Johnny Sharp
Johnny is a regular contributor to Prog and Classic Rock magazines, both online and in print. Johnny is a highly experienced and versatile music writer whose tastes range from prog and hard rock to R’n’B, funk, folk and blues. He has written about music professionally for 30 years, surviving the Britpop wars at the NME in the 90s (under the hard-to-shake teenage nickname Johnny Cigarettes) before branching out to newspapers such as The Guardian and The Independent and magazines such as Uncut, Record Collector and, of course, Prog and Classic Rock.
Latest articles by Johnny Sharp

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A welcome return to space for Hawkwind as it's All Aboard The Skylark

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Aussie psychedelicists King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard go very metal on Infest The Rat's Nest

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Not yet ratedJohn Mitchell’s trilogy reaches a stirring conclusion...

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Dutch traveller who is putting down the mic to explore the cosmos...

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Former buskers from Tokyo turning Europe on to Eastern psychedelia...

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Southern rockers Blackberry Smoke return with a six-track acoustic EP

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The voice of Deep Purple goes back to his R&B roots

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Reunited Swedes Graveyard rage against the dying of the light

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The five finest moments from the Dorset prog squad's 30-year career

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Re-formed AOR stalwarts add new material to old favourites

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Not yet ratedThis is the sound of the suburbs

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Not yet ratedSymphonic French prog metallers’ second long-player

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Not yet ratedMiami multitasker’s ‘tribute’-heavy instrumental set

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Soft-rock troopers show no signs of flagging on album number 20

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Not yet ratedRe-recorded overhaul gives 2011 album a subtle lick of paint.

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Not yet ratedEngineers man goes on short, sweet instrumental excursion.

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Not yet ratedLA proggers’ four-track third album in reduced circumstances.

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Not yet ratedSolo Morse in easy listening mood.

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Not yet ratedVersatile ex-Purpler’s early noughties sets, plus live cuts.

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Not yet ratedKillers bassist’s third solo outing is a joyously derivative psychedelic trip

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Not yet ratedTom Slatter’s instrumental project is an admirably unpredictable affair

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Not yet ratedMichael Whiteman’s Reading-based project gathers pace

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Droogy East Anglian punk veterans return
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