Graven Simple Complex Independent Graven is, in actuality, Matty McKechnie and since 1999, he has put out consistently great and interesting music. He explores different styles and different genres with each release. For Simple Complex, he goes [...]
Tears For Fears The Tipping Point Concord Records Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith split after Tears For Fears’ third album, The Seeds Of Love. In the early 2000s Orzabal and Smith reunited and in 2005 released the wonderful Everybody Loves A Happy [...]
D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings Troika Inside Out Music D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings is a new band featuring some very seasoned musicians. Neal Morse brought the band together, which includes fellow Spock’s Beard and Big Big [...]
EVERYTHING I AM, EVERY MOMENT NEW A CONVERSATION WITH NEAL MORSE (D’VIRGILIO, MORSE & JENNINGS) “I don’t think I’m that busy”, Neal Morse laughed when I caught up with him recently to talk about a new project of his, the album Troika [...]
DANCE TO THE PERFECT MESS A CONVERSATION WITH CARL MARSH OF SHRIEKBACK Shriekback’s music has always been difficult to pigeonhole. Part of the post-punk, new wave scene, their music contained elements of funk, rock and sometimes ambient music. [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS OCEAN CHILD: THE SONGS OF YOKO ONO WARNER MUSIC Tribute albums by multiple artists are always a tricky thing. Tricky because you have many different styles interpreting one artist’s work. Sometimes this works really well, such as [...]
Church Of Trees Pish Posh Independent The term “pish posh” is an old expression that basically means something is ‘nonsense’ or ‘something absurd’. Though it is titled as such, that does not describe this new release from Church Of Trees, Pish [...]
CO DE KLOET – FRANK & CO: CONVERSATIONS WITH FRANK ZAPPA 1977-1993 JAWBONE PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Co De Kloet and Frank Zappa were friends from 1977 through to Zappa’s death in 1993, after De Kloet interviewed him in 1977. [...]
THE BEATLES AND INDIA RENOIR PICTURES/SILVA SCREEN FEBRUARY 15, 2022 There are a number of unauthorized documentaries on The Beatles. Since the advent of home video, collections of public domain footage strung together with narration and odd [...]
MISS FD AS ABOVE, SO BELOW QUANTUM RELEASE RECORDS One thing is for sure, one can never predict what Miss FD will come up with when she releases new music. On As Above, So Below, she draws upon and is “influenced and inspired by Göbekli Tepe, a [...]
Alan Parsons One Note Symphony: Live In Tel Aviv Frontiers Music SRL Alan Parsons recently released a live album on November 5, 2021 (The Never Ending Show: Live In The Netherlands), and has followed that album with another yet another. One [...]
Black Country, New Road Ants From Up There Ninja Tune Records Ants From Up There is the second studio album from Black Country, New Road. Just four days prior to the release of the album, lead vocalist Isaac Wood left the band citing struggles [...]
The Jazz Butcher The Highest In The Land Tapete Records The Highest In The Land is a difficult album to review. Pat Fish, who started the band and was in essence, The Jazz Butcher, passed away, quite suddenly on October 5, 2021. When an album is [...]
Mary Hopkin Pieces Mary Hopkin Music Mary Hopkin has released her latest album, Pieces. It was recorded in her home studio, and she is assisted by her daughter Jessica Lee Morgan on backing vocals, guitar, and ukulele, Morgan’s partner Christian [...]
Jethro Tull The Zealot Gene Inside Out Music/Sony Music Ian Anderson has released several solo albums in the past 19 years. However, with The Zealot Gene being the first album by Jethro Tull in almost two decades, expectations are high. Ian [...]
DALE BOZZIO WITH KEITH VALCOURT – LIFE IS SO STRANGE: MISSING PERSONS, FRANK ZAPPA, PRINCE AND BEYOND CLEOPATRA RECORDS PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Dale Bozzio has lived a very colourful life. Born Dale Frances Consalvi in Medford, [...]
THE TEMPTATIONS TEMPTATIONS 60 UNIVERSAL MUSIC In 1958 Otis Williams formed a singing group with his friends, Otis WIlliams And The Distants. They didn’t have a lot of success but four years later when they changed their name to The Temptations, [...]
Betty Moon Undercover Evolver Music Undercover may be Betty Moon’s most ambitious yet. She is a talented and brilliant songwriter in her own right, but here she has decided to record a collection of covers. Her interpreting songs should come as [...]
Len Mizzoni I Know Who I Am Independent I Know Who I Am is Len Mizzoni’s fifth album in five years. Every album by Mizzoni is different and unique, yet they all carry the Mizzoni stamp. He has released a couple of very strong, political singles [...]
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 [...]
