THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND – GOOD EVENING BOYS & GIRLS

THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND – GOOD EVENING BOYS & GIRLS

A COMPREHENSIVE 21 CD BOXSET OF CONCERT PERFORMANCES FROM THE SCOTTISH LEGENDS, INCLUDES 144-PAGE HARDBACK BOOK, RARE MEMORABILIA, SIGNED BAND PHOTO, REPLICA PROGRAMME + MORE

Released on 10 April

PRE-ORDER NOW FROM HERE

There was never another band like The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. They didn’t just play shows - they made every venue feel like their territory, told stories, cracked jokes, and then tore the roof off the place. Scotland has produced its share of musical legends, but SAHB remain something rarer still: a band whose myth came from the stage, night after night, sweat and swagger and steel-toe precision.

Good Evening Boys & Girls is the most comprehensive attempt yet to bottle that lightning. Gathering 16 previously unreleased live performances, this 21-CD set traces the group from the Marquee in ’73 through the band’s final run with the original lineup. It’s a tour through ballrooms, city halls, theatres and festivals - London, Newcastle, Glasgow, New York, Berlin, Reading - and the famous Glasgow Apollo Christmas Show of 1975, long spoken of in fan circles, now finally unearthed.

To be released on April 10 and is available to pre-order now from here.

Much of what’s here comes straight from the source: soundboard and radio recordings, remastered with care by Pete Reynolds (Mott The Hoople, Fleetwood Mac, Wishbone Ash) to preserve their bite and atmosphere. You hear the band as the crew and punters heard them - gritty, elastic, unpredictable, and completely themselves. This is SAHB without varnish, and that’s exactly how it should be.

The box also digs into the story behind the noise. A 144-page hardback book tells the tale with unseen and rare photographs from Ian Dickson, Barry Plummer, Janet Macoska, Steve Emberton, Dick Barnatt, Michael Putland, Kevin Cummins and more, accompanied by new notes from longtime Harvey historian Martin Kielty. Much of the memorabilia - posters, passes, scraps, treasures - comes from Ted McKenna’s private archive and the remarkable collection of Martin Davies, offering a glimpse into the working life of a band that lived as hard as it played.

A replica Glasgow Apollo programme and a signed photograph from Zal Cleminson and Chris Glen complete the set - fittingly, since the box was made with the full cooperation of Zal Cleminson, Chris Glen and sonic architect Dave Batchelor and the estates of Alex, Ted and Hugh McKenna.

For longtime fans, Good Evening Boys & Girls is a chance to step back inside the halls where SAHB became SAHB. For anyone new, it’s an invitation into a world where theatre met street-corner grit, where humour sat beside heartbreak, and where a band of players followed a singular frontman into the wild every single night.

For more information please contact Ben Pester on ben@pesterpr.co.uk

Disc breakdown -
1. Marquee Club London 1973
2. Rainbow London 1974
3. Mayfair Newcastle 1974
4. Syracuse, NY Autumn 1974
5. Electric Ladyland NY 1974
6. Mayfair Ballroom Newcastle 1975
7. Guildhall, Preston 1975
8/9. Free Trade Hall, Manchester 1975
10/11. City Hall Sheffield 1975
12/13. 'Yes' Open Air Concert Stoke-On-Trent 1975
14/15. Apollo, Glasgow 1975
16. New Victoria London 1975
17/18. New Victoria London 1975
19. Free Trade Hall Manchester 1976
20. Neue Welt Berlin 1976
21. Reading Festival 1977

Full track listing here.

Press inquiries: Keith James, Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), glassonyonpr@gmail.com

Truthseeker Releases New Single “Where You Belong” December 5, 2025

Truthseeker, the progressive solo project by Brendan James Hayter, released its new single “Where You Belong” on December 5, 2025. This is the first release from Truthseeker in 12 years, the follow-up to 2013’s “Blue Oblivion”. The single was self-recorded and mixed in October/November 2025 at a rehearsal space in Portland, Maine. This new release is a standalone track released in anticipation of the forthcoming album “The Reflection Fields”.

“Where You Belong” employs minimalistic recording methods and a tape-saturated sound, a motif that has continued to be an inseparable part of the overarching musical statement of Truthseeker. The song also marks the beginning of a more overtly progressive approach than previous works, while honoring the signature Truthseeker sound of nostalgic and heart-swelling melodies cutting through a bass-driven wall of distortion and echo, the sound first heard on the 2011 EP “Weightless at Dawn”.

Says Brendan, “The significance of the title is multi-faceted. On a universal level, this song pays tribute to the lifelong search for a sense of destiny and harmony that one thinks they can find in some special place on Earth. Some people never feel the sense of Home in their heart and they research and wonder forever about place after place, waiting for a sign from within that points to a certain town, state, or country as the place where the heart will find peace and life will find meaning. It’s a restless and somewhat tormenting obsession, and at the same time, the unending wonder of it all, the essence of Wanderlust, can be strangely beautiful.”

