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ANOTHER EXCERPT FROM AROUND EUROPE IN 80 PROGRESSIVE BANDS
Please note that, while we have a few pre-orders we are still short of the number we would need to justify the production of a physical...
Jul 31, 20235 min read
SPACE DEBRIS – Getting right inside the music of my favourite improvisational rock band – everything
“The early history started with a DEEP PURPLE covers band named Mandrake Root and Space Debris finally got going in earnest in 2005.” But...
Jul 31, 20232 min read
XTC, BRUCE SOORD, THE WHO, RIVERSIDE RELEASE DATES
XTC’s “The Big Express” (1984) gets the STEVEN WILSON makeover, a 2-disc affair with booklet with a poster signed by Colin Moulding (22nd...
Jul 31, 20231 min read
DISS-COVERY: SINÉAD O’CONNOR – I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVEN’T GOT
It’s strange how it takes someone to depart this mortal coil before you discover just what you’ve missed. And now I am wondering how I...
Jul 31, 20232 min read
SȂNOR SZABÔ and KEVIN KASTNING – EPHEMERAL VI (2023)
You may well have heard of Hungarian Sânor Szabô if you are a student of guitar, and if you are intrigued by the prospect of hearing a...
Jul 31, 20231 min read
CÉCILE BROCHÉ – 3D@PARIS (2023)
I wasn’t sure about this at first, but something drove me back to it, and now I can’t stop listening – headphones help as this is a great...
Jul 31, 20232 min read
JOHNNY HUNTER, MARK HANSLIP, OLIE BRICE – DIVISIONS (2023)
Free, explorative jazz is not the easiest music to get into and it helps if there are a few hooks to hang onto. There are just four parts...
Jul 31, 20231 min read
ELEGANT SIMPLICITY – DON’T LOOK DOWN (AT THE END OF THE WORLD) (2023)
Guitarist/ keyboards player/ composer Steven McCabe and co have released their first vocal album for ages, and this is one of Elegant...
Jul 31, 20231 min read
OVERHEAD – TELEPATHIC MINDS (2023)
It is necessary to alert readers of the latest album from Helsinki group OVERHEAD. It is creating quite a stir in prog circles with...
Jul 31, 20231 min read
VARIOUS ARTISTS: INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (VOL 1)
Attention space rockers! Announcement from BANDCAMP blurb: “Long and psychedelic tracks pulsating through space trying to follow the...
Jul 25, 20231 min read
LE ORME RETURNS!
There are PFM and Banco and Le Orme, three of the giants of Italian prog rock. The prospect of a new double album LE ORME AND FRIENDS is...
Jul 25, 20231 min read
BIG BIG TRAIN – INGENIOUS DEVICES (2023)
BIG BIG TRAIN is a band I have never been into in a big way. Maybe because I’d already had my fill on what are often called...
Jul 25, 20231 min read
OPPENHEIMER or BARBIE?
Apparently, OPPENHEIMER and BARBIE are the two highest grossing films over their first weekend of release sine the pandemic. They...
Jul 25, 20232 min read


TIM HUNTER – THE PROGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN
THE CAMPAIGN THAT CHANGED THE LIVES OF MILLIONS Tim Hunter is a proud Yorkshireman who has written, produced and performed on many albums...
Jul 19, 20233 min read


ACID DRAGON- NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
Please read this important message! We need your help! Reading Thierry Sportouche’s editorial makes me sad. “Am I getting old? I see less...
Jul 19, 20233 min read
BRIAN AUGER & JULIE TIPPETTS - ENCORE (1977/ 2023)
The Esoteric/ Red Cherry is releasing an album on CD that has been in my vinyl collection for a while (although I did discover it...
Jul 19, 20231 min read


KEV ROWLAND: THE PROGRESSIVE UNDERGROUND
“Bigger than Lord of the Rings” I believe that Kev Rowland, whom I remember from way back when he used to produce his Feedback magazine,...
Jul 19, 20231 min read
THE FLOWER KINGS – THE SUM OF NO EVIL (2007/2023)
In the years when YES weren’t able to recapture all the progressive magic they once produced, there has always been THE FLOWER KINGS to...
Jul 19, 20231 min read
PETER BRÖTZMANN RIP (1941-2023)
Influenced by Sidney Bechet, Brözmann took up clarinet as a young teenager, but mostly concentrated on saxophone thereafter. He was also...
Jul 19, 20232 min read
PAKT – LIVE IN PIERMONT (2023)
This is the third live PAKT album and they are; PERCY JONES: bassist extraordinary. Most famously with BRAND X, but he also appears on...
Jul 19, 20232 min read
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