The mesmerising van den Berg ... might just be the best drummer I have ever seen... When legendary ex-Focus guitar maestro Jan Akkerman released his latest album Close Beauty in October 2019, the self-confessed Anglophile expressed his desire to return to the UK and tour. In March 2020 though, the Covid lockdown came along and..
Focus 50 Years Anthology 1970-1976 (Red Bullet)
If, like me, you’ve been following Dutch prog masters Focus for the almost all of the 50 years of their existence, you will have had multiple opportunities to buy the back calalogue. Again, like me you may have ‘replaced’ your vinyl copies with CD versions, some released as early as 1987. 2017 saw the Red..
JAN AKKERMAN – CLOSE BEAUTY (Mascot)
... if you like hearing musical virtuosos in action, you’ll enjoy what’s included here When the lists of the top guitarists of the 60’s and 70’s are compiled, the familiar names are always included - Clapton, Beck, Page, etc - with a few others following in their slipstream, such as Peter Green, Eddie van Halen..