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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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