Tag Archives: AOR

LIPS TURN BLUE – Lips Turn Blue

May 23, 2022

MiG Music 2022 Going for aorta instead of jugular, American AOR stalwarts bid farewell to their past to embrace the future with the help of a Foreigner guest. Lips turn blue when things take a turn for the worse and … Continue reading →

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JOHN CARTER with MARTIN BARRE – Spirit Flying Free

August 13, 2021

A New Day 1997 / Talking Elephant 2021 Folk-rock elite flock en masse to celebrate a life-long friendship in a flight of fantasy. They may have gone their own separate ways, these two Birmingham pals, one to worldwide fame as … Continue reading →

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INNUENDO – Time Eats Everything

April 26, 2021

XLR8 2021 Hard-rocking veterans discover ways to not get devoured by years passing by – by sticking in the listener’s memory. Don’t be fooled by this album’s playful cover, as there’s nothing lightweight on “Time Eats Everything”; more so, this … Continue reading →

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MANDOKI SOULMATES – Living In The Gap + Hungarian Pictures

August 17, 2020

Red Rock 2019 Delivering a paean to togetherness, cosmopolitan defector calls on stellar comrades to close ranks and create celestial noise. Leslie Mándoki has always been going against the grain – ever since he fled Budapest in mid-’70s to end … Continue reading →

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ANGEL – Risen

September 26, 2019

Cleopatra 2019 Knights in white satin return to reach back to yesterday yet let go of here and now. Four and a half decades after their glorious beginning and two scores years since their last studio platter saw the light … Continue reading →

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