Roadhawks quickly came to be seen as a sort of bookmark, in a 'last of the "old" Hawks' kind of way. Add to that the glorious gatefold cover artwork, based on an original Barney Bubbles poster, and you have a very iconic and, indeed, nostalgic package indeed. To the legions of Hawkwind fans who were..
FRANCK CARDUCCI – THE ANSWER
Franck Carducci. Is it, I wonder, a name you’re familiar with? If not, and you’re a fan of prog rock or the more expansive side of classic rock in general, then it really should be. This is his third album – following on the heels of the excellent Torn Apart – but to these ears..
Robert Jon and the Wreck – Last Light on the Highway
Robert Jon & The Wreck are back and ready to tear up Europe all over again with their new record, Last Light On The Highway. The impressive new album, self-produced by Robert Jon & The Wreck, will be released on Friday 8th May 2020 but the first single from the album Oh Miss Carolina was..
Bad Touch tour update, second single released
New Wave of Classic Rock favorites BAD TOUCH released the second single – I Get High on Friday 10 April – from their upcoming studio album Kiss The Sky. The single is available to stream via Spotify, Apple Music and available for download from all major digital services or via https://fanlink.to/badtouchigethigh. “I Get High is about that feeling we’ve all had..
MS AMY BIRKS – ALL THAT SHE IS…
I went through a divorce quite a few years ago, which was an emotionally turbulent time, and all of the emotion has fed into this new album. For Amy Birks, music has been all about a journey. In fact, it’s been a physical, creative and emotional one which has taken her from her home town..
IAN ANDERSON RECORDS SONG FOR COVID-19 CRISIS WITH LESLIE MANDOKI – WATCH IT HERE
A Statement By Ian Anderson: (Jethro Tull - The Official Website of the Legendary Classic Rock Band) My dear pal Hungarian-born German producer, songwriter and bandleader Leslie Mandoki sent an email to me two days ago with the request to play a few lines of flute and sing along here and there on a new..
DREAMING MADMEN – ASHES OF A DIARY (Dreaming Madmen)
The debut by Texas-based, Lebanese brothers Mathew & Christopher Aboujaoude, this concept album is the tale of an old man’s discovery of a journal of his previous trials and tribulations. The soaring guitar work may betray the brothers’ influences, Pink Floyd & Rush, but it would be unfair to say this is a Floyd copy. The..
Glass Hammer opens the decade with a ‘dark masterpiece’
Glass Hammer fans have no doubt been aquiver with elation since the announcement of their favourite band's soon to be released eighteenth studio opus Dreaming City. As the album begins arriving on doorsteps the world over, expect to see glowing reviews emerge across the board, as this one is clearly destined to fall in with..
Ciminero – Subterranean Awakening
Ciminero show that doom can be modern, interesting and doesn’t have to be just about crunching guitars and gut-wrenching misery. Ciminero is a brand new four-piece doom band based in Helsinki, with guitars, bass and drums played by Finnish natives and female vocals from Italian Valentina Vigato. Valentina may have had a strong say in..
MS AMY BIRKS – All That I Am And All That I Was (Ms Amy Birks)
When someone with a sweet, almost divine, voice sings lyrics which fairly tug at the heartstrings, but does so because the topic being sung about is based on a true situation, and not a pleasant one either, the emotions go into overdrive. Amy Birks was previously one third of the Beatrix Players, who won the..