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Mar 4, 20241 min read
IAN ANDERSON TO PLAY ON NEW OPETH ALBUM
Having recently reissued 2003 album “Damnation”, Opeth are delighted to secured the participation of Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson,...
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Mar 4, 20241 min read
FISH ON THE ROAD
Well, it’s the “Road to the Isles” tour to be specific as Fish announces a UK retirement tour for 2025 starting in Haddington and ending...
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Feb 21, 20241 min read
BIG BIG TRAIN - THE LIKES OF US (2024) (Inside Out/ Sony)
There is always a piquancy and warmth to Big Big Train’s music, and while not as uninhibited as some past musical adventures, “The Likes...
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Feb 21, 20242 min read
CAMEL – AIR BORN – THE MCA & DECCA YEARS 1973-1984 (2023)
Camel’s relationship with Decca was a fraught one; indeed, drummer Andy Ward suffered a mental breakdown, but Decca insisted they make a...
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Feb 21, 20241 min read
JETHRO TULL – WAR CHILD 2 (Parlophone) (2023)
This is a vinyl release remastered by Steven Wilson of the remnants of the “War Child” sessions between 1973 and 1974. It has the classic...
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Feb 21, 20241 min read
DAVID JACKSON & RENÉ VAN COMMENÉE – KEEP YOUR LANE (2023) (Talking Elephant)
Some jazz, electronica and a little bit of funk add to ex VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR’s saxophonist/ flautist David Jackson progressive...
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Feb 20, 20242 min read
STEVE HACKETT – THE CIRCUS AND THE NIGHTWHALE (2024) (Inside Out Music)
It’s here at last, the eagerly anticipated semi-autobiographical concept album with a touch of the Moby Dicks about it, as the metaphor...
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Feb 19, 20242 min read
THE PINEAPPLE THIEF – IT LEADS TO THIS (2024) (K Scope)
Guitarist/ vocalist and leader Bruce Soord has spoken in interview of a minority creating the toxic environment we have to live in; hence...
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Feb 19, 20242 min read
EXPERIMENTAL – HOMÓNIMO (2023) (Mylodon Records)
Towards the end of last year this extraordinary record was released. It actually originates from 2001 and has been remastered in digipack...
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Feb 19, 20242 min read
RE DISS-COVERY: DEEP PURPLE – MACHINE HEAD (1972/ 2024) (Warner)
Guess what? Deep Purple’s classic 1972 album is, following the 40th anniversary edition, in a deluxe 3 x CD/ LP/ Blu-Ray edition with a...
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Feb 19, 20243 min read
RE- DISS-COVERY: ACQUA FRAGILE – MOVING FRAGMENTS (2023) (Ma. Ra. Cash Records)
ACQUA FRAGILE, from Parma, Italy, was founded by Bernardo Lanzetti (vocals, guitar), Gino Campanini (guitar) and Piero Canavera (drums),...
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Feb 7, 20241 min read
INSIDE OUT: new album from STEVE HACKETT to be released on 16th February, 2024
“The Circus and the Nightwhale” is a concept album about a young person called Travla’s rite of passage, with an autobiographical element...
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Feb 7, 20242 min read
INSIDE OUT: New album coning down the tracks from BIG BIG TRAIN (1st March, 2024)
Preliminary thoughts of what I have available to me of the upcoming release of “The Likes of Us” on 1st March. The BIG BIG TRAIN line-up...
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Feb 6, 20243 min read
VAN DER GRAAF – VITAL LIVE (2024) (Esoteric)
‘Vital’ was never one of my favourites when first released on the famous Charisma label; I had been spoiled by a series of classic albums...
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Feb 5, 20241 min read
BAGUIBATUS – MANIFIESTO (2024) (Mylodon Records)
Described as a fusion and experimental rock power trio from Valparaíso/Viña del Mar, I absolutely love this album by Baguibatus. We are...
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Feb 5, 20242 min read
EINAR SOLBERG – 16 (2023)
Prog magazine’s vocalist of the year and the lead singer of LEPRUS released his first album in 2023. It remains true to the spirit of his...
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Jan 30, 20241 min read
NEW ACID DRAGON OUT NOW!
Issue #85 has interviews with AIRBRIDGE, KARMAMOI and NINE SKIES, a feature on HERETIC AND YES’s “Heaven and Earth”, “The Quest” and...
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Jan 30, 20242 min read
NeBeLNeST – SeLF-TiTLed (1999/ 2023) (Cuneiform Records)
Hats off to Cuneiform for reviving interest in this brilliant album originally released on the Laser’s Edge label, following their two...
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Jan 30, 20241 min read
KING CRIMSON – LARKS’ TONGUES IN ASPIC (1973/2023) (DGM / Panegyric 2XCD/ 2 Blu-Ray/ 2xLP)
It was a surprise to find a review of the 50th Anniversary edition of JAZZWISE magazine: “high-octane”, “profund” and “bravura” are all...
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Jan 30, 20242 min read
PASCAL GLOBENSKY – ZIGZAG (2023) (Cuneiform Records)
Pascal Globensky is a founder member of MIRIODOR, a Quebec band who straddle Rock in Opposition, Jazz, Prog and Chamber music with...
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