On his 2021 release, Garry Havrillay finds himself escaping the Covid-19 lockdown as he travels through a wide-ranging and conceptually cinematic set of five songs on the album “No Overtaking.” Performances, recordings, and production of this entirely instrumental album have been born out of the need to find comfort through music that aids listeners imaginations to travel. Crossing multiple genres and styles fans will be met with incredible diversity on the six-part feature track “Travelling Without Moving,” with include influences ranging from jazz noir to reggae, gamelan, Indian drone, and African percussion, plus a guest performance from flautist Howlin' Wind. For high resolution and… Continue Reading

When one closes their eyes and listens to “Still Thick as a Brick” it is hard not to imagine that these are lost recordings by Jethro Tull from yesteryears. But, one cannot ignore the fact that the Reflection Club has an uncanny ability to carry forward those early 70’s prog sounds of the famed band led by Ian Anderson. A significant key mirrored sound is easily attributed to English singer, guitarist and flutist Paul Forrest who performed with the Jethro Tull Experience for many years. Yet, it is the genius of multi-instrumentalist Lutz Meinert of Margin who also formed this collaboration along-side guitarist Nils Conrad of Crystal Palace and For Your Pleasure, plus Ulla Harmuth who added… Continue Reading

Producer, songwriter, and musician Ian O'Dougherty is the brains behind Eolian, the group that created a new song every week for 52 weeks in a row back in 2019. The groups latest release “Division” was conceived out of an ice storm that knocked out power in various areas all over North America for several days in March 2019. During this time, those who were affected, including O'Dougherty, slept sundown to sunrise, yet just across the street the power was never lost! Then a year later on March 12, 2020 the pandemic caused a local and global lockdown. O'Dougherty comments, “We saw a division of society, ethics, access, belief, and sides. The house across the street faced eviction.” These… Continue Reading

Big Big Train has released a live concert album titled “Empire,” this 2 CD + 1 NTSC region free Blu-ray set was recorded on November 2, 2019 at the Hackney Empire in London. The set contains 12 songs running just under 2 hours and includes material from their English Electric, Folklore, Grimspound and Grand Tour studio albums. Filmed by Tim Sidwell of Toward Infinity with his team who has previously worked with Marillion, Status Quo, Thunder, Magnum, Lisa Stansfield and Steps, the audio / video Blu-ray contains 48kHz / 24-bit LPCM stereo and 5.1 DTS Master Audio surround sound mixed by the band’s sound engineer Rob Aubrey. For the video enthusiasts, the show was filmed using five operated… Continue Reading