ALIVE FOREVER A CONVERSATION WITH GARY BROOKER OF PROCOL HARUM Gary Brooker formed Procol Harum in 1967, and the band was huge from the very beginning with their debut single, the incredible and revolutionary “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”. The band [...]
REIMAGINING IMAGINOS A CONVERSATION WITH ALBERT BOUCHARD OF BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Blue Öyster Cult fans and prog rock enthusiasts hold Imaginos by Blue Öyster Cult dearly in their hearts. However, Imaginos was never intended to be a Blue Öyster Cult [...]
Paul McCartney McCartney III Imagined MPL/Capitol Say what you will about Paul McCartney, but he never does what is expected of him. Following the success of 2020’s McCartney III, McCartney has invited some very interesting artists to interpret [...]
SEASONS CHANGE AND REARRANGE A CONVERSATION WITH MARTY WILLSON-PIPER OF MOAT Marty Willson-Piper loves music, plain and simple. One can see this by reading his blogs In Deep Music Archive, where he writes about his incredible, jaw-dropping [...]
Badfinger No Matter What – Revisiting The Hits Cleopatra Records I love Badfinger. I maintain that they are one of the most underrated bands of all time, and their story is one of immense tragedy. They were an incredibly talented band who [...]
Jon Anderson Olias Of Sunhillow (Remastered Edition) Esoteric Recordings Olias Of Sunhillow by Jon Anderson, originally released in 1976, was the first solo album by the Yes vocalist. Here he demonstrates that he is much more than just an [...]
Ian McNabb Utopian Fairfield Records Utopian is Ian McNabb’s 20th studio album, and his first since 2019’s Our Future In Space. The man is certainly prolific and extremely talented. McNabb has produced some incredible music over the past 30 [...]
Sweet Isolation Boulevard Prudential Music Group ‘We still got the rock’ sings Sweet in the song of the same name on their new album Isolation Boulevard. They are not wrong. From their first Canadian hit, “Little Willy” to their classics [...]
Halcyon Phase Tendrils Independent Tendrils is the debut album from Halcyon Phase, a duo consisting of Frank Smith (Sills & Smith) and multi-instrumentalist Phillip Victor Bova (of Bova sound, and known for his engineering and production [...]
Church Of Trees Pause Independent On Pause, Bernard Frazer, the musical and lyrical genius behind Church Of Trees, has put together the strongest Church Of Trees album yet. While he is the cornerstone for the project, he has also enlisted a few [...]
Ringo Starr Zoom In Universal Music Ringo Starr’s latest release, Zoom In, comes as a bit of a surprise. The first single, “Here’s To The Nights”, was released just before Christmas with little or no pre-press. It is a bit odd because a new song [...]
Strawbs Settlement Cherry Red Records The Strawbs released their self-titled debut in 1969, their first official album. This is their 27th release, and their second with this particular lineup. Once again the band has not only reinvented itself, [...]
MOMENTS OF NOSTALGIA A CONVERSATION WITH ALEXANDER JULIEN OF VISION ETERNEL Montreal-based Vision Eternel have been around since 2007, the brainchild of Alexander Julien. ‘I was not planning to start a new band or musical project. It was not a [...]
TRULY ORCHESTRATING HIS OWN LIFE A CONVERSATION WITH RICK SPRINGFIELD Richard Lewis Springthorpe was born in Sydney, Australia in 1949, but you might know him better as Rick Springfield. He has been playing music professionally since 1968, and [...]
DBA (Downes Braide Association) Halcyon Hymns Cherry Red Geoff Downes was one half of the original Buggles and a member of Yes, while Chris Braide is best known for his work with Lana Del Rey, Paloma Faith, Marc Almond, and Beyoncé to name a [...]
Alex Southey …And The Country Stirred Independent Alex Southey’s has released his latest album, ...And The Country Stirred. Southey wrote and arranged the entire album, and provides vocals, guitars, synthesizer, and other noises. Produced [...]
Little Steven And The Disciples Of Soul Macca To Mecca! Wicked Cool/Universal Music In 2017, Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul hit the road to promote its then new album, Soulfire. Highlights of that tour were released as a live album, [...]
Steve Wilson The Future Bites Arts & Crafts The Future Bites is the first album of new material by Steven Wilson since 2017’s To The Bone. That is not to say he hasn’t been busy. And now, as with everything Steven Wilson does, he does the [...]
TOMORROW COMES FROM TODAY A CONVERSATION WITH CHARLIE ANGUS OF GRIEVOUS ANGELS Cobalt, Ontario, part of the Temiskaming District region in Northern Ontario, was once considered a ghost town. Although it has a small population, Tesla is now [...]
Steve Hackett Under A Mediterranean Sky Inside Out Music Under A Mediterranean Sky is Steve Hackett’s first studio album since 2019’s At The Edge Of Light, and his first classic one since 2008’s Tribute. However, while it is classical, Under A [...]
Jim Ghedi In The Furrows Of Common Place Basin Rock Records Sheffield, UK’s Jim Ghedi returns with his third album, On In The Furrows Of Common Place. Here, he taps into celtic and folk music, with a small tinge of rock and blues. The album was [...]
Len Mizzoni Len Mizzoni Independent Len Mizzoni deserves a great deal of respect. The one-time member of Frozen Ghost has established a solo career in jazz-styled pop for himself over the past few years, a style in which it is not easy to [...]
Grievous Angels Summer Before The Storm Jimmy Boyle Records The Grievous Angels made their debut in 1986, and The Summer Before The Storm, their eighth album, is their strongest to date. The band has help here from special guest, Skydigger’s [...]
WE’LL GIVE HIM GOLD AND FRANKINCENSE. BUT WAIT…THERE’S MYRRH! (PART TWO) A SPILL MAGAZINE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE TOP 2020 CHRISTMAS RELEASES As The Beatles once sang, “Christmas time is here again/Ain’t been ‘round since you [...]
