Jim Watson – Calling You Home: Album Review
Calling You Home is a solo piano album, full of contrasts and different moods, created by a very gifted musician and composer.
Gareth Allen
Gareth is a contributor for Louder than War, and has previously contributed to Sonic Bandwagon, Room Thirteen and Mudkiss.
Camel – Pressure Points: Camel Live In Concert: Album Review
Camel are captured live in concert in 1984, and on great form, in a CD and video Blu-ray package.
Camel – Music Inspired By The Snow Goose: Album Review
The classic Camel recording from 1975 is reissued in a great new package, offering a new perspective on the music.
Avi C. Engel – Mote: Album Review
Avi C. Engel’s new album is a superbly put together suite of songs and performances.
Blood Incantation w/ Oranssi Pazuzu & Sijjin – The Garage, Glasgow: Live Review
Blood Incantation, matching boundless musical ambition and creativity with intense full-on metal, touchdown in Glasgow to bring their Absolute Elsetour to the masses. Oranssi Pazuzu & Sijjin are in support.
Tom Smith – A Year In The Life: Album Review
A Year In The Life, from Tom Smith, is a vibrant and enjoyable jazz work, with an inventive approach to the Big Band sound.
Anthony Phillips – Radio Clyde 1978: Album Review
The superb remaster of Radio Clyde 1978 captures Anthony Phillips playing and singing live in the studio, for a classic radio session.
Haken – Liveforms: An Evening With Haken
Haken deliver two sets of magnificent progressive metal, on a career defining live release.
Dame Shirley Bassey – The Singer: Album Review
The incredible talent of Dame Shirley Bassey is celebrated in a new collection that brings together classic and rare recordings.
Blue Rose Code – The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen: Live Review
Music for the soul: Blue Rose Code sprinkle some musical magic in Aberdeen, as part of a sequence of duo and trio shows.
Alison Rayner Quintet – SEMA4: Album Review
The Alison Rayner Quintet, recorded live, deliver some passionate and multilayered music, that is a joy to experience.
Throwing Muses – The Garage, Glasgow: Live Review
Throwing Muses ride a wave of creativity with a inimitable and spirited live performance in Glasgow.
Perfect Stranger – Unfinished Business: Album Review
Unfinished Business by Perfect Stranger is an album that winningly combines music that is challenging and thought provoking.
Various Artists – A New Awakening: Adventures In British Jazz 1966-1971: Album Review
A New Awakening documents, how jazz found a new vital relevance and a widening audience, embracing rock, blues and folk influences.
Louise Dodds – All I Know: Album Review
Louise Dodds, on her new album All I Know, delivers a set of outstanding vocal performances allied with expressive and heartfelt songwriting.
