CRISTIANO VARISCO – ALINE (2023) (Oob Records/ Bandcamp)
There are two sides to Cristiano Varisco’s music: one as an acoustic guitar player, the other as an electric guitarist, and it proves...
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May 281 min read
JOHN BATTEMA – LIGHT BECOMES… (Bandcamp) (2024)
John Battema (of EPHEMERAL SUN) has created four tracks of piano/ synth-based music statring with ‘The Sun Comforts the Night at Dawn’...
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May 282 min read
HIRO KAWAHARA – IN MEMORY OF PETER FROHMADER (2024)
I previously reviewed Hiro’s recent album for the Cuneiform label of Hiro’s collaborative music with an innovative electronic musician he...
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May 216 min read
THE BEVIS FROND – LIVE AT THE GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, SAN FRANCISCO (RSD reissue) (1998/ 2024)
How many song writers do you know that couple ‘striations’ with ‘expectations.’ This kind of lyrical ingenuity was what drew me to The...
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May 211 min read
BLOOM DE WILDE - RIDE WITH THE FISHES (Cherry Red) (2024)
There is lot going on in the 4-minute plus single by the BJORK-like Bloom De Wilde, encompassing many different styles. The prominent...
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May 74 min read
VARIOUS ARTISTS – MINIATURES (2020) (2 x CD) (part one)
Following on from Morgan Fisher’s first 1980 “Miniatures” here we are, 40 years later, with over 120 one-minute musical vignettes in a...
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May 72 min read
JOHN’S CHILDREN – DISSTORY: and a connection to the “Miniatures” collection of 2020
Here is an abridged extract from my book “Within You, Without You: A Sociological, Cultural and Musical History of Britain, 1945-1967.”...
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Apr 32 min read
CHEER-ACCIDENT - VACATE (2024) (Cuneiform Records)
When Thymme Jones was very young he used to bop around to HERB ALPERT's rendition of ‘Zorba the Greek.’ It turns out Alpert and his...
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Mar 291 min read
KEVIN KASTNING & MARK WINGFIELD – RUBICON II (2024) (Greydisc)
Earlier this year I reviewed Kevin Kastning’s collaborative album with clarinettist Soheil Peyghambari on which the master craftsman...
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Mar 201 min read
MARTIN C STRONG's epic book THE GREAT ROCK BIBLE is out now!
A reminder after my last post that 'The Old Testament' is now available at a discount of 25% off RRP if bought through the Red Planet...
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Mar 201 min read
3rd Book in Doctor Who series now out
The third book in Benedict's Doctor Who series is now out. It is about the Sylvester McCoy Years and follows the successful first two...
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Mar 201 min read
WATER AID CHARITY
Please help me help WATER AID. You can do this by either donating to WATER AID directly or by making a donation for which you will...
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Mar 201 min read
NOSTGALIA TRIP #1: REMEMBERING ZIGZAG MAGAZINE – AUGUST, 1976
Now we’re going back a bit. What a cover! PETE FRAME, the famous Rock family tree guy is on the editorial board and does the layout. The...
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Mar 201 min read
LANDING - MOTIONLESS I- IV (2023) (Sulatron)
For 25 years Landing (Aaron Snow and Daron Gardner) have been painting their aural soundscapes and have become much appreciated by those...
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Mar 121 min read
THE LONG-AWAITED GREAT ROCK BIBLE by MARTIN C STRONG: DUE FOR PUBLICATION on 28TH MARCH, 2024.
SAVE £25 OFF THE RRP BY ORDERING AT https://redplanetmusicbooks.com/products/copy-of-the-great-rock-bible-old-testament-1920-1976...
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Mar 41 min read
STEVE ROSEN's BOOK ABOUT EDDIE VAN HALEN
Music journalist and Guitar World magazine correspondent STEVEN ROSEN's book about his long friendship with EDDIE VAN HALEN has been...
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Feb 191 min read
PENNY GRENNAN – NO RELATION (2023) (Penny Grennan Music/ Bandcamp)
This is English singer songwriter, guitar, ukelele and banjo player Penny Greenman’s first album. The style ranges from folk to bluegrass...
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Feb 71 min read
INSIDE OUT: EINAR SOLBERG’s acoustic rendition of LEPRUS’s “The Congregation”
Just Einar on vocal on piano: pure bliss. Only two tracks available on BANDCAMP at the moment, but can be pre-ordered as digital download...
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Feb 52 min read
PAKT – LIVE IN COLUMBUS and LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA (2023) (Moon June)
Back in the twilight zone, the improvisational quartet of Percy Jones on bass, Alex Skolnick on guitars, Tim Motzer on guitar and...
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Jan 304 min read
DIMENSIONS-IN-SOUND-AND-SPACE DIGEST - ARCHIVE 2023
To search our website please click on the month at the left-hand side OR the general categories along the top: Doctor Who/ Film & TV/...
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