Pye Hastings - From The Half House album review

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At 70 years young, the Caravan frontman releases his first solo album. He’s gathered family (brother Jimmy, winds) and friends (Soft Machine guitarist John Etheridge, Caravan drummer Mark Walker) to flesh out 10 gently rocking tracks. Wry in tone, sprightly in pace, there’s more soft rock than Canterbury, but it’s playfully appealing anyway.

Jo Kendall
Jo Kendall

Jo is a journalist, podcaster, event host and music industry lecturer who joined Kerrang! in 1999 and then the dark side – Prog – a decade later as Deputy Editor. Jo's had tea with Robert Fripp, touched Ian Anderson's favourite flute (!) and asked Suzi Quatro what one wears under a leather catsuit. Jo is now Associate Editor of Prog, and a regular contributor to Classic Rock. She continues to spread the experimental and psychedelic music-based word amid unsuspecting students at BIMM Institute London and can be occasionally heard polluting the BBC Radio airwaves as a pop and rock pundit. Steven Wilson still owes her £3, which he borrowed to pay for parking before a King Crimson show in Aylesbury.