In the last five years or so, there has been a surprising re-appraisal and resurgence of the Americana-style guitar music as invented by great 60s players like Robbie Basho, John Fahey and others. There is a large number of players out there now...

"Glenn Jones is a unique voice working in the decades-long tradition of American primitivism. What sets him apart from the many devotees to this style is the combination of expressive playing and technical skill, most significantly his inventive use of...

Most folks know Glenn Jones as guitarist extraordinaire for Cul de Sac, in which his idiosyncratic blend of surf, Middle Eastern, Americana and acid guitar innovations are a signature of the bands muchballyhooedsound, but few people are aware that long...

Solo album by the leader of Cheer-Accident.
"On this solo CD from '97, he delivers a beautiful collection of songs that draw from the wells of the Robert Wyatt and Brian Wilson songbooks, drenched in late-night solo ambience. This stunning...

"Long prayed-for reissue of this classic 1970 UK folk stunner that's a missing link both in the Wizz Jones oeuvre and in the guitar-freedom music of the prime era. The Legendary Me was Wizz Jones' second studio album, originally released by the obscure...

For the first time ever, all three of Jonesy's albums (No Alternative, Keeping Up and Growing) are collected complete in one package. These albums were released in 1972/1973 and while the band is basically forgotten today, they had some really nice and...

This is the unreleased, fourth, 1974 Jonesy album, which includes a full story of the band by guitarist John Evan-Jones

"A legendary missing prog album, recently discovered on a dusty cassette and remastered in reasonable manner...

"This is the third full-length release by Jon Andreas Håtun aka Jono El Grande, a self-taught composer, musician, conductor and prankster who remains an outsider on the far margin of the Norwegian experimental music scene. He released his debut...

This is the first-ever CD release of very good, somewhat odd and quirky album (weren't they all!) first released on Bauta in 1985. J. Lachen is/was also a member of Zut un feu Rouge and Ur Kaos. This includes the bonus track "Flaubears Dancing", a...

Great trio jazz from a great jazz trio: Kidd Jordan-sax, Harrison Bankhead-bass, cello, Warren Smith-drums, vibes, percussion.

"Kidd Jordan returns with his unique brand of fire-blues-free-jazz. When you hear his staccato phrases circling...

The legendary Joseph Holbrooke trio is thought to be one of the first English free-jazz bands, forming in the early/mid 60s, and basically leaving no recorded traces before the three musicians involved all went on to well known careers. "Tzadik is prou...

Though the performance was beset with technical woes, as the members audibly mention at points between songs, there was still definite magic in the air. If the recording levels aren't as perfect as they could be, with Curtis himself sometimes a touch t...

"„Minne” was the fourth and second to last LP by Joy Unlimited from Mannheim; it was recorded in 1974 and released in 1975. It is, as its forerunners “Schmetterlinge” and “Reflections”, a ballet work with progressive music, this time sung in Middle High..

Their second album Schmetterlinge" (Butterfly) was an odd album for the Pilz label, originally released in 1971, a complex and ambitious conceptual rock ballet suite performed by a larger much more multi-instrumental ensemble. It ran a wide gamut of st...

"English acoustic guitarist C Joynes, a resident of Cambridge, has released a few self produced excellent CDRs, but here sees his first Bo' Weavil release. Joynes uses a heavy thumb-led finger-picking technique that harks back to traditional country-blue

"Dora Juarez is a brilliant young vocalist whose first CD on Tzadik with the trio Muna Zul was released to great acclaim in 2003. Here she steps out on her own to create a fascinating musical journey exploring her own Jewish identity. Tracing her...

This is a new edition of this release of old archival material, which was actually the first release on the Long Hair label and has been unavilable for quite a long time now.

"The legendary SWF (German regional radio from Baden-Baden) radio...

In the very early 1980s, when the RIO-axis of avant/progressive music was strong and I was enjoying and/or discovering such delights and classics as Ceux du Dehors, Aksak Maboul, ZNR's Traite de Mechanique, Art Zoyd's Generation Sans Futur, etc. etc...

"Few players have forged the free jazz genre with the unmitigated intensity and purity of Paul Flaherty, the organizer of The Jumala Quintet. Among diehard aficionados, Flaherty’s albums are the stuff of legend: They are difficult to find, uncompromising

Mini-lp sleeve reissue of the third and final album (in their original lifetime) by this Italian progressive band. "Without doubt, Vietato Ai Minori Di 18 Anni (1973) was Jumbo's masterpiece. With guests such as Franco Battiato and Lino Vaccina (from...