Pete Brown’s Early Output To Make A Box Set

June 15, 2025

Two years ago, Pete Brown‘s passing robbed the world of one of the greatest lyricists – or, rather, poets, because that’s what he was: a British Beatnik without whom many CREAM songs wouldn’t have been so great. But while Peter’s collaborations with Jack Bruce are well-celebrated, even though his contribution to the final PROCOL HARUM album deserved to be known much better, Brown’s own musical oeuvre, with various collectives, is often overlooked – criminally so. Which is why the forthcoming box set of the late wordsmith’s early works should not go unnoticed.

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Dave Bainbridge Observes Possibilities On Album Number Five

June 13, 2025

Modest as he is as a person, Dave Bainbridge has never lacked ambition in creative terms, and yet the English artist’s fifth solo album, promises to be his most impressive project to date. Spanning not one but two discs – in both compact and vinyl variants – and binding together his customary elements of prog and folk, as well as jazz and classical music, “On The Edge (Of What Could Be)” will find the veteran dive into existential issues, current affairs and ancient mysteries, so it’s going to be a riveting experience.

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Dee Dee Bridgewater And Bill Charlap Team Up For A Set Of Perennials

June 11, 2025

They played together many times and proved that there’s nothing they can’t do as a creative pair – because their individual abilities never needed any validation – the only thing Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap seemed not prepared to go for was a studio album. Quite obvious why: the legendary chanteuse and acclaimed pianist were afraid to lose their telepathic magic in an almost sterile atmosphere with no live audience to bounce off of in terms of energy. Yet the veterans have finally plucked the courage and laid down a concise, although not on flights of fantasy, set of jazz standards.

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Glenn Hughes Gets Back On Solo Trek With “Chosen”

June 9, 2025

There’s no denying the drive behind Glenn Hughes‘ desire to compensate for years spent in addiction limbo with frequently released albums, but with his high-profile activity and recent stints with THE DEAD DAISIES and BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, it’s easy to overlook the fact that the veteran’s last solo effort was “Resonate” from 2016. Yet soon, closing the longest gap in his discography since springing back to action in the early ’90s, Glenn is ready to present a set of fresh pieces, which will arrive soon after Hughes’ 74th birthday.

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DEEP PURPLE Remix “Rapture Of The Deep” To Refresh It

June 7, 2025

There’s never been such a long gap in DEEP PURPLE album history – apart from the period of their non-existence, that is – than one between 2005’s “Rapture Of The Deep” and 2013’s “Now What?!” which restored their creative fortune, so the former offering felt like the end of an era for some time. Most fans liked it, some didn’t value the record too high, but it was fairly okay, even though everybody felt the platter could have been better. And now, two decades further down the line, it’s been made better, with Roger Glover overseeing the remixing of the songs of twenty-years vintage and changing the album’s running order to fashion a new context.

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