Jim Pembroke is lost, but thankfully not without a trace. Here’s an appreciation of this legend from the Finnish prog band Wigwam, written “in gratitude.”

Jukka Iisakkila’s ‘Clocks and Clouds’ is a jazz-fusion / progressive rock album that revels in the consequences of head bending.

‘Mortality’ is the music of Tapio Ylinen, the Finnish singer-songwriter, performed by a stellar cast of jazz musicians from Finland.

Finland’s Beast in Black takes us deep into a beautifully cheesy world of guilty pleasure.

With eCsTaSy now six years running, Raoul Björkenheim decided to fully harness the trust built up with eCsTaSy over that time and ‘Doors Of Perception’ is the triumphant result.

My first encounter with the dazzling whack jazz guitar wizardry of Raoul Björkenheim came via one of his many projects, the Norwegian-Finnish alliance power combo Scorch Trio (Luggumt, 2004). You May Also Like: Raoul Björkenheim / eCsTaSy – Out of the Blue (2015) Raoul Björkenheim / eCsTaSy – Doors OfRead More

They gathered for five days at this countryside studio in Finland, plugging in and recording whatever happened. You May Also Like: Mumford and Sons, “Believe” from Wilder Mind (2015): One Track Mind Projekt Gemineye, “Sacred Sons” from ‘In the Year 3073: Book II’ (2020): One Track Mind Los Lobos –Read More

John Coltrane’s “Naima” is very likely his most covered song, and for good reason. The term “tone poem” gets tossed around a lot in the vicinity of any pretty, graceful melody, but this composition is the epitome of that term, and the beauty of it is evident in every coverRead More

An album applying some of the Eric Dolphy conception of out-jazz to the cinematic creepiness of David Lynch’s classic films can only be rightfully called Out To Lynch, right? You May Also Like: Sweet and Lynch – Only to Rise (2015) Dan Cavalca – Cinematic (2016) Accordion Rock from theRead More