Ivan Neville Makes A Solo Comeback

April 18, 2023

A proud member of the clan that gave the world THE NEVILLE BROTHERS, Ivan Neville has cut a nice career for himself as multi-instrumentalist who doesn’t have to draw on such familial associations. The 63-year-old’s résumé includes concert stints with the greatest artists – like Bernard Purdie and Keith Richards – and studio work with a lot of famous collectives, THE ROLLING STONES among them, plus the membership in SPIN DOCTORS and the leadership in DUMPSTAPHUNK. All these leave not a lot of time for Ivan’s endeavors under his own name, yet April 21st is the day when Neville’s first solo album in almost two decades is out.

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CAMEL Lift Up A Massive Box Set

April 17, 2023

2023 marks the 50th anniversary of CAMEL‘s self-titled debut longplay, one of the most memorable statements in the field of prog-rock with instrumental slant, and what’s a better way to celebrate this date than to embark on a tour and compile a great box set? Unfortunately, the ensemble had to cancel their 2023 concert trek due to leader, Andy Latimer’s surgery – which was successful – yet the massive collection of the band’s classic era material will be issued on May 26th.

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Stewart Copeland Documents His Orchestral Endeavors

April 15, 2023

While there’s nothing strange in artists trying to escape from songs that made them stars in collectives where they served before striking solo, there’s also nothing strange in their returning to classic material in a new way, one reflecting the wisdom of years. It was like that with Phil Collins’ big band, with with he presented fresh renditions of GENESIS gems alongside other numbers, and with another drummer’s endeavor, Stewart Copeland‘s reading of THE POLICE pieces in the company of a symphony orchestra – a venture that ran in 2021-2022, that returns this year and that has been documented on an album now.

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Nils Lofgren’s “Mountains” Echo With Voices Of Young, Crosby And Starr

April 14, 2023

Once the news emerged on Nils Lofgren having worked on new music through the pandemic and letting some of the fresh songs now on the recently mentioned joint platter with his CRAZY HORSE mates, everyone knew it was only a matter of time before each of the veterans release a solo album – and Lofgren’s time comes on July 21st when “Mountains” will be issued.

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CRACK THE SKY Unplug Their Prog In The Wood

April 13, 2023

It’s been about fifty years since the seeds of CRACK THE SKY were sown, and what’s the best way to celebrate the anniversary if not attempting to do something this prog ensemble didn’t try before – although all the signs of their ability to do it seemed hard to miss on the band’s classic albums. The feat in question is turning acoustic on the Americans’ studio platter number 20.

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