From The Vault: Don Shinn – ‘Takes A Trip’ (1969)
Sometimes, at the oddest moments, I find myself thinking of Don Shinn, and wondering what he’s doing today. It would be easy to say that Don Shinn was...
Reviews
JAZZ CORNER Presents: John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (1965)
A Love Supreme is a very special album, even in the large scope of John Coltrane’s work. Bearing resemblance with the post-bop style of its time,...
From The Vault: Dr. John, The Night Tripper – Gris-Gris (1968)
“They call me Doctor John, known as the Night Tripper ...” Yes the Doctor is the last of the best. As I’ve said before I first encountered...
Harvey Mandel – ‘Snake Pit’ (2016)
On this, Harvey Mandel’s fourth album with "snake" in the title, we find his choice of album artwork to be inspired by his sensational first outing 'Cristo Redentor,'...
It Hugs Back – Slow Wave (2015) review
It Hugs Back - Slow Wave (2015) Listen: http://www.ithugsback.co.uk/ While the band It Hugs Back has never been high on my radar since I discovered them several years ago,...
Neil Young – Peace Trail (2016) review
Neil Young - Peace Trail (Reprise Records, 2016) As the second track says, “I can’t stop working …” and the man delivers yet again, finally shifting gears and...
Jeff Liberman – Solitude Within (1975) review
(Original release on Librah/1975; reissue on Out-Sider/2016) Guerssen Records Listen The second of three Liberman albums reissued by Out-Sider (with liner notes from our editor) is a little...
The Magical Mystery Psychout …A Tribute to The Beatles (2016) review
The Magical Mystery Psychout ...A Tribute to The Beatles (Cleopatra Records, 2016) Roll up! Roll up for the magical mystery tour! Step right this way! … hear twelve...
Annie & The Station Orchestra – Bingo Halls (2016) review
Annie & The Station Orchestra – Bingo Halls (Bearsuit Records, 2016) Strange name for a guy, one Chas Kinnis, who apparently took his nom de group from a...
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...