Singer-songwriter resurfaces after years lost to trauma and grief. It’s been 12 years since Nina Nastasia released her last album, Outlaste...
"Magic Sign": Martin Courtney's second album
Happily wallowing in nostalgia, Martin Courtney refers in the title of his second solo album to what, as a late teenager, he and his friends...
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS: (#22): Black Sabbath - "Paranoid" (1970)
As anyone who likes unsociably loud music will tell you, heavy metal is popularly thought to have been born in 1970 when Brummie headbange...
The Beach Boys' first steps, 60 years ago
As 1962 began, the Beach Boys had a name and a hit. But they were soon to be without a record label. The industry attitude was that surfing ...
Steeleye Span: what the folk is about.
Last year, the current line-up of Steeleye Span , helmed by Maddy Prior and featuring a new generation including violinist Jessie May Smart ...
"The Versions": Neneh Cherry's new release with covers
All-female album of collaborations and covers - with a Cherry on top. An archive-filled documentary, an upcoming memoir, and now this album ...
"We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong" is Sharon Van Etten’s sixth album
Way back in 2009, on her first album, Sharon Van Etten sang “ I am the tornado, you are the dust ”. The terrible beauty of her voice was alr...
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS: (#21): Leonard Cohen - "The songs of Leonard Cohen" (1968)
The art of the singer/songwriter changed forever when Canadian writer Leonard Cohen released his debut. A poet laureate of angst, 1968 saw C...
"Life Is Yours": Foals are back with their 6th album
Arriving at the tail-end of the era when indie bands could infiltrate the Top 40 singles chart, Foals were initially unlikely contenders for...
"What’s It Gonna Take": Van Morrison's new release
According to track 12 of 15, Van Morrison, “Ain’t no celebrity... and I don’t care if you agree.” You’d think maybe he’s trying to put contr...
Maroulita de Kol - "AnásanA": μια ακόμα Ελληνίδα πειραματίζεται
Όλο και πιο συχνά συναντάω Έλληνες – και πιο πολύ Ελληνίδες – καλλιτέχνες που πειραματίζονται με διάφορα είδη μουσικής. Πιο πρόσφατη «συνάν...
ΙΤΑΛΙΚΟ PROGRESSIVE ROCK: Antonius Rex και άλλα "συγγενικά" groups
Ο Antonio Bartoccetti (Antonius Rex) είναι μια από τις δυο-τρεις κορυφαίες προσωπικότητες του ιταλικού progressive rock. Ξεκίνησε την καριέ...
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS: (#20): King Crimson - In The Court Of Crimson King (1969)
A vehicle for left-field guitar hero Robert Fripp, King Crimson are one of the major progressive rock acts, surviving countless personnel c...
Frayle's "Skin & Sorrow" : mantra-metal από το Ohio
Είναι αλήθεια ότι δεν είχα ξανασυναντήσει τον όρο υπνωτικό mantra-metal για μουσικό είδος. Πρώτη φορά τον είδα στην παρουσίαση από το γερμαν...
ΙΤΑΛΙΚΟ PROGRESSIVE ROCK: Apoteosi, μια οικογενειακή αποθέωση
Το ιταλικό group με το ελληνικό όνομα 𝗔𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘀𝗶 ξεκίνησε το 1974 από το Palmi της Καλαβρίας. Είναι ένα από τα πολλά συγκροτήματα που...
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS: (#19) : Stevie Wonder - "Songs in the key of life" (1976)
On August 15,1975, Stevie Wonder signed a $13 million contract with Motown, guaranteeing complete artistic freedom. He had stockpiled hundr...
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