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Dec 2, 20232 min read
THE BRINGERS OF CHANGE – THE VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS (2023) (Falling A Records)
The brainchild of Mark Dunn with encouragement and assistance from Tim Jones at Stone Premonitions and Barry Lamb at Falling A Records...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
KARISMA RECORDS – HOME OF MAGIC PIE, SEVEN IMPALE, WHITE WILLOW ET AL (PART ONE)
Quite a few of my favourite prog bands reside here. I have reviewed MAGIC PIE in the past. Their last album was “Fragments of the 5th...
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Dec 2, 20231 min read
LION MUSIC – PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF PROGRESSIVE MUSIC SINCE 1998
I have decided to put the spotlight on some Prog distributors and labels this week and LION MUSIC has developed an incredible concept-...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
PROG MAGAZINE – YES’s 90125 goes under the microscope.
I would never have believed that Progressive Rock as a musical genre would ever have its own magazine during the late 70s and into the...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
RE DISS-COVERY HATFIELD AND THE NORTH (1973)
I’ve always underestimated this album probably because I was obsessed with ‘Fitter Stoke Has A Bath’ which I played regularly on the...
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Dec 2, 20231 min read
PROG MAGAZINE – THE DECEMBER ISSUE IS OUT
There are some really interesting stories in the latest PROG including an interview with EDGAR BROUGHTON (I saw them once and am still...
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Nov 21, 20231 min read
TORRE DE TIZA – GRABACIONES 2007-2007 (Mylodon Records, 2023)
It’s hard to believe that this music from Mexico’s Torre de Tiza is from the early 21st century for it sounds more a nascent blues and...
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Nov 21, 20231 min read
A MUST FOR PINK FLOYD COLLECTORS – ATOM HEART MOTHER!
Following the discovery of a 16 mm film in a fan’s garage a CD/ Blu-ray set will be released on 8th December, 2023. This was PINK FLOYD’s...
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Nov 13, 20231 min read
SEPTÉNAIRE – THE WORLD UPRIGHT (2023) (Bandcamp)
Consisting of four pieces, ‘Ladders’ is “about introspective elevation”; ‘Silkworm is about reuniting the living; ‘Consider this as a...
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Nov 6, 20232 min read
ESPRESSO- ESPRESSO (2022) (Mylodon Records/ Bandcamp)
First of all, some background information: Espresso’s style develops elements of progressive rock, jazz, electronica and experimentation,...
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Nov 6, 20231 min read
PATTERN SEEKING ANIMALS – SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE (2023) (Inside Out)
Starting with marching drums and surging synths, ’The Man Made of Stone’ reveals PSA as skilled story tellers on their 4th album since...
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Nov 6, 20231 min read
35 TAPES – FABRIC OF TIME (2023) (Apollon Records)
This style of prog will be familiar to many: sometimes referred to as neo-prog or melodic prog, easy on the ear well-structured music...
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Nov 6, 20231 min read
YES – YES SINGLES (2023) (Rhino)
A curiosity – not really a singles band were they? Well, actually in the US they were. Please note the tracks and stats below: SIDE ONE...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
JAUME DE VIALA- CALIDOSCOPI EMBRUIXAT (2023) (self-released)
Jaume was an original member of Salvador Avià’s Celobert Màgic which played a unique form of Catalan prog ethno-fusion. I enjoyed his...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
KEITH EMERSON RIP PROG MAGAZINE SPECIAL
When I was an aspiring prog rock keyboard player in the seventies I had a poster of Keith, I think it may have been from ‘Sounds’...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
CLAUDIO MILANO’s END FRIENDS MANIFESTAZIONI LIVE 2011-2023 (MP 117) (Edge Music)
I had heard of Claudio Milano before as a multi-lingual vocalist and lyricist in reviewing the music of NichelOdeon and have MARTIN...
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Oct 9, 20231 min read
UPCOMING RELEASES: SPOCK’S BEARD, CARAVAN, MARILLION, NEKTAR, GREG LAKE
SPOCK’S BEARD – FEEL EUPHORIA (20th anniversary), the first without Neal Morse; remastered with two bonus gatefold sleeve (24th...
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Oct 9, 20231 min read
SIAPIAU -SIAPIAU (2023)
Yet another intriguing release from the Discus label. I thought it was Julie Tippetts vocalising at first, but it turns out it is Maggie...
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Oct 9, 20232 min read
TRYO - SURAMÉRICA
Haunting ‘bugle calls’ bookend the album and provide the continuity that permeates “Suramérica”; the catchy title track with its surging...
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Sep 27, 20235 min read
GARY BROOKER MEMORIAL CONCERT
NEWS FROM ROLAND AND JENS: The GARY BROOKER MEMORIAL CONCERT will take place on 4th December, 2023 at G LIVE, GUILDFORD on 4th December,...
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