This is the first album I have come across from Bongo Boy Records, and if they are all as interesting as this one, I can see I am going to be looking out for more from them in the future. It is not unusual for labels to release compilations at Christmas, and the next...

Sometimes the only thing which will work is sheer unadulterated death metal, which is why I think I grabbed the promo for this album as there was something about the artwork which brought a smile to my face (yes, I’m weird, but I also don’t care). Formed in 2017 by...

Ron Keel surely needs no introduction, first making a name for himself by fronting Steeler before forming Keel who sold two million albums in the Eighties. Over the years he has been in other outfits as well, and on this album, he has undertaken something I don’t...

Once punk outfit Lubricunts bit the dust, bassist DD Verni decided not to waste any time and put out an advert looking for people to form a new band. The year was 1980, the new band was Overkill, and alongside Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth, DD has been there ever since,...

Ever since she made her recording debut in 1995, and especially since she founded Yellow Rose Records in 2003, pianist and singer Paula Maya has been a major force in performing and popularizing Brazilian music in the United States. This is her twelfth studio album,...

The full title of this album is ‘Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus The Rock Opera - Live In Sofia’, and somewhat surprisingly it was not recorded at the premiere in 2016 but instead was recorded the following year, on May 27th , 2017 in the hall of the State Opera – Rousse,...

In 2001, Nikolo Kotzev (Brazen Abbot, Kikimora), delivered a three-set rock opera on the life of Nostradamus. Involved were some of the best singers around, including Glenn Hughes, Joe Lynn Turner, Goran Edman, Jørn Lande, Doogie White, Alannah Myles and Sass Jordan....

Following on from the death of Pat Torpey from Parkinson’s in 2018, there was always a desire to release a final album and tour, but it has taken until now for the band to finally achieve that with Eric Martin (lead vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar, vocals) and Billy...

This is the fourth project under the banner Sheroes, an all-female band led by Monika Herzig who on this release provides piano and Fender Rhodes. She is joined by Jamie Baum (flutes), Reut Regev (trombone), Camille Thurman (tenor saxophone, vocals), Leni Stern...

Tenor saxophonist Livio Almeida is back with his first solo album since 2016’s ‘Action and Reaction’, this time working with Misael Silvestre (keyboards), Daniel Castro (bass), and Pedro Almeida (drums). Recorded in Brasília, his hometown and Brazil’s capital, he says...