I have recently started to revisit some albums that i always get a great deal of joy out of listening to for whatever reason i am inspired to listen to them for. This is important as i sometimes listen to music in order to review it or play on my radio show. Sometimes i forget …
Jul 17 2017
July’s Show
Well, that’s Wimbledon out of the way for another year and the disappointing cricket done and dusted for a wee while. It’s been a great summer for music what with Glastonbury and all and i do feel inspired by that. Thanks for those who tuned in to last months three hour classic rock special. I …
Jul 04 2017
Mostly Autumn | Sight Of Day
Many moons ago i trundled my way through the rain to see a band i had eagerly waited to see play for quite some time. It would have been around 2001 or even 2002 that i arrived at The Woodcutter pub to watch Mostly Autumn play. A few weeks prior i had purchased their new …
Jun 27 2017
The Tangent | The Slow Rust Of Forgotten Machinery.
Never one to sit on his hands even following a heart attack and all that goes with it Andy Tillison the creative mind and engine of The Tangent set about writing a brace of songs and musical pieces that reflect just what’s on his mind lately. World affairs especially the plight of the migrant crisis …
Jun 20 2017
Classic Prog special
It had dawned of me off late that whilst i have been enthusiastic during my monthly shows for ARFM Rock Radio with regards to playing new releases and contemporary offerings of progressive music that i lost site of the roots and innovators of what we refer to as Prog. To this end and with the …
Jun 17 2017
The trouble with fronting a band.
They say all good things come to an end and recently North Eastern musician Tony Patterson decided to hang up his Slipperman suit to concentrate on his own projects entering a new phase of his musical career which includes little or no live performances. Being in a Genesis tribute band especially one of the biggest …
Jun 10 2017
Damanek | On Track
You know when you hear a song and you just can’t place the singer or the guitarist? There’s something familiar but you just can’t think what it is? Such a thing happened to me recently as i was listening to a freebie sampler and stumbled upon a stand out song. On further investigation i discovered …