Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Caught In The Slipstream World Of Sagntid

Up from the ashes comes a most unwelcome specter of the past, namely a 10-track compilation containing re-mixed and re-mastered songs dating from 2008-2010...

Album Reviews

Tangerine Dream – From Virgin To Quantum, Coventry Cathedral

When German band Tangerine Dream appeared on the scene in the early 1970s, their main interest was in experimenting with pure sound. They weren’t...

INGLORIOUS – V

Live Reviews

The SATCHVAI Band Live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall

Some sizeable queues have been queuing outside the Wolverhampton Civic Hall from an early hour I’m told. Entering the venue a good percentage have...

RAMzine Classic's

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The Pentangle – The Albums 1968-72

The Pentangle represented the collective brilliance of several exceptionally skilled musicians, and there is no doubt that they hold a pivotal place in the...

Modern Classic: Brave Rival – Life’s Machine

With the impending release of their second album in August I have been revisiting the rather excellent 2022 debut of a band from the...

Under The Spell of Old Trees – A Retrospective Glance at Nidingr’s Rehearsal 1996

Today, I figured that it would be interesting to cast a flickering yet hopefully illuminating light on a rather obscure release from that gloriously...

RAMzine Classic: Stevie Salas Colorcode

For an artist that has appeared on over 70 different albums with artists from George Clinton, Justin Timberlake and Buddy Miles to Mick Jagger...

Reflections on Bill Ward’s outstanding solo album

Legendary drummer Bill Ward (ex-Black Sabbath) released an overlooked gem of an album back in 1997 entitled When the Bough Breaks, and I figured...

Remembering Bernie Marsden (Rufus: Rock n Roll Publishing)

It could all have been so very different. In the mid-seventies, just after his stint in PAL (Paice Ashton & Lord) Bernie Marsden was...

The Clash – A Photographic Monograph

Chris Salewicz opens this book by declaring that The Clash were "the garage band who grew to stadium size," and in doing so, they...