Updated from: September 22, 2011 postProducer, writer, and musician Steven Wilson released his second solo album "Grace for Drowning," on September 27, 2011. Building on his artistic depth that has made him a twice Grammy winner, this release is more experimental and eclectic than his first outing "insurgence." Wilson says, "It's my biggest project to date," and includes slowly changing pictures that accompany the music. Initially released on both DVD and Blu-ray the recommendation was to pick-up the stand alone Blu-ray edition featuring the album in 5.1 surround sound, 2 bonus tracks, 5 films, 6 'works in progress' demo versions, and a gallery. The reissue in January 2020 dramatically… Continue Reading

For fusion and progressive fans that have followed MoonJune Records over the past 19 years, and maybe even collected all of their releases, the latest album “Truce” from guitarist Markus Reuter marks the 100th release from this one man operation run by Leonardo Pavkovic. It is fitting that we get an expansive aural assault with ripping solos from guitar maestro Markus Reuter who follows in the steps of many power trio formatted albums on the label, Reuter sparks his magical music with spell binding textural wizardry taking fans into a new realm. A few dimensions are also encountered here on Truce with both a quad and surround mix that are reviewed below alongside the hi-res stereo download.… Continue Reading

Through a long and prolific period, the Miracles released 24 albums from 1961 to 1976 on the Motown record label, 11 of which were billed as “Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.” When Motown packed their bags and left Detroit, Smokey Robinson left to work with the label, and a few years later when their contract was up, the band ended up on Columbia Records. It was at this point in 1977 when Love Crazy and their 1978 self-title The Miracles were released. Looking for a slightly new voice the band tried to become closer to the Isley Brothers, but that change didn’t yield any chart topping tunes. The five Miracles, Pete Moore, Ron White, Bobby Rogers, Billy Griffin, and his brother Donald wrote… Continue Reading

Genesis founding member Anthony Phillips’ 2019 album “Strings of Light” features many of his beautiful and rare guitars from his collection spanning across 2 CD’s of new material. This lovely new album is released on Esoteric Antenna and contains an NTSC region free DVD with 5.1 surround mixes by Anthony Phillips and James Collins. Long-time fans like myself have been waiting seven years for this next release, and here we find twenty-four compositions, spanning two CDs, undoubtably making “Strings of Light” one of his finest instrumental guitar albums of his long and acclaimed career. After his lengthy absence of releasing new recorded work, “Strings of Light” is a delightful return and a… Continue Reading