Simfonica – ‘Song of the Volcanoes’ (2016)
Released on a Friday sold out by Monday: not bad for a musician performing for a change under his own name rather than a forty-year pseudonym! The genre...
Brian R. Banks
Three Man Army – ‘Three Man Army’ / ‘Three Man Army Two’ (2016)
Some bands had cult status in their time and some have retained it ever since, even if they played together only for a short period. Later estimates may...
Bread Love & Dreams
BREAD LOVE & DREAMS: Availability of their rare debut coincides with founder’s death The name might at first suggest California ’67 flower-power or compatriot mainstreamers who hit on...
Catherine Howe and Saffron Summerfield
Catherine Howe Because…It Would Be Beautiful (Talking Elephant TECD 306, 54.27) Saffron Summerfield Salisbury Plain / Fancy Meeting You Here! (Talking Elephant TECD 309, 69.09) Now and again...
Eddie Baird – Exposed (2009) review
Eddie Baird - Exposed (Talking Elephant TECD 146; 26.56) Eddie Baird is most well-known for his first (and only) recording band, Amazing Blondel,...
Quintessence: Spirits From Another Time 1969-1971 (2016) review
DOUBLE VISION AND WHO DREAMED UP THE T.V. TITLE OGWT Quintessence: Spirits From Another Time 1969-1971 (Hux Records, May 2016) This album is Hux Records' 150th release and...
Mick Softley: A Rebel Life With Friends And Music
“Music is the world’s essence. Culture is the musical rhythm through which the world grows” (Aleksandr Blok). It engages many emotions and when touches us may stimulate exploration....
Mick Softley And His ‘Songs For Swinging Survivors’
Mick Softley’s rare first album has been reissued as part of the double CD 'Eve Folk Recordings' (Retro D597) on the wide-lens RPM label via Cherry Red Records....
BRB – ‘Razorback – First Bite’ (1987)
On The Trail Of The First Razorback: From Strife, Stray, And Nightwing To Brb Curious phenomena occur as the decades roll by. A band of ye olde days...
Bakerloo – Bakerloo (1969) review
BAKERLOO PASS STILL VALID Bakerloo: Esoteric / Cherry Red Records ECLEC 2468, 71.00 mins Nowadays one of the secondary, supplementary pleasures of music listening can be the background...