“On a personal level, this song is a tribute to the earliest days of my marriage. The riffs and melodies that comprise “Where You Belong” came from 2 long looper-pedal improvisations done on the second night after I relocated to my then girlfriend, now wife’s homeland…Very far away from my own, in another country, and very different. As a long distance / international couple there was a much more urgent and directly shared search for a sense of belonging and destiny in either one person’s world or the other’s. Those ambient guitar improvisations that I managed to capture, really resonate the thoughts and feelings of moving far away and finding a sense of belonging through someone, not somewhere. We’ve moved back and forth together, and to this day we still wonder where it is we should live out our days. On a deeper level though, somewhere in the early days, that burning search peacefully reduced itself to embers, when the sky itself became home. My lady’s company was home. Our cat sitting in my lap was home…”

“I made it a critical goal to finish this recording in time for our 10th anniversary to celebrate this entire journey, and to honor our very recently departed cat who was truly the center of our home no matter which house or apartment we were living in. When she got sick and I was tending to her or bringing her to the vet yet again, for some reason the melodies of “Where You Belong” started circling in my head through the whole experience. For both the warming and painful aspects of recent months, this song needed to be the one I finished first and restart Truthseeker with.”

“It’s been many years, but I never stopped working on new Truthseeker music and defining what exactly the band is or isn’t supposed to be. I continued to improve my drumming to be able to adequately support the new songs I was writing, plus I got a good grasp on tone and recording the types of sounds I wanted to hear, on drums and otherwise. I have my own minimal equipment now but that minimalism is a true passion of mine. I don’t believe in modern music production at all. I used 4 mics on the drums, and the mix of the song is just setting the volume of the tracks and adding reverb, no post-processing and not even a computer involved in the entire process. I intend to keep it this way for all future releases!”

Written, performed, and recorded by Brendan James Hayter, November 2025
Mastered by Aaron Charles at The Cathedral of Psychic Death, November 2025

Brendan is in the process of mixing “The Reflection Fields” and will release more singles from the album in the future. He also has multiple other albums in the works. Brendan hopes to assemble a live band and bring Truthseeker to the stage.

Purchase “Where You Belong”: https://truthseeker1.bandcamp.com/track/where-you-belong

Streaming on Spotify, iTunes and all other major platforms

Also released under the banner of the Maine-based metal collective Hidden Dawn:
https://thehiddendawn.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/share/1ABXppCjKF/?mibextid=wwXIfr
https://www.instagram.com/hidden.dawn.collective/

Press inquiries: Keith James, Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), glassonyonpr@gmail.com

“Bluesy Christmas” by David Young and the Soul Sessions Band feat. Clifford Carter, Gregg Bissonette, and Sean Hurley

Legendary musician David Young and the Soul Sessions Band has released “Bluesy Christmas”, featuring Clifford Carter, Gregg Bissonette, and Sean Hurley. Originally released in 2023, “Bluesy Christmas” is contemporary blues and modern classic rock; made now yet sounds like the authentic classic rock generations of listeners love.

Watch the “Bluesy Christmas” music video: https://www.davidyoungblues.com/bluesy-christmas-video

David Young has produced 70 albums of music and has sold millions of CDs independently. David’s voice is often compared to Paul Rodgers (Free/Bad Co), Don Henley (Eagles), and Steve Marriott (Humble Pie). Young got his start playing lead guitar in America’s first AC/DC tribute band called QT Hush, playing the part of Angus.

This song and album has been created with three of the most famous studio and live musicians in the world:

Gregg Bissonette has been the drummer with the Ringo Starr All-Starr Band for 15 years and has won Best All Around Drummer four times in Modern Drummer Magazine over the past twenty years.

Sean Hurley has played bass with Joe Bonnamassa, John Mayer, Alicia Keys, Alanis Morissette, and Jason Mraz.

Sean and Gregg played on Edgar Winter’s most recent album, Brother Johnny, which won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2023.

Keyboardist Clifford Carter, an in-demand session player in NYC, has toured with James Taylor, Cyndi Lauper, Art Garfunkel, Linda Ronstadt, Gavin DeGraw, Bryan Ferry, Idina Menzel, and many others. Clifford recently performed in NYC with Jackson Browne in a band led by drummer/producer Steve Jordan at The Michael J Fox Parkinson’s Foundation fundraiser on November 15, 2025.

Bluesy Christmas is written by David Young and Clifford Carter.

