Monthly Archives: April 2023

BLUES IMAGE feat. Mike Pinera – Next Voyage

April 12, 2023

Solar Music 2023 No plain sailing for the American mariner whose guitar filigree flies across orchestral sky to new horizons. “We can laugh our lives away and be free once more”: thus goes this collective’s most famous song that’s been … Continue reading →

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Karl Jenkins Calls For Global Unity

April 11, 2023

More often than not, when a classically trained and academically educated rock musician issues a symphonically-slanted album, it’s to massage their ambition rather than signal a career change but since Karl Jenkins parted ways with SOFT MACHINE there was no … Continue reading →

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John Mayall’s French Documents To Be Released

April 10, 2023

It’s an oft-missed point yet, back in the ’60s, John Mayall was much more than a well-respected blues performer – he used to be a one-man institution, not only exposing aspirant players to American sounds via his expansive collection of … Continue reading →

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BLACK SABBATH Box Up “Live Evil” For Fortieth Anniversary

April 9, 2023

As powerhouse-like as they used to be on-stage, BLACK SABBATH had never been prone to serving up in-concert improvisations to set their in-front-of-audience performances much apart from studio cuts – at least until came onboard – which is why the … Continue reading →

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M-OPUS – At The Mercy Of Manannán

April 8, 2023

Rude Chord 2023 Rewinding counterclockwise wonders at will, wanderers from the coast of Éire land on the mysteries from 1972. If this ensemble’s initial plan suggested they would play what should amount to a temporal game from the past into … Continue reading →

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