Michael Giles Puts Out Second Solo Offering

March 19, 2026

Calling Michael Giles an assuming legend would doing a disservice to one of the greatest rock drummers. Mostly known for his playing on two first platters by KING CRIMSON – "In The Court Of The Crimson King" and "In The Wake Of Poseidon" – and then recording a self-titled album with his former colleague Ian McDonald, he might not have a stellar career after that, but Giles’s subsequent appearances, which included such works as Greg Lake‘s eponymous LP and "Wise After The Event" by Anthony Phillips as well as Leo Sayers’s debut and Roger Glover’s “The Butterfly Ball”, were always notable. Michael hasn’t really cut a personal path under his own name, the only longplay credited to the veteran being “Progress” – laid down in 1978 yet released in 2002 – until now.

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MICK CLARKE BAND’s Outing From 1989 To Be Issued

March 18, 2026

An unstoppable force, Mick Clarke has been at the forefront of British blues for more than five decades now – as the guitarist with KILLING FLOOR and SALT, as accompanist to other artists, as a band leader, and as a solo performer – and is still releasing, on a yearly basis, albums of fresh material, but the interest in his past never fades away. That’s why an archival recording of MICK CLARKE BAND’s German concert from last century is bound to be interesting.

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Dick Gaughan’s Live Rarities See The Light Of Day

March 18, 2026

One of the greatest Scottish singers-songwriters of a folk stripe, Dick Gaughan stopped performing ten years ago, after suffering a stroke, but his status has been incessantly growing in scope since then, so an idea emerged of compiling the veteran’s concert recordings into a respectable box set – which is out now. A result of a successful crowdfunding campaign, “R/Evolution: 1969/83” spans seven CDs and a DVD, with all the profits benefitting the retired and visually impaired artist.

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Francis Dunnery Goes Down Memory Lane

March 17, 2026

“A living memoir” is how Francis Dunnery‘s new album, titled “England’s Tales Of The Council House Kid” and getting issued on March 20th, was described when the singer started performing pieces of it a few months ago. Actually, the release date in this case means the day when the last track of the ten-track record will be made available on his Bandcamp page, because the veteran’s been posting fresh numbers for some time now.

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MSG Concerts Of Gary Barden Era To Get Boxed

March 17, 2026

It’s been subtle but Michael Schenker’s career came under scrutiny in recent years: there were reissues of UFO albums with him on – plus, the guitarist’s own album of the band’s classics – and a couple of box sets of his ensemble’s studio records. And now there’s a six-disc collection of the MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP‘s concert recordings is ready to be out on April 3rd. Titled “Live & Ready: 1980-1984” and including both previously released and yet-unheard cuts, it focuses on the two periods when Gary Barden was fronting the line-up.

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