Al Manfredi – ‘Blue Gold’ (2019)
Harrowing, utterly compelling and desperately heartbreaking, Al Manfredi’s story, musical and otherwise, is laid bare by Mike Stax in the booklet which accompanies this astonishing double CD package....
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Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes is a reductionistic rock band from London who's trying new ways with an old form. 'Vortex Veering Back To Venus' is their latest album, out on Feeding...
The Raconteurs Off the Chain at the Bowl
On Saturday night July 27, the ass-kicking Raconteurs--lead by Detroit natives mighty Jack White and melodic Brendan Benson, along with bassist Jack Lawrence, drummer Patrick Keeler, and Dean...
Small Faces – ‘Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake’ (50th Anniversary Edition) (2018)
The final LP from Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones has long been considered their masterpiece and how it failed to top the charts and...
Locksley Hall – ‘Locksley Hall’ (2019)
Named after a poem written in 1835 by Alfred Tennyson, Locksley Hall came from Spokane, Washington. Established 1967, the band was well regarded on the Pacific Northwest circuit...
The Rolling Stones – ‘Rock and Roll Circus’
For years, the Rolling Stones’ concert The Rock and Roll Circus was no more than a superstar concert that was only witnessed by a small, select audience of...
Climax Blues Band – ‘The Albums 1969-1972’ (2019)
Formed in Stafford, England in 1967 by vocalist and harmonica player Colin Cooper, guitarist and vocalist Pete Haycock, guitarist Derek Holt, bassist and keyboardist Richard Jones, drummer George...
Moon Duo – ‘Stars Are the Light’ (2019)
Review from my pre-release listening experience ... On Stars Are The Light, the band hooks up with Sonic Boom (late of Spacemen 3) to deliver an odd arrangement...
Manfred Mann
Four new CDs that constitute the next phase of releases as put out by the Artist Approved label with the full blessing of the group members. Whereas in...
Seattle’s Seaprog Festival 2019: Turning the Corner
Seaprog began in 2013, a relative newcomer on the world stage as an international-class prog festival. While it is not comparatively very large in terms of the sheer...