GREENSLADE – TIME AND TIDE – ESOTERIC
This album is often linked with ‘Bedside Manners Are Extra’, which always seems strange to me as there was an album in between the two, ‘Spyglass Guest’, but given this again shows the man with many arms it is probably due to the artwork and not the music. ‘Spyglass’...
ALAN SIMON – EXCALIBUR LADIES OF THE LAKE – BABAÏKA PRODUCTIONS
t was with is third album that Breton musician Alan Simon really made a huge impact, 1999’s ‘Excalibur, La Légende des Celtes’. As with the further albums in the series, he used a combination of well-known musicians and singers (in that instance it included the likes...
PAUL D’ADAMO – RAWFULLY ORGANIC – MELODIC REVOLUTION RECORDS
Apparently, this is the third album from D’Adamo, but it is the first time I have come across him. Paul started formal lessons when he was just six years old, passion for singing, performing, and playing piano continued through his college years where he studied with...
DAVE RUDOLPH QUINTET – RESONANCE – INDEPENDENT
Resonance’ is the recording debut as a leader of drummer Dave Rudolph, who is based in Tampa, Florida. Rudolph is a veteran of the local scene for the last 25 years and is also currently the Professor of Contemporary Percussion at the University of Tampa. Inspired by...
DUKE 72 – THE MID SHIRES HERALD – BAD ELEPHANT MUSIC
Duke 72 is a new project formed by Big Hogg’s Justin Lumsden with drummer Jonny Mitchell (Future of Dead Relic Memories, Bricolage, The Stranglers). According to the press release it was conceived, written and performed by Justin Lumsden and Jonny Mitchell during a...
NORMAN JOHNSON – THE ART OF LIFE – PACIFIC COAST JAZZ
This rather short six-track 25-minute-long jazz album features Johnson performing in a mix of instrumentals and vocal numbers, two of which feature an actual group. For the rest of the time, it is just Johnson and either a singer or one more musician, so he plays the...
41POINT9 – MR. ASTUTE TROUSERS – THE HIGHLANDER COMPANY
This band originally started life as a duo back in 1995 when bassist/ songwriter/ producer Bob Madsen met guitarist/songwriter/singer Brian Cline in the North Bay Area of California. Brian and Bob began working together on a few tunes written by Bob and began a...
Pattern-Seeking Animals Debut Album Review
I have loved Art-Rock and what many now call Prog or Progressive Rock since the late '60s. I can still recall the day and place I discovered my first Art-rock band it was the summer of 69 I was listening to a pocket-sized AM radio while visiting relatives when I heard...
Scarlet Hollow – What If Never Was – Melodic Revolution Records
One day I had an envelope arrive from Nick Katona, and I duly copied all the CDs and put them on my playlist and didn't really think any more of it. I had the made the assumption (yes, we all know what that means) that they were recent releases, so was somewhat amazed...
SEVENTH WONDER – TIARA – FRONTIERS MUSIC
It has been eight years since the last album from Seventh Wonder, but they are finally back with their fifth studio album with just one line-up change from ‘The Great Escape’. I am not really sure why it has taken so long for them to release this, but I presume the...
