Kevin Coyne – ‘Shangri-La’ (Live in Bremen 1975 & 2001)
It’s twenty years since Kevin Coyne popped up the road to the pub that has no closing time, and his shuffle still reverberates down decades as a musician,...
Brian R. Banks
The Magic Forest: More Pastoral Psychedelia & Funky Folk 1968-1975
The compiler Richard Norris says he’s slightly shifted the emphasis from the traditional folk of previous box 'Deep In The Woods' (2022) toward period singer/ songwriters alongside bands...
Wishbone Ash – ‘Wishlist’ (2024)
This band has always had their own distinctive sound, so tight it’s almost orchestral or cinematic, thanks to twin lead guitars (Andy Powell, a founding member still there;...
Oliver – ‘Standing Stone’ (1974)
It was a time when rock, folk, blues, and most music scenes of recent decades spilled and blended into another fascinating, heady brew, sometimes resulting in a unique...
Edgar Broughton Band – ‘Gone Blue – The BBC Sessions’ (2024)
Prefer a voyage to a mere excursion? This trip is for you. It might surprise that a best-seller of EMI’s Harvest label, dedicated to alternative not mainstream music,...
Snafu – ‘You Know It Ain’t Easy’ (2024)
The inaugural comprehensive anthology of the acclaimed early 70s British rock band, featuring Micky Moody before his Whitesnake days and former Freedom vocalist Bobby Harrison. When bands gather...
Dando Shaft – ‘Shadows Across The Moon’
There aren’t many bands whose birthplace might, idiomatically, seem like an embargo from a period’s genre. Not always in this case either, but often. They were never (officially)...
Stray – ‘About Time’ (2024)
Described as the first new album for 13 years (since Valhalla) as well as maybe the best by the legendary ‘70s quartet Stray, that overlooks their songwriting guitarist/vocalist...
‘Heartwork’ by Medicine Head | From a Studio of the Heart
'Heartwork' is the latest album by Medicine Head. It’s often said that environment plays a key role in shaping our lives, but if there’s any truth in that...
Les Cousins – ‘The Soundtrack of Soho’s Legendary Folk & Blues Club’
One of the venues that helped to midwife the folk and blues booms of the 1960s was located at 49 Greek Street in the bohemian Soho area of...