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Review – This Winter Machine – Kites – by Leo Trimming
Kites can be blown about in many unpredictable directions but somehow they remain tethered to the ground, and that appears to be a perfect symbol of the journey of the third This Winter Machine album ‘Kites‘, which is due out on 25th October. Let’s face it, the world has taken a rather unexpected battering in…
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Review – Spirit: Sunrise & Salvation – The Mercury Era Anthology, 8CD Box Set – by John Wenlock-Smith
This extensive 8 CD sets collates the recordings made in the period 1974 to 1977 along with the 1984 album ‘The 13th Dream’ and tracks drawn from previously unreleased live concerts from 1974 and 1975. In fact, this set boasts 102 bonus track along with the albums ‘Spirit of 76’, ‘Son of Spirit’, ‘Future Games’,…
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Review – Findlay Napier – It Is What It Is
One of Scotland’s finest singer- songwriters, Findlay Napier has been described as Michael Marra meets Elvis Costello, a Caledonian Loudon Wainwright III or a Scottish James Taylor. His songs are full of earthy humour, hopeless love and biting satire. To top it all, Findlay is also a really nice guy, I spent a brilliant afternoon…
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Review – Dec Burke – Life In Two Dimensions
Dec Burke is well known as the former guitarist/ vocalist with acclaimed UK progressive rockers Frost*. As well as his work with Dilemma, Audio Plastik and Darwin’s Radio, he has released numerous solo projects and is back with this brand new solo album. ‘Life In Two Dimensions’ is an album of our times, written against…
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YES launch video for Future Memories; The Quest hits charts worldwide
YES, who are Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison and Billy Sherwood, recently released their new studio album The Quest on InsideOutMusic/Sony Music The album was produced by Steve Howe.?”Much of the music was written in late 2019 with the rest in 2020. We commissioned several orchestrations to augment and enhance the overall…
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Review – Vinegar Joe: The Island Recordings 1972-1973, 3CD – by John Wenlock-Smith
Vinegar Joe were a band who were considered to be distinctly second division. Wannabe headliners, always gave a good show but somehow were unable to quite get up the ladder enough to get top billing status. This may in part have been due to their record company, Island, having their own ideas and agenda for…
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Review – Barclay James Harvest – Time Honoured Ghosts – by John Wenlock-Smith
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Amarok To Release New Album ‘Hero’ on 15th October
Amarok is back with a new album! Micha and Marta Wojtas are joined by their old friends – Kornel Pop awski and Konrad Zieli ski. The result of this collaboration is the album ‘Hero’ a spiritual sequel to the 2017 ‘Hunt’. Much like the aforementioned ‘Hunt’, the upcoming album presents a fusion of musical styles…
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Review – Yes – The Quest – by John Wenlock-Smith
‘The Quest’ is the first new Yes music in seven years. During that time much has happened with the death of founder member and bassist extraordinaire Chris Squire. Chris wanted the band to continue without him and had readied a replacement in Billy Sherwood. Sherwood was already known to Yes fans as he had been…
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ASIA – The Official Live Bootlegs – Volume 1 – Out 26th November
Multi-platinum selling English supergroup ASIA are to release a 10CD boxset The Official Live Bootlegs Volume 1 through BMG Records on 26th?November 2021. There will also be a digital album featuring a selection of 24 tracks taken from the full boxset, out on the same day. Pre-order it here:-https://asiaband.lnk.to/OLB1PR ASIA: Geoff Downes (The Buggles, YES,…