After their MCA debut, “Mirage” was the band’s first album for Decca (Deram). Strangely enough it failed to dent the U.K. charts but did...

Less vocals and more instrumental than previous albums, “Moon Madness” is another strong album from the Camel canon, featuring tracks...

With music written by Andy Latimer and lyrics by Susan Hoover, “Nude” tells the story of a Japanese soldier who, after being lost in the...

These popular guides are not called “The Only Doctor Who Guide You’ll Ever Need from Now until the End of Time”  for no reason. “The...

If you like your jazz smooth, soulful and occasionally funky, then check out Jim’s latest album with Danish tenor saxophonist Jan...

This collection, while welcome to Billie Holiday newbies, is rather limited in scope, being based on an arbitrarily limited time period...

It’s nice to see Glasgow guitarist Jim Mullen, who played with Vinegar Joe, Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express, with Dick Morrissey and has...

Yes, it’s another 50th anniversary Prog Rock classic. I guess many of you will already be familiar with it. According to Discogs there...

Well, this three CD set on Cherry Red to be released on 21st March, 2025 really is a mixed bag. It starts very well with Family’s ‘Good...

Remember the Zagar and Evans 1969 #1 hit song ‘In the Year 2525’? Well, we’re not quite there yet, and there is nothing that futuristic...

The Beau Brummels 1967 ‘45s’ augured well for their next album, revealing their more creative side with Long Walking Down to Misery ...

As promised in my review of the “Jingle jangle Morning” 3 x CD set to be released by Cherry Red in March, this is an extract from the...

These are the two latest singles from Steven McCabe and couldn’t be more contrasting. ‘Falling Dust’ is, in the artist’s own words,...

Tim Hunter has informed me of a new single on his Northern Soundscapes Bandcamp page. This is a new 2 track single about St Hilda and St...

I used to be an avid collector of 60s American music, all those psychedelic compilations and box-sets; the only I have left is a four CD...

The line-up is: John Surman - soprano and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet; Alan Skidmore - tenor saxophone and flute; Ronnie Scott -...

A Canterbury school teacher’s son, Mike Ratledge was born in Maidstone in Kent and grew up with classical music, He met his friend Brian...

The title is tongue in cheek alluding to the ‘urban myth’ that Jazz Sabbath’s first album in 2020 was by a lost jazz group who were...

As it happens Adrian Belew are currently touring similar music with Beat, with Steve Vai as Robert Fripp. This is the first ever vinyl...

The JAZZ IN BRITAIN site on Bandcamp is well worth checking out if you’re at that way inclined with some cracking vinyl LPs and CDs at...