The essential STEVE ROACH
If there is an overarching figure in the world of ambient music, American Steve Roach is unquestionably that person. With apologies to Brian Eno. But if you know anything about […]
Monthly Archives: June 2013
HORSLIPS – The Man Who Built America (1978) The new wave of Irish soul
Horslips is a band that once held a dominant place in the Irish music scene. And now, even today you still won’t find an Irish person who doesn’t know of […]
The soundworlds of DARREN HARPER
I had a series going of netlabel album highlights (not just lists), which I got sidetracked from. See my Lucette Bourdin, Altus, VACVVM, Phillip Wilkerson and Saffron Slumber pieces. Well, […]
The grandiose late seventies heyday of the all-star CONCEPT ALBUM
The late seventies are remembered primarily as the time when music tastes (at least for the average music consumer) changed drastically, as the pomp of prog, the boogie woogie of […]
CENTRAL ASIAN FUSION – The modern meets the steppes
I’ve had a thing for Central Asia, which I’ve never visited, since I was a kid and my mother took me to the museum, where she said I could choose […]
Make Your Own Taste 