Victorious Festival 2025 – Preview
Victorious Festival 2025 is shaping up to be one of the top festival line-ups in the UK this year. We take a look at some of the bands who will be performing.
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.
Van Der Graaf Generator – World Record (Remastered): Album Review
Van Der Graaf Generator conclude a trio of masterful releases from the mid Seventies. Cherry Red offer a new Abbey Road cut.
Flook – Sanju: Album Review
Flook fly back in a flurry of flirtatious flutery.
Lorenzo Bedini – Who Never Was: Album Review
It’s Prog time, folks! Airbridge man, Lorenzo Bedini proudly takes his cue from Floyd, Genesis and Crimson as he charts his own development – from child to senior citizen – on his debut solo album, Who Never Was
Wryn – Shapes: Album Review
Wryn celebrates their reinvention in sound and spirit with nine songs of intense introspection. Don’t expect compromises – Shapes doesn’t offer them.
Quick Takes – March 2025: Album Reviews
Welcome to Quick Takes – a quick look at a handful of album releases from Will Wilde, The Adventures, Dim Gray, The Tubs and Rainbows Are Free.
Rachael McShane & The Cartographers – Uncharted: Album Review
Rachael McShane and her cartographer friends show the way and have made another fine map.
Mike Dawes – Band On The Wall, Manchester: Live!
One man, one guitar, a pedal board, some dad jokes. We head off on a magic carpet ride with acoustical guitar genius, Mike Dawes.
The Darkness w/ Ash – De Montfort Hall, Leicester: Live Review
The Darkness are set to release their latest album. Enjoying a deserved resurgence, the hard rocking quartet are still an irresistible proposition on the live stage.
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman: Liverpool Philharmonic: Live!
We head off to Liverpool for an evening in celebration of thirty years of music making from Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman.
Manchester Folk Festival: Live Review
We’re at Manchester Folk festival in the city’s Northern Quarter for a feast of folk and more…
Red Sky July on Moira Smiley – Why I Love (3)
In the final ‘why I love’ from Red Sky July, Haley Glennie-Smith tells us why she loves Moira Smiley.
Greer – Big Smile: Album Review
A mature debut from Orange County indie-rockers Greer. Watch and listen as chaos slowly cedes to order…
Keg – Fun’s Over: Album Review
Eagerly-awaited debut album from London-based 7-piece collective, Keg. Prepare to glimpse inside a confused man’s brain.