Tag Archives: Simon House

HAWKESTREL: New Nest For HAWKWIND Alumni

July 5, 2019

Fifty years on after HAWKWIND’s rise, the band’s family continues to grow, and the latest branch on its tree is HAWKESTREL: a new project driven by bassist Alan Davey and featuring a plethora of former members. A couple of them … Continue reading →

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NIK TURNER – Life In Space

January 6, 2018

Purple Pyramid 2017 Charged with cosmic energy, restless reedman soldiers on to chain the rage of the greatest enigma. “It’s not a rut if it’s in space” could be Nik Turner’s motto had it not been a concept for rolling … Continue reading →

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SPIRITS BURNING & BRIDGET WISHART – Make Believe It Real

March 19, 2015

Gonzo 2014 A new bout of cosmic unconsciousness from the spaceball dancefloor. Since 1996, when American multi-instrumentalist Don Falcone resurrected his old band, this loose collective of kindred minds has been having a romance with the Old World purveyors of … Continue reading →

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ROBERT CALVERT – Lucky Leif And The Longships

June 5, 2014

United Artists 1975 / Atomhenge 2013 From the Vikings to the vanity fair: the HAWKWIND warbler recounts how the West was won – and lost to whiskey and good vibrations. Long before Columbus set his foot in The New World … Continue reading →

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NIK TURNER – Space Gypsy

March 1, 2014

Cleopatra 2013 HAWKWIND’s original reedsman returns to the cosmic playground with a motley caravan in tow. A scandal caused by the concurrent touring plans by Dave Brock’s band, who retained the name coined back in the day in Ladbroke Grove, … Continue reading →

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