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Reviews – Esoteric Reissues Round Up Part 3 – Blonde on Blonde, Anthony Phillips and Tim Blake
This time round, those busy people at Esoteric have been rooting out some of the best albums you’ve never heard to continue building an amazing archive of lost acts, those who were fantastic and never quite made it. For every Yes, there’s about half a dozen no’s littering the path, who, for whatever reason (bad…
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Reviews – Esoteric Reissues Round Up Part 2 – Atlantic Bridge, Little Free Rock and Sky – by James R. Turner
Those great people over at Esoteric Recordings have a great job, they are the equivalent of musical historians, rooting around in the record company archives like audio archaeologists and finding some neglected, hidden and indeed well-known treasures that they tease and bring back to life. Here’s a round-up of some of their more alternative and…
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Review – Sanctuary III – Robert Reed – by James R Turner
Since Robert took some time out of the day job to release his first homage to Mike Oldfield back in 2014, his own little sub-genre has grown, with two full length sequels (‘Sanctuary II’ in 2016) as well as numerous EPs including variations on David Bedford and his own alternative take on the Doctor Who…
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Review – Plenty – It Could Be Home – By James R. Turner
I think Mabel Greer’s Toyshop probably have the record for the longest space between being formed and releasing their debut album, however Plenty are running them a close second, originally being formed back in 1986, and with this, their old material rediscovered, reworked and released here for the first time, it’s an album that’s only…
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Review – Colin Edwin & Robert J?rjendal – Another World – By James R. Turner
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Review – Richard Wileman – Veil – by James R. Turner
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Live Review – Paul Draper – Bristol SWX – 21st February 2018 – by James R Turner
It’s been a long time coming, but former Mansun frontman Paul Draper reappeared recently onto the music scene with a new album called ‘Spooky Action’ (wonder where he found that title..) and a fresh young touring band. This year, on it’s the 21st anniversary of Mansun’s debut long player, ‘Attack of the Grey Lantern’ and,…
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Review – VLMV – Stranded Not Lost – by James R. Turner
Genres, funny things aren’t they? It seems that as human beings we are happiest when we can look at, listen to or read something and think yes, that definitely belongs in that category. Label it nicely and then go have a beer. There seems to be something within us that isn’t satisfied until we’ve exhausted…
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Interview with Acqua Fragile by James R. Turner
Following the release of their new album, the first in over 40 years I spent some time chatting with the charming Bernardo Lanzetti, vocalist and song writer with Acqua Fragile, about his musical career, reforming the band and the brand new album ‘A New Chant’. I started by asking Bernardo how did you go about…
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Review – Acqua Fragile – A New Chant – by James R. Turner
They may be a new name to you, they certainly were to me, but Italy’s Acqua Fragile were originally active between 1971 & 1975, and vocalist Bernardo Lanzetti joined PFM for their ‘Chocolate Kings’ and ‘Jet Lag’ albums, leaving in 1977. The catalyst for this reunion record came when Bernardo celebrated his career with his…