Sufjan Stevens The Ascension Asthmatic Kitty It is hard to believe, but it has been five years since Sufjan Stevens released a ‘conventional’ studio album. That doesn’t mean he has not been busy, because he has. The Ascension is a return to [...]
A GENESIS IN MY BED A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE HACKETT From 1970 until 1977, Steve Hackett provided some of the most melodic and inventive guitar work in rock as a member of Genesis. You can hear his artistry on such classic albums as Foxtrot, [...]
Vision Eternel For Farewell Of Nostalgia Somewhere Cold Records For Farewell Of Nostalgia is the latest release by Montréal’s Vision Eternel. A concept EP about, as he says, the emotional ”devastation of falling in love too quickly” and the [...]
Blue Öyster Cult The Symbol Remains Frontiers Music Blue Öyster Cult is back–and in a big way! The Symbol Remains is their first studio album since 2001’s Curse Of The Hidden Mirror. Since then, the band have toured consistently, and have [...]
Soundwalk Collective With Patti Smith Peradam Bella Union Peradam is the fourth release from Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith. In 2019, this collaboration explored the works of poets Antonin Artaud on The Peyote Dance, and Arthur Rimbaud [...]
Mark Egan & Danny Gottlieb Electric Blue Wavetone Records Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb have been performing together for 49 years, whether it is with the Pat Metheny Group, or in their own band Elements, these two have worked together for a [...]
Mary Hopkin Another Road Mary Hopkin Music Mary Hopkin was one of the first artists signed by The Beatles to their Apple label, and in 1968 had a monster hit with “Those Were The Days”. She had many more hits, but there is more, so much more to [...]
GospelbeacH Once Upon A Time In London Curation Records Live albums are a tricky thing, you want to have the record sound good, while capturing the energy of the band and the crowd. GospelbeacH has successfully struck that balance with Once Upon [...]
Stephen EvEns Employee Of The Month Onomatopoeia/Onophonic Sound London, U.K.’s Stephen EvEns has been performing for a number of years, and Employee Of The Month is his sophomore album. Also known as Stephen Gilchrist, he is a drummer of some [...]
The Waterboys Good Luck, Seeker Cooking Vinyl The Waterboys’ Good Luck, Seeker comes one full year since their last album, Where The Action Is. Once again Mike Scott and company’s music defies categorization. Actually, that sums up the entire [...]
Ian Daniel Kehoe 3D Of IDK Tin Angel Records Ian Daniel Kehoe is a remarkably talented musician, best known for drumming with The Weather Station and Julia Jacklin, as well as his work with Daniel Romano and Attack In Black. With 3D Of IDK, [...]
Paul McCartney Flaming Pie: Paul McCartney Archive Collection MPL/Universal Music Flaming Pie was originally released in 1997, and was McCartney’s 10th solo album. It was also his first album following The Beatles Anthology, and he was quite [...]
Jon Anderson 1000 Hands Blue Elan Records Jon Anderson has one one of the most distinct and recognizable voices in rock history. His voice can be heard on some of the best music made in the last 50 plus years, whether it is with Yes, or Jon And [...]
John Foxx And The Maths Howl Metamatic John Foxx returns with The Maths, a band he has created with Benge (Blancmange, Fader, John Grant, to name just a few of the artists with whom Benge has worked). Since their debut album in 2011(Interplay) [...]
Kansas The Absence Of Presence Inside Out Music The Absence of Presence is the first studio from Kansas since 2016’s very successful The Prelude Implicit, and this album, in some regards, picks up where that album left off. Kansas has always [...]
Ora Cogan Bells In The Ruins Prism Tongue Records Bells In The Ruins is Ora Cogan’s seventh album, and her first since 2017’s critically acclaimed Crickets. During those three years, it is obvious that she has been writing and developing her [...]
Moscow Apartment Better Daughter Hidden Pony Better Daughter is the sophomore release from the Toronto-based duo, Moscow Apartment. This is a much more serious effort, tackling subjects that are not always found on the radio. The EP is the sound [...]
LET THEM KNOW WE TRIED A CONVERSATION WITH ZAK RIZVI, RONNIE PLATT AND TOM BRISLIN OF KANSAS In 1974 Kansas released their self-titled debut album. After over three years of paying their dues, playing clubs and being the opening act, Kansas were [...]
Evening Hymns Heavy Nights Shuffling Feet Records Heavy Nights is the first album Jonas Bonetta has released under the Evening Hymns name in five years. The last Evening Hymns album was the brilliant Quiet Energies, and for a lot of artists, it [...]
WE’LL BUILD A LIFE BY SENECA CREEK A CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES WESLEY GODWIN There is a world of music out there, and for those who tuned into the Appalachian Folk Festival livestream in April, many of us were introduced to many artists who, [...]
Edward McCormack Astral/Aphotic Eyedear Productions Ambient music is much like rock’n’roll, in that, within that genre there are many different styles and sub genres. Edward McCormack is one artist who releases music under this banner, but his [...]
WHEN IT COMES TO ONE TO ONE, COMMUNICATION CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT A CONVERSATION WITH NEIL ARTHUR OF BLANCMANGE I can’t think of many artists who consistently and frequently put out such high quality material. In fact, with each release, Neil [...]
FROM GRETA COMES A NEW BOLD DAWN A CONVERSATION WITH BERNARD FRAZER OF CHURCH OF TREES Bernard Frazer, the mastermind and genius behind Church Of Trees, is one of the nicest humans you will ever meet. He has also just released one of the darkest [...]
READY TO HOWL AGAIN A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN FOXX (JOHN FOXX AND THE MATHS/EX-ULTRAVOX) John Foxx is somewhat of an enigma. One is never sure what to expect from the man, either in interviews or in music. Since leaving Ultravox, he has embarked [...]
