
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

Tim Burness talks Marillion, reading the stars and recording with Daleks
By Johnny Sharp published
The multi-talented Tim Burness is back with a brand new album. We catch up with him to find out all about his new project

Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon – Deluxe, Expanded Remaster album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Not yet ratedBarclay James Harvest's soft-centred 1976 set gets a new sonic makeover.

Weirds - Swarmculture album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Not yet ratedGrungy, trippy Leeds quartet Weirds’ pleasingly off-kilter debut.

Portico Quartet - Art In The Age Of Automation album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Not yet ratedSymphonic electronica instrumentalists Portico Quartet fire on all four cylinders again

Paul Draper - Spooky Action album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Not yet ratedFormer Mansun frontman’s (very) long-awaited solo debut

Chris Brockbank’s Phantom Mk V - Phantom album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Veteran Aussie rocker gets his (fifth) act together

Temple Of Lies - The Serial Killer Suite album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Doom metallers’ hook-laden, death-fixated third album

IQ - The Seventh House album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Not yet ratedHampshire neo-prog stalwarts IQ and their 2000 album on gatefold vinyl

Los Straitjackets - What’s So Funny About Peace, Love And…album review
By Johnny Sharp published
US instrumentalists aim Lowe

Goldray - Rising album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Not yet ratedEx-Reef man’s starry-eyed trio Goldray make impressive debut

Brother Ape - Karma album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Not yet ratedStockholm trio Brother Ape’s highly accessible seventh.

RPWL - A New Dawn album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Live recording of German proggers’ multimedia show

Riverdogs - California album review
By Johnny Sharp published
LA quartet reunite with Vivian Campbell for fifth album

Tusmorke - Hinsides album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Not yet ratedFourth album from medievally-fixated Norwegian folk proggers

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Reissues album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Not yet ratedProg behemoth’s last hurrahs

Chelsea - In Session album review
By Johnny Sharp published
London punks’ radio recordings and live set

Radiophonic Workshop - Burials In Several Earths album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Not yet ratedSynth soundtrack pioneers return, tearing up the script

Steak - No God To Save album review
By Johnny Sharp published
London stoners’ unpretentious debut hits the spot

Barclay James Harvest - XII – Deluxe Reissue album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Prog-gone-soft quartet’s airbrushed 1978 set still has its charms

Introducing Low Cut Connie: "We play heavy rock’n’roll you can move your ass to"
By Johnny Sharp published
Filthy Philly rock’n’soul, anyone? “Yes please,” said US pres Barack Obama, for one

Low Cut Connie - Dirty Pictures (Part 1) album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Piano-bashing Philly rebels rally the troops

Pond - The Weather album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Australian psychedelicists return – in search of space

Rikard Sjoblom’s Gungfly - On Her Journey To The Sun album review
By Johnny Sharp published
Not yet ratedEx-Beardfish/Big Big Train man’s second solo set.
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