Unlike many of the UK’s festivals this year, the Cambridge Folk festival actually had good weather – there was sunshine, the site was green and grassy (rather than a muddy swamp as some festivals had), and it was lovely and warm. That sort of weather always helps put people in a good mood for a…
Otmar Binder Trio feat BJ Cole & Christian Dozzler Debut album Boogie Woogie Turnaround Out September 24th on Jump River Records Otmar Binder Boogie Woogie Turnaround fulfils one of contemporary pianist Otmar Binder’s dreams, to ”play with musicians who offer everything they have”. Credited to the Otmar Binder Trio (Binder on piano, Alexander Lackner on…
Bonafide – Ultimate Rebel is now available on pre-sale on itunes Its hard to believe that its nearly been three years since BONAFIDE´s last full length offering ”Something’s Dripping” was first released. Above all, BONAFIDE has been building an ever growing audience all over Europe by constant touring. 2 long European tours, covering 12 countries,…
Camp Bestival is a 3-day weekend event especially catering for families since 2008, offering great music, live acts, authors, comedy and more! The campsite opens on the Thursday giving you plenty of time to get settled and organized before the Friday starts. This is perfect for those travelling here from far away and who just…
Trojan Presents ‘Freedom Sounds’ is a box set that honours the most important names in Jamaican music in the last five decades It’s an impressive collection – 108 songs spanning 5 CDs. It features some big well known names that are familiar to music lovers around the world, including Bob Marley & The Wailers, Jimmy…
Prog metal band Threshold have released eight albums so far in their long career. Founded in the late 1980’s they released their debut album (Wounded land) in 1993. Since then they’ve built an army of fans around the world with their albums and touring, and are now ready to release their ninth album – ”March…
Hellyeah is the group formed by former Pantera and Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul. The band also includes Chad Gray (Mudvayne), Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne) and Tom Maxwell (Nothingface), which has led to the band being given the ”supergroup” tag – as many ther recent bands have been. The band’s first two albums have been well received…
Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie have just re-recorded their “Vên” EP. The EP was originally recorded in 2003 and is almost impossible to get hold of, so rather than just re-releasing it the band have taken the opportunity to re-record it with their current lineup. At the same time, their hard to find debut album…
Krampus are an italian folk metal/death metal band. With 8 members then you get the usual metal instruments – drums, bass, guitar, as well as folk instruments – violin, bagpipes, Whistles & Irish Bouzouki. Since forming in 2009 they’ve self-released two EP’s (”Shadows of our time” and ”Kronos’ heritage”), and are now releasing their debut…
With 121 tracks over four discs, this is an impressively thorough compilation of material from The Searchers. Their hits have been re-released in various best of and other compilations on a number of occasions, but their more obscure material has generally been overlooked and has been much harder to find. This compilation includes both the…
Karhu are a UK based four piece metal band that formed in 2008 and have evolved into the current lineup. Their debut album ”Survival of the richest” is now completed. Clocking in at 52 minutes and 13 tracks, it’s a substantial album. They cite influences including Lamb of God and Opeth, and you can certainly…
Wisdom are a power metal band from Hungary – a country not really known for its metal scene. In fact I can only think of one other Hungarian band – Velvetseal. Despite this judging by both bands, there is clearly a better metal scene in Hungary than I’d suspected as they’re producing some great bands….