Bluesy Christmas was recorded and filmed in Malibu, CA at Dragonfly Creek Studios while season one of Soul Sessions with David Young was being filmed in 2023-2024.

Nine episodes of Soul Sessions were shot and edited by Hollywood veteran DP Andres Porres and are being completed at this time. Among many other things, Andres shot 200 Anthony Bourdain episodes.

Jim Milio is the Executive Producer of Soul Sessions, and he created The Dog Whisperer, Rescue 911 with William Shatner and the original My Big Fat Greek Wedding movie.

The album, Bluesy Christmas, also has many familiar Christmas songs in David’s bluesy rock ‘n’ style, guaranteed to bring a smile.

For more information about the performers on “Bluesy Christmas”: https://www.davidyoungblues.com/about

Order Bluesy Christmas QR Code Card: https://davidyoungmusic.com/all-products/ols/products/bluesy-christmas-qr-code-card

Press inquiries: Keith James, Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), glassonyonpr@gmail.com

AISLES CATALOGUE AND MERCHANDISE NOW AVAILABLE VIA BURNING SHED

Renowned leading South American progressive rock band Aisles joins the catalogue of the world’s biggest progressive music retailer

Progressive rock band Aisles have announced that their full catalogue and official merchandise are now available through Burning Shed, the UK-based online store and record label widely regarded as one of the most important platforms for progressive, art rock and experimental music worldwide.

With this addition, Aisles’ releases now sit alongside artists such as King Crimson, Yes, Steven Wilson, The Pineapple Thief, and many of the most respected names in modern progressive music.

The band’s Burning Shed artist page is available here:
https://burningshed.com/artists/aisles_artist

Available titles include:

• Beyond Drama – Limited Double LP edition of their powerful latest album with a more energetic and modern sound.
• Bahamut / Obras de Los Jaivas – Joint Vinyl LP of their Bahamut suite inspired by the sci-fi book of the same name by Francisco Ortega; and their unique performances of signature Los Jaivas classics featuring guest vocalists.
• Hawaii – First pressings, Double LP of Aisles’ ambitious and critically acclaimed fourth album, a poetic and emotional sci-fi concept album about the fate of mankind after the last survivors exit a dying Earth.
• 4:45 – Double LP edition of their landmark third release

In addition to vinyl editions, CDs and official Aisles t-shirts are also available via the store.

About Burning Shed

Founded in 2001 by Tim Bowness, Peter Chilvers, and Pete Morgan, Burning Shed was created as a dedicated space for progressive, art rock and experimental music at a time when such genres were increasingly underserved by mainstream retail.

Operating both as an online music store and an independent record label, Burning Shed has built its reputation through careful curation, close artist relationships and a strong sense of community around niche, quality music. The platform has become closely associated with key figures in modern progressive music, including Steven Wilson, and has played a significant role in the development and visibility of the contemporary prog scene.

By combining specialist retail with label activity and direct collaboration with artists, Burning Shed has established itself not only as a distributor, but as a trusted cultural hub for progressive sounds.

About Aisles

Aisles are widely recognized as South America’s most important progressive rock act of the past two decades. Known for their emotional intensity, intricate musicianship and contemporary approach to progressive rock, the Chilean band have built an international following through ambitious studio releases and consistently strong live performances.

In November, Aisles completed their second UK tour, culminating in a high-profile performance at the HRH Prog Festival, one of Europe’s most important progressive rock events. The tour marked the band’s second visit to the UK and reinforced their growing presence within the British and European prog circuit.

Their recent releases reflect a period of creative expansion. Beyond Drama introduced a more direct and emotionally charged sound, while their reinterpretation of Obras de Los Jaivas stands as a bold tribute to one of Chile’s most influential bands. The Bahamut EP highlights the group’s instrumental range, drawing inspiration from the science-fiction novel by renowned author Francisco Ortega.

The band are currently working on their upcoming album Irrationally, being mixed by Adam Noble and mastered by Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum and gold-awarded engineer Robin Schmidt. Their latest single, “Blue Skies,” explores themes of distance and longing, driven by an urgent and odd beat, dynamic guitar work and a raw, expressive vocal performance, showcasing Aisles’ signature blend of emotion and musicianship.

Watch the official video for “Blue Skies”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x188wYPDpYk

Links

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/artist/1aHj1tpKsDAUDDOMZXcjQg
• Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/cl/artist/aisles/138160314
• Bandcamp: https://aisles.bandcamp.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aislesproject/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aislesproject/videos

For press enquiries, interviews, or review copies, please contact:
Press / PR: Presagio Records
Email: nuno@presagiorecords.com

Press inquiries: Keith James, Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), glassonyonpr@gmail.com

Power Pop Review: Various Artists - Play On: A Raspberries Tribute

Release Date: September 12th, 2025

Label: Think Like A Key

Website

The Raspberries have earned rock royalty status. Eric Carmen remains one of the most underrated lead vocalists, both with the band and as a solo artist.

