Jaco Pastorius needs little introduction. This album is a newly discovered recording of Jaco’s New York Word Of Mouth Big...
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On a sticker attached to the front cover of my copy of this new record, it says this is a “newly unearthed jazz gem.” Is it...
A first-of-its kind two disc Labelle anthology that includes key tracks from the pioneering group recorded between 1973-1976...
Now you are talking. The baddest bass man out there. Saw him on stage with George Duke opening for Cameo, at what was then called...
This is an unusual one well worth dipping in to. The first-ever compilation to tell the story of the UK’s Mushroom Records...
The Cramps were a wild American rockabilly band, formed in 1976 and active until 2009. The band split after the death of lead...
An often overlooked rock and ‘all sorts’ outfit, Fandango originally formed in 1976, when singer Joe Lynn Turner hooked...
A really captivating three-disc collection which offers up no less than 87 tracks, and some really under the radar stuff here that...
Expanded reissue of the 1977 album “Play Me Out” by ‘The Voice Of Rock’ Glenn Hughes. The album is now augmented with a second disc...
The legendary Mr Steven Van Zandt aka Little Steven, drops his first solo album for almost two decades, re-working songs spanning his...
After I sold my entire vinyl record collection a few years ago, I began to regret the loss of some of it instantly. I have managed...
Such a lovely album. The Canadian twosome drop their seventh thus far, and they feel it is THE album they were always...
Unlucky for some; 13. Not for UK singer songwriter Pete Boddis. His new album “Spinning Wheels” offers up 13 very nice self-penned songs and a...
Anne Murray has sold more than 55 million records in her sparkling career – opening the door for other female Canadian singers such as Shania twain, k...
This intriguing album very recently dented the mid-20s in the UK album chart. Hawkwind are back and in mighty form. The UK space rock pioneers...
A beautifully packaged – hard back book in Racing Green with each of the 2 discs stuck to the inside cover – double CD...
I have long been a big admirer of this guy’s work. Quantic, aka Will Holland. Reviewed many of his albums and one can never second-guess...
This is a different one…Accomplished producer, composer, songwriter, arranger and musician Stephen Emmer’s latest project supports the War...
If I write two magic words at the start of this review, I am positive it will grab the attention of at least 50% who get to read...
One of the very first ‘big’ gigs I ever saw was Rainbow at the Granby Halls, Leicester (a huge hangar style roller skating...
This is a truly stunning singer-songwriter release. John Statz. A new name to me and I am really, really, really pleased to make...
Pioneering R&B and funk band Mtume charted 11 singles in the US charts, including the classic Juicy Fruit,” and all of those...
Spyder Turner. An often-overlooked soulful singer who deserves re-appraisal and respect. Spyder Turner’s output has covered doo wop...
Garland Jeffreys. If this cool cat were a building, he’d surely have a preservation order slapped on him! They don’t make ‘em like this...
More than five decades ago, in 1964 to be precise, a group of musicians assembled in a UK recording studio to cut what would become a classic...
I was brought up on a diet of many musical genres. My two older brothers were soul boys, and so I used to lay in bed at night while they...
In my Top Five best blues albums of the year thus far. Selwyn Birchwood’s “difficult second album” doesn’t sound like it caused him many...
The Queen has a staff member at Buckingham Palace to break in her new £1,000 a pair shoes by wearing socks and then walking about on the carpets in the Palace...
Janis Ian. Folk legend. Singer. Songwriter. A star for five decades. A songwriter’s songwriter. It takes a brave soul to set...
This is perhaps an album for those who may have uttered those immortal words at some stage; “Man, I really cannot get in to jazz.”...
“A striking new album from one of our very best.” So reads the PR blurb sent with this advance copy. Well, it would say that, wouldn’t it...
He and his music have been called “absolutely terrific” by the BBC Radio 2 Folk Show and it has also been said by the music press...
Deluxe three disc CD set, ‘Van Morrison – The Authorized Bang Collection’ is the first official comprehensive anthology ever...
A very welcome CD box set retrospective of this legendary Australian rock outfit’s more recent releases of their 42 year career. A...
A much under-rated rock singer who deserves to take a turn in the spotlight once again. Graham Bonnet’s “Anthology” is the first...
Seminal Blackpool post-punk band’s entire early discography in one box set. A cracking 99 tracks on five discs. The Membranes came...
A bumper five disc, 89 track box set from this unique band from Watford – Rickmansworth to be precise – formed back in 1980, offering...
One of the very best rock and blues bands this country has ever produced. Fact. This sparkling gem of a release confirms that...
He’s a soul man at heart. The voice, the guitar playing, the song writing. Robert Cray may well have Grammy awards and many accolades as...
Hot on the heels of her 2016 debut album ‘A Twist of Blue’, London jazz artist Fiona Ross’ has released a new double-album ‘Just Me (and...
You could say that US saxophone man Jared Sims plays with spirt. Or perhaps, more accurately; spirits! Check out the third cut on his...
UK blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Danny Bryant had a dream. One which he fulfils with his brand new double live album “BIG”...
This man could do no wrong for me. At all. Ever. The late and very great blues man, Master of the Telecaster, the Iceman; Albert Collins...
Since his 18-year residency as guitarist and music director of US TV’s “The Tonight Show” band ended in 2010...
Rohey: A Million Things…This album is getting a lot of love at soul and jazz radio right now. Gilles Peterson and Jamie...
Your first ever gig opening for Thin Lizzy is a damn good start for any band, eh? That’s how Witchfynde started out, eventually a hot hard rock act at the same...
A tough one for me, or any critic/reviewer/journalist who is reviewing a release from an artist they know personally, they...
If you have ever had to wait for your telephone line to be fixed in the UK, you will see the irony in this band’s name...
FIRST ON-LINE REVIEW When legendary singer and songwriter Gary Brooker was sat in the control room of the...
This time last weekend, I was writing a review of a new Dizzy Gillespie live album, a “lost” recording from...
