John Idan on the Yardbirds, the Blues, and a Lifetime of Electric Energy
John Idan is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his long association with the legendary Yardbirds and for leading the John Idan Group. Raised in...
Interview
The Musical Players – The Chemist, The Preacher And The Musical Players: The British Acid-Folk Album That Almost No One Heard
Originally pressed in 1972 in an edition of around ten copies, 'The Chemist' by The Musical Players sits comfortably among the rarest and strangest artefacts of British acid-folk....
The Gathering: Another Time, Another Place
In the blur of the late 1980s and early 90s, great bands seem to disappear as soon as they arrived. The changing landscape did not always provide sure...
Structuring the Edmonton Popular Music Community: Rayal, Spane International, Park Lane, Molten and Pace Records by Brock Silversides
Edmonton’s popular musical community in the mid to late 1960s was in a unique position. They had access to local talent agencies, record labels, music publishing, and possibly...
Bob Stewart’s Journey on ‘It’s Snowing in Bangkok’
Ohio-based songwriter and storytelling veteran Bob Stewart has been at music for a minute. If there’s one thing we’ve all seen and learned in recent years, with the...
Fairport Convention’s Simon Nicol Interview: “Time’s Arrow Only Flies One Way”
Few bands in British music have navigated the uncharted waters of change and tragedy with the grace of Fairport Convention. For Simon Nicol, the band’s enduring thread, the...
ALICE NOT JOHN Episode 24: A Fictional Radio Transmission Guest: Dominic Sas
ALICE NOT JOHNEpisode 24: A Fictional Radio TransmissionGuest: Dominic SasHost: Joeri Bruyninckx A conversation I overheard in a record store: Customer: “Do you have Coltrane?”Record shop owner: “In...
Jimbo Ross Unleashes the Jazz Viola on ‘SO DO IT’
Legendary trumpeter Don Ellis once dubbed Jimbo Ross the “only jazz violist in captivity,” a title the veteran musician has owned through a dizzying career accompanying icons ranging...
Sidewinder Returns with Monolithic New Single ‘Feed the Beast’
Wellington heavyweights Sidewinder are ushering in a new era, and we are proud to premiere their heavy new single, ‘Feed the Beast’. Following their thunderous 2022 album 'Talons,'...
School Disco Share ‘What You Do, What You Say’ and Break Down New Album ‘SDIV’
Brighton quartet School Disco blends repetitive rhythms with psych improvisation to create an organic sound. As they prepare to release their new album, 'SDIV,' on February 20th via...