An album announcement that is fifteen years in the making, Grammy®-winning, progressive music titans Dream Theater return with their sixteenth studio album. The album marks the first album featuring the iconic lineup of vocalist James LaBrie, guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung, keyboardist Jordan Rudess and drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009’s ‘Black Clouds & Silver […]
when underworld released their last album a hundred days off no one thought it would be nearly 2000 days until the next one arrived. it hasnt been a case of lazing around in the essex countryside though as the last 5 years have thrown up the 1992-2002 anthology album, two major film scores (anthony mingellas […]
Nicknamed “King of the Harmonica” by his peers, the legendary Alex “Rice” Miller (betterknown as Sonny Boy Williamson II) was one of the most inspiring harp players in blueshistory. Though he took his name from another well-known harmonica player, no one really sounded like him. Williamson developed his own signature harmonica style, always showing a […]
Songs for Nina and Johanna is the beautiful new album from James Yorkston, this time featuring not one but two of Sweden’s most recognisable female vocalists. Recorded in Stockholm with Nina Persson (The Cardigans), Johanna Söderberg (First Aid Kit) and members of The Second Hand Orchestra, these are songs about family, love and parenthood. Tender and […]
From the first listening to Héritage, the much-awaited fourth album by Songhoy Blues, it is clear that the 4-piece rock band from northern Mali are in a new frame of mind. With Héritage, they move into a more acoustic, creative re-imagining of the “desert blues” style that has brought them to world fame. The Songhoy […]
Yes, its Dr. No! Complete original soundtrack to 1962 James Bond movie Dr. No, composed by Monty Norman, now reissued on limited edition 180 gram red colored vinyl. 1. James Bond Theme 2. James Bond Returns Home 3. Kingston Calypso [Three Blind Mice] #1 4. Jamaican Rock 5. Jump Up! 6. Audio Bongo 7. Under […]
Blue Note Re:imagined returns with a second volume; a new 16-track compilation featuring fresh takes on music from the illustrious Blue Note vaults recorded by a heavyweight line-up of the UK jazz, soul and R&B scene’s most hotly-tipped rising stars. Arriving off the back of the widespread international success of the first volume, which topped […]
This record hasn’t been available since its very limited original release back in 1989! So this is a rookie reissue, and quite the phenom at that , pressed in green and yellow “cornfield” vinyl, and featuring James Horner’s amazing, spine-tingling score. Don’t strike out on this one! 1. The Cornfield 2. Deciding To Build the […]
Takin’ Off was pianist Herbie Hancock’s (born in Chicago on April 12, 1940; he is 79 at this writing) first album under his own name. All of the compositions are by the leader, who is backed by such stars as Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins. The album includes one of Hancock’s […]
– 1 – 1. John Lennon – Mind Games 2. The Rolling Stones – Fool To Cry 3. Boz Scaggs – Lowdown 4. Rachel Sweet – B-A-B-Y 5. Joe Walsh – Rocky Mountain Way 6. Liverpool Express – You Are My Love 7. The Police – Cant Stand Losing You 8. Rupert Holmes – Him […]
