Author: Matt Rowe

In 2000, The Beatles collected all of their number one singles and put them into a satisfying collection called 1. It contained 27 classic tracks that encompassed their productive 1962-1970 years before internal strife led them all onto more or less lucrative but completely satisfying solo careers. If you’re a Beatles fan, there is more...

Over the course of 13 years, Mary Fahl has released only three albums and one EP. While the length of time between releases may have been a long, long time to wait, especially for her fans, the songs from them are of the highest quality and beauty. Fahl was a part of October Project, a...

The Steven Wilson HQ page on Facebook officially announced that the label responsible for the re-release and distribution of multiple King Crimson remixed classics would be reissuing a remixed version of Close to the Edge, the classic 1972 album from Yes. Close to the Edge followed up the huge success of that band’s 1971 gem,...

Rock and roll is a tireless universe. The whole of it is made of so many elements that to begin to catalog them would be an immense undertaking. There are all kinds of music that need to sound their best for an audience. That’s where great engineers separate from the many who call such an...

Back in the early ’70s, after the devastating loss of both Duane Allman and bassist Berry Oakley to motorcycle accidents, the Allman Brothers Band pushed forward to continue creating the music that they were known and loved for. In 1973, the band released their fourth studio effort, Brothers and Sisters, and achieved even more critical...

Annie Barker, a Los Angeles singer-songwriter currently living in the UK, started her music career back in the young days of the new century. One thing that stands out about Annie Barker is her voice. It delivers a similarity to Cocteau Twins’ Elisabeth Fraser, but maintains its own uniqueness. Annie Barker’s voice is trained in...

Ambient music has been around now for a long, long time.  Once championed by Tangerine Dream, a successful German ambient band from the ‘70s, the genre has consistently expanded to become many things for many people.  From therapeutic, musically backed waterfalls and ocean splashes to the magnificent textures of Michael Hoenig (Departures From The Northern...

With the upcoming expansions of The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973), and Wish You Were Here (1975) on near horizons, and the exciting revelation that the long completed Wish You Were Here Guthrie-mixed SACD is finally being made available, it’s only fair to continue our Pink Floyd expansion wishes with The Wall, originally released...