album. Just […]

Behemoth: In Absentia Dei (2021) Covid saw quite a few bands release streaming events as a way of keeping fans interested while no touring was taking place, as well of course hopefully […]

Bob Mintzer & WDR Big Band Cologne: Soundscapes (2021) Mintzer has been conductor and arranger for WDR Big Band Cologne for six years now, relishing the opportunity to play regularly in an ensemble of 17 […]

Cooper McBean: The Magnolia Sessions (2022) Here we have another from the indispensable series of amazing bluegrass and roots music from Anti Corp, with Cooper McBean the musician to perform under […]

Daria Kulesh: Eve (2023) One of my favourite musical discoveries in recent years has been that of the wonderful singer Daria Kulesh who was born in Russia, has been in the UK for […]

Chasing Titans: Chasing Titans (2022) Here we have the debut EP by Auckland-based metalcore trio Chasing Titans who were formed in 2018 and comprise Adrian Govender (guitar, vocals), […]

Bellowhead: Revival (2014) During lockdown in 2020, the 11 members of Bellowhead first re-connected online to remotely record “New York Girls – At Home”. That led to re-uniting in […]

Joe Wunderle: The Magnolia Sessions (2021) Here we have another album recorded under the magnolia tree in the rear yard of the Anti-Corporate Music/Black Matter Mastering HQ in Nashville, […]