Review 音 Review December 22, 2014 by Diego Olivas Al Stewart: Year of the Cat (1976) Al Stewart – 1976 You all know or have heard Year of the Cat right? It was nearly four decades ago that… December 22, 2014
Review 音 Review December 20, 2014 by Diego Olivas Nigel Mazlyn Jones: Ship To Shore (1976) Nigel Mazlyn Jones Nigel Mazlyn Jones, now this is another great artist waiting to be rediscovered. His album 1976’s Ship to Shore… December 20, 2014
Review 音 Review December 19, 2014 by Diego Olivas Horslips: The Rocks Remain (1976) Horslips – 1976 Let me go back in time for a bit. Back in April, when I had a small kindling to… December 19, 2014
Review 音 Review December 18, 2014 by Diego Olivas Penguin Cafe Orchestra: The Sound of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away and It Doesn’t Matter (1976) Simon Jeffes on bowed guitar (left) with David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto Wow, what a loaded track title and what a loaded… December 18, 2014
Review 音 Review December 17, 2014 by Diego Olivas Strawbs: Ghosts (1975) Straws – 1975 Ghosts album cover photo session. Let’s get out of 1975, and start floating through the decade. It has to… December 17, 2014
Review 音 Review December 16, 2014 by Diego Olivas Leonard Rosenman: Barry Lyndon Soundtrack (1975) Kubrick and friends – 1975 Now here’s something a bit out of step with the times. We all know Stanley Kubrick correct?… December 16, 2014
Review 音 Review December 15, 2014 by Diego Olivas Steeleye Span: Demon Lover (1975) Steeleye Span – 1975 Just after slagging them off yesterday. Here I am championing them again. A few months before releasing “All… December 15, 2014
Review Review December 14, 2014 by Diego Olivas Brian Eno: Discreet Music (1975) Pour down like silver. What an apropos name for whatever the hell was going on in classic English folk and folk-rock music… December 14, 2014
Review 音 Review December 12, 2014 by Diego Olivas Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn (1975) Mike Oldfield – 1974 “The end of the first side of Ommadawn is the sound of me exploding from my mother’s vagina.”… December 12, 2014
Review 音 Review December 11, 2014 by Diego Olivas Mike Oldfield: Hergest Ridge (1974) Mike Oldfield The exploration and deconstruction of English folk music seemed to be the path needed to be taken by new neo-folk… December 11, 2014
Review 音 Review December 10, 2014 by Diego Olivas Gryphon: Checkmate (1974) Gryphon – 1974 The further we head down this neo-folk decade the more strained the strands holding it to the base become.… December 10, 2014
Review 音 Review December 9, 2014 by Diego Olivas Richard and Linda Thompson: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) Richard and Linda Thompson There’s something about the year 1974 that will trigger a sea change in the English musical landscape. A… December 9, 2014