richard barbieri Archive

21 Mar 2025

Review Roundup: Porcupine Tree and More

When I first discovered Porcupine Tree around the time of Fear of a Blank Planet, not only did I fall head over the heels for the music, but I was […]

04 May 2021

Album Review: Richard Barbieri — Under a Spell

By Bill Kopp

ambient, instrumental, new release, review

For several years, Richard Barbieri was the keyboardist in art rock band Japan; his atmospheric work was a key component of that band’s sound. And once Steven Wilson transformed his […]

21 Mar 2017

Quick Takes, Part Two

By Bill Kopp

blues, new release, pop, powerpop, prog, rawk, review, soul

More quick-take reviews … Pop Co-op – Four State Solution Making an album via file sharing – instead of the old-fashioned method of gathering in a studio – is now […]

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