After an eight-year hiatus from new releases, the internationally acclaimed Italian artist Pupo returns with his highly anticipated new album, Insieme. The title track, released on January 17th, offers a promising first taste of the upcoming musical masterpiece, which is already generating considerable excitement. Insieme features not only brand-new compositions but also beautifully reinterpreted Italian versions of classics by his longtime producer, David Brandes. These re-recordings blend the magic of bygone eras with modern, fresh sounds, creating a unique listening experience that will delight both loyal fans and new listeners alike.

An exclusive 8-CD box set containing albums and rare recordings made by the Czech jazzrock legend Martin Kratochvíl! The box set includes albums not previously released on CD or unavailable for many years, as well as studio recordings with a hallmark of surprise from the repertoire of Martin Kratochvíl’s Jazz Q. The compilation has been put together by the band’s front man and supplemented by an interesting memoir of his colleague Tony Ackermann.
From the introductory “Pozorovatelna” (Observatory) to the concluding bonus “Co se na desky nevešlo” (Outtakes), the listener is presented with first-class pieces performed by superlative instrumentalists and vocalists. Besides the keyboard wizard Kratochvíl, you will hear Francl, Padrůněk, Vrbovec and Dugganová, and, as time went by, other of his permanent or occasional musical partners…

This was Heldon's last studio release, although the reissued Rhizosphere CD includes a 1982 Heldon concert recording with slightly different personnel. Stand By features the classic trio lineup of the brilliant Francois Auger on percussion, Patrick Gauthier on keyboards and Pinhas on guitars, keyboards and electronics, with some additional assistance from Didier Batard on bass, Didier Badez on sequencers and Klaus Blasquiz doing voices. The two long pieces on the CD are an interesting contrast. The title piece starts with some nasty distorted fuzz guitar from Pinhas over ponderous, menacing bass and drums. King Crimson at its most aggressive could be considered a model, but this track is also very close to the so-called "zheul" sound of Magma, another French prog-rock band of the period, which shared Pinhas' interest in science fiction motifs, among other things…

'+ -" (plus minus) - is a unique Joy Division retrospective box set consisting of ten CD singles presented in a beautiful box. All tracks have been newly re-mastered from original tapes by Stephen Morris and Frank Arkwright (Metropolis Studios) with creative direction for '+ -" box set artwork coming from Peter Saville. Compiled by renowned journalist and author Jon Savage, the boxset is released in celebration of Ian Curtis - in the year that is the 30th anniversary of his death. +- includes singles which have previously been issued and some which have been created specifically for this release. Although they released two albums in two years - 'Unknown Pleasures' (1979) and 'Closer' (1980), Joy Division recorded many other tracks throughout their career that were released on stand-alone singles - most notably 'Transmission' and 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'. +- brings these singles, and more, together in one place. As a co-founder of the legendary independent label Factory Records Peter Saville leant his eyes to the project providing stunning outer packaging and suggesting the concept for the sleeves. Each cover is based upon its original and - as a snapshot of a band and a time - serves to remind the owner of the unique position Joy Division hold in British musical history.

Setlist at The Joy Theater New Orleans, LA on 11/1/2025.

An Italian Tenor Goes From Childhood Trauma to a Long Reign as Classical Crossover’s Easygoing King Cosima Spender's doc offers interesting scenes showing how the maestro maintains his voice and navigates his world without sight, while taking him at his contented word that his adult life has been 'a fairy tale.'

Take early steps back to 1960s London with Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones, Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan to the Faces’ first and previously unheard recording session at Olympic Studios in Barnes. Walk by the River Thames to Bermondsey to hear rehearsals in The Rolling Stones’ warehouse, the earliest recordings of the Faces captured in all their raucous glory on the band’s own cassette tapes. Hear the Faces before they took the First Step!

Ash Ra Tempel's second album featured the first of several personnel changes, Klaus Schulze having departed for other realms and replaced as a result by Wolfgang Muller. A few guest players surfaced here and there as well, with one John L. taking the lead vocals - another difference from the self-titled debut, which was entirely instrumental. The general principle of side-long efforts continued, though the first half was split into two related songs, "Light" and "Darkness." "Light" itself sounded halfway between the zoned-out exploration of "Traummaschine" and bluesy jamming, a weird if not totally discordant combination that still manages to sound more out there than most bands of the time. Gottsching's fried solo, in particular, is great, sending the rest of the song out to silence that leads into "Darkness"…

Contemporary jazz icons Bob James and Dave Koz mark a unique milestone with this aptly titled duo album Just Us, a piano and saxophone only collection of fresh originals and colorful re-imaginings of Great American Songbook standards. Its inspired format ventures spontaneously beyond the trademark sounds that fueled their superstardom and years of Billboard chart-topping successes into something entirely new, and fresh. A must listen for any fan of these artists.

