KLAATU’s Terry Draper Releases A New Album

December 20, 2020

Having risen to prominence as one third of KLAATU, Terry Draper always was more than a drummer – otherwise his “Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft” wouldn’t become a hit for THE CARPENTERS back in 1977 – and the slew of solo albums the veteran’s released over the years testifies to his flight of fantasy. This is what drives the Canadian’s latest creation: the album titled “Lost” that’s out now on CD and as a digital download. The record’s 14 tracks are inspired by various literary and scientific sources and surely should appeal to the most discerning prog aficionado.

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BLACKMORE’S NIGHT See The Light On A Spring Album

December 10, 2020

Having issued a seasonal EP “Here We Come A-Caroling” a week ago, BLACKMORE’S NIGHT have just announced the release of a full-length record on March 12th, 2021. Titled “Nature’s Light” and adorned with a rather unremarkable cover artwork, it comprises ten tracks – a usual mix of humor-tinctured pop-folk numbers – of which two are instrumental pieces and one a fresh take on a REDNEX cover that first saw the light of day on hard-rock hero and his dame’s 1997 debut. Strangely, the offering’s first single is winter-themed – but there’s a video, out today, to make the song timely.

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John Renbourn’s Classic Concert To Be Out

December 8, 2020

John Renbourn always was an individual, even when in PENTANGLE, so many found it quite surprising that the great English artist credited his 1977 album “A Maid In Bedlam” to JOHN RENBOURN GROUP and took the collective – which comprised his former colleague, singer Jacqui McShee, fiddler Sue Draheim and tabla player Keshave Sathe – on the road. On February 14th, 1978 the quartet graced the stage of the “Römer” venue in Bremen to give a concert to be preserved for posterity by Radio Bremen – only that recording became a source for bootlegs, rather than official releases, yet this situation will be remedied on February 26th, 2021, when “A Maid in Bremen (Live at Roemer, Bremen )” is scheduled to see the light of day as CD and digital download.

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SOFT WORKS’ Archival Performance To Be Issued

December 6, 2020

It’s going to be a poignant release because three quarters of this ensemble – Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper and Allan Holdsworth – passed away, and only John Marshall is still with us. “This ensemble” was SOFT WORKS – SOFT MACHINE by other name – which reformed in 1999 with a line-up comprised of former members who had never played in such a configuration before, recorded "Abracadabra" back in 2003 and toured with it around the world. On August 11th of that year, the foursome played in Osaka and documented that concert on a tape but never got to issuing the live album – until now. Restored, enhanced and mastered by Mark Wingfield and available from MoonJune Records as a 2CD set and download, “Abracadabra In Osaka” is a precious performance.

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Lee Kerslake’s Solo Album Is Ready For Release

December 4, 2020

There were many things the great Lee Kerslake took pride in but most of those lay in the late drummer’s past, in his stints with URIAH HEEP and Ozzy Osbourne, which is why the veteran felt so great about a solo album he’d been working on for the last couple of years, all the while suffering from cancer and getting in and out of hospitals. “I do have a talent – not just playing the drums. Now I’ve done all the keyboards on my new album – it’s called ‘Eleventeen’ – and I sang all the songs, so you have to look out for it,” Lee told me in 2019, yet he didn’t live long enough to see the record released. It will be out on February 26th, 2001 on CD and vinyl, featuring seven songs and an instrumental finale, all delivered by Kerslake whose voice, a prominent part of HEEP harmonies, is finally at the fore.

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