NOT A BIBLICAL ALBUM, BUT A CONCEPT ALBUM WITH THE BIBLE AS ITS SOURCE A CONVERSATION WITH IAN ANDERSON OF JETHRO TULL It has been 19 years since there has been a new Jethro Tull album, their last being The Jethro Tull Christmas Album. There [...]
Robin Guthrie Springtime Soleil Après Minuit On January 4, 2022, former member of The Cocteau Twins turned 60. To celebrate, he released a brand new EP titled Springtime, his third since November 2021. An interesting title, given it is being [...]
JOHNNY DOWD HOMEMADE PIE MOTHER JINX RECORDS Johnny Dowd has been making music for a very long time, and he continues to attract new fans with his own brand of country-rock. He went solo in 1995 after fronting both The Jokers and Neon Baptist. [...]
MADELINE BOCARO – IN YOUR MIND: THE INFINITE UNIVERSE OF YOKO ONO CONCEPTUAL PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Yoko Ono is one of the most misunderstood artists of all time. She is a genius both musically and visually. Sadly, far [...]
ICHIKO AOBA WINDSWEPT ADAN BA DA BING RECORDS There is a lot going on in Ichiko Aoba’s music. Born and raised in Japan, Aoba has built a significant career in her homeland. Originally a folk artist, Aoba has taken her guitar and added a great [...]
Shriekback 1000 Books Independent Shriekback returns with their its first album since 2019’s Some Kinds Of Light. It is the fourth studio album to feature the core trio of Barry Andrews, Carl Marsh, and Martyn Barker. Shriekback is still with [...]
Howard Jones At The BBC Cherry Red Records The early 1980s were an exciting time for music. Much like in the ‘60s and ‘70s, the BBC was still an important force in music and artists were invited into the BBC studios to perform live and [...]
Julie Doiron I Thought Of You You’ve Changed Records It is hard to believe that it has been almost 10 years since Julie Doiron released a full-length solo studio album, which is not to say she has not been busy, because she has been very [...]
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN A CONVERSATION WITH IVAN DOROSCHUK OF MEN WITHOUT HATS It has been almost a decade since the last Men Without Hats album Love In The Age Of War. And then in 2021 Men Without Hats released a brilliant CD EP, Again (Part [...]
BOB DYLAN @ THE BEACON THEATRE, NEW YORK (NY) NOVEMBER 20, 2021 It seemed surreal — to be sitting in the iconic Beacon Theatre in New York City on a cold November evening waiting for Bob Dylan. There was no opening act, and at 8 pm, the [...]
Jah Wobble Metal Box – Rebuilt In Dub Cleopatra Records Jah Wobble formed Public Image Limited (P.I.L.) with John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, when Rotten had left The Sex Pistols in 1978.He then left the band he helped create after their [...]
The Jazz Butcher Dr Cholmondley Repents: A-Sides, B-Sides And Seasides Fire Records This is not an easy review to write. Sadly, Pat Fish, also known as The Jazz Butcher, passed away on October 5, 2021. Born Patrick Guy Sibley Huntrods, he was [...]
MIDGE URE @ CLASSIC BOWL, MISSISSAUGA NOVEMBER 8, 2021 It was somewhat doubtful that this show was even going to happen. Originally scheduled the previous Saturday, it was postponed due to Midge Ure having issues getting into Canada through no [...]
Martha And The Muffins Marthology: In And Outtakes Popguru Sound And Vision The last Martha And The Muffins album was Delicate, released in 2010. It seemed that that would be their last as a group for a number of reasons. By then Martha And The [...]
Terry Draper The Other Side Magentalane Music For my money, Klaatu did not release enough albums. Terry Draper, however, is doing his best to make up for that. One third of Klaatu, he is remarkably prolific. In 2020 he released two albums [...]
Alan Parsons The NeverEnding Show: Live In The Netherlands Frontiers Music SRL Alan Parsons started his musical life as a studio-only musician, as well as an engineer and producer. He famously worked on The Beatles’s Abbey Road, Pink Floyd’s [...]
Jessica Lee Morgan Change The Record Space Records Jessica Lee Morgan returns with her fifth studio album. Change The Record is somewhat of a departure for Morgan as she returns to her love of electronic music, which was hinted at on her first [...]
HOLD ON, WITH BOTH HANDS A CONVERSATION WITH PLUM GREEN + A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE “A stranger lures you into the forest, following the wraith deeper and deeper until you become lost. You entwine yourself with its shadows and vines [...]
Fergus Hambleton Jazz Lovers Society Vol. 2 G-Three As with some of the classic jazz albums of the past, Fergus Hambleton has assembled a trio, featuring Rob McBride on bass, John Adams on drums and himself on guitar, clarinet, alto sax, piano [...]
Various Artists Songs Inspired By The Film The Beatles And India Silva Screen Records Songs Inspired By The Film The Beatles And India is not what you expect. This is a two CD set to accompany the new documentary The Beatles And India. The first [...]
Tori Amos Ocean To Ocean Decca/Universal Ocean to Ocean is Tori Amos’s 16th studio album. It is her first album since 2017’s Native Invader, although she did release a Christmas themed E.P. (Christmastide) last year, as well as a best-selling [...]
Al Stewart Time Passages (Limited Edition Box Set) Esoteric Recordings Last year Esoteric Records, with help from Al Stewart, released the 45th anniversary edition of Year Of The Cat. It only makes sense that his follow-up, Time Passages, [...]
The Beatles Let It Be (Super Deluxe) Apple Corps Ltd./Universal Music The history of Let It Be is a long and somewhat complicated story. Paul McCartney proposed that The Beatles return to their roots and become a strong four-piece unit once [...]
Robin Guthrie Mockingbird Love Soleil Après Minuit The Cocteau Twins called it a day in 1997, since then, Robin Guthrie has been very busy carving out his own distinct solo career. Mockingbird Love is his latest EP and it is quite glorious. It [...]
