Kev Rowland

Catina DeLuna & Otmaro Ruíz: Lado B Brazilian Project 2 (2025) In recent years I have been sent quite a lot of Brazilian music, something I never used to get in the past, which probably shows just how popular it is […]

John Fogerty: Legacy, The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years (2025) There is no doubt that John Fogerty is rightly regarded as one of America’s greatest ever songwriters, and with CCR had nine top 10 singles and eight g […]

The Rods: Wild Dogs Unchained (2025) Guitarist and lead singer David “Rock” Feinstein first came to notice when he was asked by his cousin Ronnie James Dio to join Ronnie Dio and the Pro […]

Bruce Gertz Quintet: Octopus Dreams (2025) Bruce Gertz is a legend in the jazz world, having been Professor of Bass at Berklee since 1976, has written six books, and is a contributing editor to […]

Deteriorot: Awakening (2025) After releasing two demoes, late Eighties death metal band Mortuary decided to call it a day, but they were soon resurrected as Deteriorot, although only […]

Bonnie J. Jensen: Rise (2025) Here is the fifth album from Australian jazz singer Bonnie J Jensen, and while she is coming at this material from that viewpoint, she also covers soul, […]

Antonio Adolfo: Carnaval [The Songs Were So Beautiful] (2025) I have been fortunate enough to review quite a few of Antonio’s albums over the years, and here he has visited one of his passions, Brazil’s Car […]

Anecdata: Vita Brevis, Part 1 (2025) / Anecdata: Vita Brevis, Part 2 (2025) According to the press release, “Anecdata is the sole work of one nerdy guy holed up in his West Auckland bedroom. Everything – from writing to p […]

Blue Plasma Orb: Best of (2025) Blue Plasma Orb were a band led by Billy Bishop (guitar) and Steve Bonino (vocals, bass, keyboards) who released two albums in the mid 2010’s. I must c […]

19Twenty: Call It What You Want (2025) This Aussie trio was formed in 2010 and consists of Kane Dennelly (vocals/guitar), Jeremy Berg (Drums), and John Gwilliam (double bass). While their […]

Storchi: By Far Away (2025) It has been quite a while since I last came across a “new” progressive band from Israel, which is a real shame as on the basis of this release it is obv […]

Sherman Robertson: One More Time (2025) In 2011 Sherman had been touring in Europe, and his British-based group really felt there was a need for new product to be available, and as his last […]

Rome: Civitas Solis (2025) For 20 years Luxembourg born singer-songwriter Jerome Reuter a.k.a Rome has built an authoritative body of work encompassing more than 20 full-length […]

Robin Batteau: Banned in Sparta (2025) I must confess that when I read the press release for this album I was highly intrigued so downloaded it, but I never expected it to be so enjoyable and […]

Riffstone: Richard III (2025) Apparently, Dave Allen (vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, programming) originally wrote and recorded this for his wife, and the project then took on a […]

Odette Michell: The Queen of the Lowlands (2025) I first came across Odette Michell when she combined with Karen Pfeiffer and Daria Kulesh to release the wonderful ‘Flowers’ last year, and now she is […]

Obituary: Godly Beings [4CD Box Set] (2025) There are not many death metal bands who can say that at their core they still have the same guys who were there at the very beginning, long before they […]

Melodic Meltdown: Touching Eternity (2025) Back when I was running Feedback in the UK, I heard from guitarist Michael Søbygge who sent me a solo album and some he had recorded with a band called […]

Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman: Hearsay & Heresy (2025) Here we have the second album from Mark Radcliffe and David Boardman, and yes, it is that Mark Radcliffe. For those not from the UK, Radcliffe is a very […]

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Celebrating 50 Years [Live At The Ryman] (2025) Here is a band who need no introduction, whose story and tragedy have become part of rock history, but they since they reformed in the Eighties they have […]