Anchor & Braille Tension (2020)

Excellent debut studio disc by this killer power trio from the UK featuring Pete Orr on guitar & vocals; an impressive, legit, old school axeslinger who digs in deep and rocks the blues with pure style & class. "Tension City Blues" includes 12 tracks of awesome, way-kool, retro-sonic, blues-based, heavy guitar rock mojo that shines a bright light on authentic 70s musical excellence. Complete with strong dynamic songs, world-class musicianship, soul-powered vocals combined with world-class sonic delivery all add up to an outstanding, essential Grooveyard Records musical experience. Pete Orr & Voodoo Room which also features the first-rate musical talents of John Tonks on drums & Andy Tolman on bass capture the true essence of classic, blues-based, retro-70s inspired heavy guitar power trio rock mojo ala Cream meets Jimi Hendrix meets Robin Trower. Welcome to the authentic musical world of Voodoo Room.

There Is A Tide is the new album from Chris Potter and ONLY Chris Potter. Recorded during lockdown, Chris performed ALL instruments including drums, guitar, bass, percussion, woodwinds and, of course, saxophones.

In modern-day progressive rock, it seems as though there is a new supergroup every few weeks. But long before this was the norm, and before musicians were routinely involved in more than one band, there was Liquid Tension Experiment. Back in 1997, Mike Portnoy (Transatlantic, Sons of Apollo), John Petrucci (Dream Theater), Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), and Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel), joined forces to create Liquid Tension Experiment. The foursome would release their iconic, self-titled debut album in 1998 and the dazzling follow-up, LTE2 in 1999, creating a dynamic, frantic, and inventive sound all their own. The incredible creativity between the collective would prompt Petrucci and Portnoy to invite Rudess to join Dream Theater, effectively marking the end of this side project…

During the final years of the 20th century, then Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy founded an instrumental prog rock supergroup with guitarist/bandmate John Petrucci, keyboardist Jordan Rudess (then of Dixie Dregs), and King Crimson bassist/Chapman Stick master Tony Levin. They issued two highly acclaimed studio outings and toured through 2008. Apparently, the mandatory downtime imposed by the global COVID-19 pandemic provided the individuals with the necessary scheduling space to write and record together for the first time in 22 years. Socially distanced in a New York studio, the band composed and recorded LTE3 in July 2020…