They defined the tag “Power Pop” and with a string of hits that still ring true to this day. I remember when I first heard them, I felt a massive burst of energy and excitement, and I wanted more. When I saw them at Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert, I was hooked.

Housed in a deluxe 6-panel digipak with a 20-page booklet featuring liner notes by renowned music journalist Howie Edelson, Play On: A Raspberries Tribute is now the quintessential tribute album to their legacy. It is a superb 37-artist celebration spanning two discs that honors the Cleveland band that perfected power pop. The Think Like A Key label has released a bevy of albums over the years, bringing attention to underappreciated artists and their back catalogs.

I am always suspicious of tribute recordings and bands; however, this recording dispels those feelings instantly once the first track, “Go All The Way,” begins with Rick Springfield’s scream and the kick ass rock with superbly rendered vocals emulates the original recording beautifully.

There is something magical about this music and its vocals. Listening brings back a special, youthful feeling that I appreciate.

“Let’s Pretend” was another track that pulled on my heartstrings and was done beautifully by The Lemon Twigs. The melodicism and vocals are spot on.

One thing to keep in mind while listening to this compilation is that it’s a deep dive into The Raspberries’ catalog, essentially a deep cut journey. Many I have never heard, and it widens the musical aperture with an endless flow of power pop, each artist doing it in a particularly unique way. Indeed, there will be names you recognize instantly, which add to the appeal and legitimacy of this offering.

This bonus here is the discovery of bands and solo artists you may not have been exposed to. For anyone looking to rediscover a classic rock band and newer and older artists, this comp covers it all.

In addition to all the coverage provided by this massive roster of artists, you will hear more than power pop; the musicianship is outstanding, with some different flavors added without losing the original impact of the original recordings.

There is a lot of music to reflect on amongst the 37 tracks, and too much to read about track by track. The emphasis is on the quality of coverage of a great band, The Raspberries, who are getting an overdue nod on Play On: A Raspberries Tribute.

I highly recommend you check out the video and playlist for Play On: A Raspberries Tribute. Taking a few minutes to experience these tracks will show you the energy and artistry I’ve described throughout this review.

Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck-MuzikMan.net Founder

December 13, 2025

Tracks:

DISC ONE:

01. “Go All The Way” - Rick Springfield

02. “I Wanna Be With You” - Vicki and Debbi Peterson (The Bangles)

03. “Let’s Pretend” - The Lemon Twigs

04. “Come Around And See Me” - Katie Ferrara

05. “Goin’ Nowhere Tonight” - The Caulfields

06. “Don’t Want To Say Goodbye” - Robin Taylor Zander

07. “Might As Well” - Jesse Bryson feat. The Kennedys

08. “It Seemed So Easy” - The Spongetones

09. "I Saw The Light" - Adelaide Estep

10 “Ecstacy” - Eric Dover (Jellyfish/Imperial Drag) feat. Eric Singer of KISS on drums

11 “On The Beach” - Darian Sahanaja (Brian Wilson band)

12 “If You Change Your Mind” - Ken Sharp

13 “Nobody Knows” - Chris Price

14 “I Reach For The Light” - Bird Streets

15 “Drivin’ Around” – Popdudes

16 “Hard To Get Over A Heartbreak” - P-Hux

17 “Waiting” - Olivia Rubini

18 “I Can Remember” - Karla DeVito (Meatloaf)

DISC TWO:

01. “Tonight” - Lou Gramm (Foreigner)

02. “Play On” - The Lemon Twigs

003. “I Don’t Know What I Want” - John Waite

04. “Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)” – Shoes

05. “All Through The Night” - The Hudson Brothers

06. “Should I Wait” - Marshall Crenshaw

07. “Cry” - Kasim Sulton (Utopia)

08. “Making It Easy” – Brasko

09. “Last Dance” - Evan Stanley

10 “I Can Hardly Believe You’re Mine” - John Powhida

11 “Rose Colored Glasses” - Rob Bonfiglio (Brian Wilson band)

12 “I’m A Rocker” - Ken Sharp (feat. Wally Stocker of The Babys)

13 “Party’s Over” - The Chefs (feat. Stan Lynch from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Dan Baird of Georgia Satellites)

14 “Cruisin’ Music” - Ronnie D’Addario

15 “Starting Over” - Tori Holub

16 “Hands On You” - Cherie Currie (The Runaways)

17 “Every Way I Can” - The Toms

18 “With You In My Life” - Willie Wilcox (Utopia)

19 “Please Let Me Come Back Home" - Bambi Kino (feat. members of Nada Surf and Guided by Voices)