SUPERB UK BROADCAST FROM THE TWO AGAINST NATURE TOUR. In 2000, Steely Dan released their first studio album in 20 years: Two Against Nature. It won four Grammy Awards: Best Engineered. Album , Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Performance by Duo or Group with Vocal (‘Cousin Dupree’), and Album of the Year (despitestrong competition in this category from Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP and Radiohead's Kid A). In the summer of 2000, they began an American tour, followed by an international tour later in the year. The tour featured guitarist Jon Herington, who would go on to play with the band over the next two decades. The group released the Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party DVD, documenting a live-in-the-studio concert performance of popular songs from throughout Steely Dan's career.

With our upcoming release, listeners can expect an exciting and unique musical experience that showcases a truly global collaboration. This album has been crafted by musicians from across the world, including Mike Stark in Sweden, Thilo Herrmann (ex-Running Wild, ex-Grave Digger) in Germany, Diana Boncheva in South Korea, EV Martel in Brazil, Gus Acosta and Emiliano Wachs in Argentina, along with contributions from many other talented artists in various countries. This worldwide effort brings a rich diversity of influences and styles to the project but always keeping our north into the Feanor sound we are known for.
The album artwork, created by Andreas Marshall - an artist renowned for his work with iconic bands like Running Wild and Blind Guardian - adds an impressive visual element to the project.

ARELY HEARD 1982 BROADCAST FROM AN EARLY US FURS SHOW Already a popular act in London and New York City when this remarkable show by The Psychedelic Furs was both performed, and indeed recorded for live transmission by the King Biscuit Flower Hour in late 1982, the gig came about a year after the band broke through in the US. With Richard and Tim Butler as the core members of the band, Richard's undeniable stage charisma is one factor in what made The Psychedelic Furs such a remarkable live band. The group was making its way into the American music mainstream with songs like "Love My Way," "Sister Europe," and "Into You Like a Train," all performed here with high impact, having formed in the UK in 1977 with Richard and his brother bassist. They soon added the rest of the band and started making a splash on the then thriving UK new wave/post punk club circuit.

Pointing out that Girl swam against the grubby grain is almost an act of cruelty. After all, these are the guys who whipped out the lipstick just as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene started to take off. In addition, writers who'd embraced the band's music-or-makeup foppery had now begun dismissing it. There's an unmistakable make-or-break aura that retreats from the glorious trash-brat territory so confidently exploited on Sheer Greed. The simpler view is that Girl's newfound tightness required a different sort of delivery – which is a grimier, grittier sound befitting the "back to basics" mood here. Like its predecessor, Wasted Youth boasts two drop-dead classics in "Overnight Angels" and "Old Dogs," which gives the Phil Collen-Gerry Laffy guitar team ample opportunity to shine. The romping title cut and "Ice in the Blood" are also worth further investigation, and remain firm fan favorites.

Girl exploded into the UK scene in the early ’80s, a scene that was almost exclusively primed for down and dirty hard rock, but these guys were a completely different beast.
Hard rock bands during the very early ’80s complied with a strict in-vogue youth uniform of denim, leather and greasy long hair. The NWOBHM, as it was labelled, may have been a force for good but it certainly wasn’t tolerant of aesthetic deviation… something that Girl found to be a major stumbling block.

Opening with Mike Hugg's title track, which builds on Mick Rogers' intense riffing and the killer vocals of Vicki Brown, Judith Powell, Liza Strike, and Ruby James, Messin' is pretty intense and involving from its very first bars. It's also damned topical and serious, for all of the free-wheeling rock & roll spirits and the progressive rock complexities that go into the playing. And the result is a spellbinding whole, featuring some astonishing keyboard flourishes by Manfred Mann himself (who ventures into Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson territory on "Buddah," even as the rest of the band seems to be emulating Deep Purple) and killer guitar from Mick Rogers, while Colin Pattenden and Chris Slade lay down the rhythm section like a pair of articulate pile-drivers.