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 around the core of two singers/guitarists, Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan. Loney left after their first three albums,...

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 singer/songwriter, Jay Turner. We both thought he was amazing, so we each bought his latest album ‘Movements in...

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 albums. After Duane’s untimely death Betts became even more of a key figure, writing and singing "Ramblin' Man", their...

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 heard on the band’s 1986 demo ‘Aggressive Tyrant’, but over the years the line-up has been quite fluid and the version...

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 originally came out in 1984, along with 10 bonus tracks of unreleased studio and live material. The band were...

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 energy and enthusiasm of the genre, and when my father told me I was banned from having any punk records in the...

The Blasters were formed in 1979 in Downey, California, by brothers Phil Alvin (vocals and guitar) and Dave Alvin (guitar), along with bass guitarist John Bazz and drummer Bill Bateman and by the time of their first headline gig in the UK on May 21st 1982 the line-up...

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 like different things, and while one person may love Marmite others may well feel it is the most disgusting spread put...

UK artist John Irvine has been releasing albums at a steady pace for the last decade and a bit, with the first album appearing back in 2011 and with a total of 8 studio albums to his name as of 2025. The most recent of these appeared now at the start of 2025. The...