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Feb 243 min read
FOURTH DOCTOR WHO SERIES GUIDE DUE FOR PUBLICATION IN MARCH: THE DAVID TENNANT YEARS
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...
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Feb 181 min read
VARIOUS ARTISTS – IN THE YEAR 2025 (Fruits De Mer Records) (2025)
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...
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Feb 182 min read
JINGLE JANGLE MORNING: THE 1960s FOLK-ROCK EXPLOSION (Cherry Red) 3 x CD (Release date: 21st March, 2025)
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...
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Feb 32 min read
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – HEAVY SOUL (Journeyman Records) (2024)
I’m a bit slow off the starting blocks with this one, having been ‘in on’ Joanne’s music since the very beginning when Thomas Ruf used to...
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Feb 31 min read
MAGIC PETRA & CHRISTIAN JÄGER – EILENSTEIN (Bandcamp)
This EP is a collaboration between Magic Petra and Space Debris drummer Christian Jäger. It consists of five tracks: it starts with the...
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Jan 301 min read
MASCOT MOTH – SPESIMEN A (2024) (Bandcamp)
Eight new tracks from Mascot Moth on an EP that starts with a loose funky jam, punctuated by guitar and sax excursions, followed by ‘The...
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Jan 301 min read
KEVIN KASTNING, CARL CLEMENTS & SOHEIL PEYGHAMBARI – TRIPLE HELIX (Bandcamp/ Greydisc) (2025)
Kevin Kastning once again plays various types of contraguitars on this collaboration with saxophonist Carl Clements, with whom he has...
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Jan 282 min read
CHESS by STEFAN ZWEIG reviewed by Benedict
(Apart from music which is its main focus, this site also reviews books and films. If we read something we’d like to share with others,...
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Jan 243 min read
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Bob Dylan film (2025 screening)
Timothée Chalamet has rightly earned plaudits for his portrayal of Bob Dylan, and there also many other strong performances by, for...
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Jan 223 min read
INTERVIEW WITH TONY CURRIE/ THE TONY CURRIE ORCHESTRA- RACE THE SUN (Pye Records) (2024)
I posted a review of The Tony Currie’s Orchestra album earlier and have re-posted it to give this interview more context. PHIL: What...
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Jan 222 min read
THE TONY CURRIE ORCHESTRA- RACE THE SUN (Pye Records) (2024)
Here’s something I nearly missed in 2024 until Tony drew my attention to it. With sleeve notes from ‘pop master’ Ken Bruce, this little...
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Jan 221 min read
www.doctorwhoreviewer.com
Benedict’s Doctor Who Series Guides have proved popular on Amazon, topping their category. It is no ideal statement when their front...
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Jan 211 min read
WIFEDOM: MRS ORWELL’S INVISIBLE LIFE by ANNA FUNDER (Penguin Books, 2023)
If you can get past the layout of a book that runs to 400 pages but really doesn’t need to, with its small italicised print playing...
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Jan 172 min read
THE TONY CURRIE ORCHESTRA- RACE THE SUN (Pye Records) (2024)
Here’s something I nearly missed in 2024 until Tony drew my attention to it. With sleeve notes from ‘pop master’ Ken Bruce, this little...
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Jan 171 min read
FIFTH DAUGHTER – STELLAR SEASON (Fruits de Mer Records) (Release date: late February, 2025)
Although a new band, a duo in fact, one of Fifth Daughter’s members James Howarth has collaborated with the KLF and Martin ‘Youth’ Glover...
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Jan 173 min read
SCHIZO FUN ADDICT – AN INTRODUCTION TO SCHIZO FUN ADDICT (Fruits de Mer Records – due to be released late February) (2025)
Schizo Fun Addict first appeared in 2008 on a single (the first to be released on Fruits de Mer) with an interpretation of George...
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Jan 132 min read
FALLING A RECORDS: a plea
Thanks to Barry Lamb and Peter Ashby for a copy of their annual report. Why is this post here? Because, for over 25 years now I have been...
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Jan 132 min read
2073 film (2024)
The natural successor to 1984; there is even a direct quote from it near the end, “2073” reveals uncomfortable and shocking truths about...
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Jan 111 min read
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
Firstly, we want to express our appreciation for all those who have contributed material for review and who have visited the site in...
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Jan 61 min read
A message from sound artist HERVÉ PEREZ
For devotees of mindfulness and deep meditation: The next live stream will be on Monday, 13th Jan at 6pm GMT Link: ...
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