So much of what is deemed is great just grates. At least to my ears. I have always had a taste eccentric to the vox populi, preferring and t...

And so I move, seamlessly, from one Soft Machine alumnus to another, from Robert Wyatt to Kevin Ayers, together the rhythm section in the o...

Just a couple more days in this unravelling relay of revolt, and should I be looking for some Stax in the 60s or some Atlantic in the 80s...

There was a time when it mattered what label a band was actually on. I guess this was because you actually knew, there was the inescapable l...

Yes : Mood For A Day   [ purchase Fragile by Yes ] Steve Hackett : Ace Of Wands [ purchase Voyage of the Acolyte by Steve Hackett ]...

Soft Machine : We Did it Again [ purchase ] Yes : Beyond and Before [ purchase ] As we wind down the In Memoriam theme and...

These are leftovers that I'd thought worth posting. It's too hot to trot out a few paragraphs, so I'll let the music do the talk...