Pianist Demian Dorelli Pays Tribute To Nick Drake’s Debut

March 15, 2025

Five decades on since his untimely demise, Nick Drake‘s music carries on enchanting mere mortals and musicians alike, and British pianist and composer Demian Dorelli fell under its charms long time ago – to such an extent where he feels compelled to cover the folk legends albums in their entirety, even though not in the original running order. Starting with “Pink Moon, A Journey On Piano” in 2021, Demian has just issued “Five Leaves Left: Echoes On Solo Piano” to link back to Nick’s first platter.

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COLOSSEUM Turn It Up To “XI”

March 14, 2025

One may say that numbering, rather than titling, their records may be a sign of artists imagination running dry, but when it comes to a new COLOSSEUM album such assumption couldn’t get further from the truth. Given that in the heart of “XI” – these numerals form a title of the veterans’ forthcoming platter – is a nine-minute mini-epic “English Garden Suite” – which, of course, all the aficionados will think to hark back to the English ensemble’s "Valentyne Suite" just like the cover artwork should evoke the reminiscences of "Live" – there’s a lot to delve into and find delight in.

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Max Middleton Delivers “New Notes” On The Passage Of Time

March 14, 2025

One of those musicians whose work is universally known and whose names are cherished mostly by aficionados, Max Middleton is composer and player par excellence. While everyone’s familiar with his instrumental ballad “The Loner” that Gary Moore took into millions of homes and everybody’s heard his Fender Rhodes on Kate Bush’s “Babooshka” – to mention but two of the English keyboardist’s credits, which most notably include a stint with Jeff Beck and performances on the guitarist’s hugely influential “Blow By Blow” – the veteran’s own records remain the connoisseurs’ domain. Not that Max issued too many platters, his last released in 2013, and still the arrival of a follow-up to “Two Cranes” feels like something to celebrate.

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TALKING HEADS Issue Onstage Report From 1978

March 13, 2025

Given the fact that it was originally intended for radio broadcast, with vinyl copies sent out to various stations across the States, there’s no surprise in the recording of TALKING HEADS December 18th, 1978 show at “The Agora” in Cleveland having been in circulation as a bootleg for more than four decades now. What’s surprising is that this document is to finally see an official release.

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Interview with Chas Cronk

March 13, 2025

Calling him a stalwart of British rock wouldn’t be a stretch – if anything, such term would seem to be a compression of Chas Cronk’s almost six-decade-long career as a professional musician. A member of STRAWBS during their classic period, the bassist also worked with such prominent figures as Rick Wakeman and Steve Hackett, yet then, Cronk was one-half of the fantastic CRY NO MORE outfit that didn’t deal in prog at all, so there’s much more to the man than meets the ear. And what do fans know know about him at all? 

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