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  • Review – Glass Hammer – ‘Rogue’

    Review – Glass Hammer – ‘Rogue’

    Glass Hammer’s ‘Rogue’ spins the tale of one man’s fateful, final journey. He leaves everything he knows behind,? explains composer Steve Babb. And thinks he’s returning to a place where he once knew happiness, but in reality, his odyssey will sweep him away to somewhere completely unexpected.?  Babb explains that the ten-song album explores themes…

  • Review – Beatrix Players – Living And Alive

    Review – Beatrix Players – Living And Alive

    After a 5 year hiatus, the award-winning Beatrix Players are back with a brand new eight piece line up and an intriguing new concept album. The band’s sophomore album ‘Living & Alive’ will be available digitally from 22nd Sep 2023 and, for fans of vinyl and cd, it can be pre-ordered now from Burning Shed with a limited edition of just 500…

  • Review – John Holden – Circles In Time – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – John Holden – Circles In Time – by John Wenlock-Smith

    ‘Circles in Time’ is the third, and latest, album from John Holden who has, over a period of just 4 years, written and created three quite different albums that are all rooted in his love of progressive music by the likes of Yes, Genesis and many others. John lives about 5 miles from me, on…

  • Review – Ms Amy Birks – All That I Am & All That I Was by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – Ms Amy Birks – All That I Am & All That I Was by John Wenlock-Smith

    Amy Birks, or Ms Amy Birks to give her her full name, is a young lady with a very bright future ahead of her. Well that certainly seems to be the case here with this debut solo release ‘All That I Am & All That I Was’. Amy was previously a member of the all-female…

  • Review – John Holden – Rise and Fall – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – John Holden – Rise and Fall – by John Wenlock-Smith

    John Holden’s Rise and Fall has been in my possession for a while now and I was very gratified to be given access to this remarkable album some three months prior to its official release. I was also very pleased that I had been thanked  in the album credits, that having been an ambition of…

  • Review – John Holden – Capture Light – by Progradar

    Review – John Holden – Capture Light – by Progradar

    Life never stands still, the world rotates on its axis at around 1000mph (it’s less as you get North but you get my drift!) and day becomes night. The years pass quicker, or so it seems, and the sheer volume of music that is released gets bigger and bigger all the time. Because of this…