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NEW RELEASES ON BURNING SHED
STEVEN WILSON – THE HARMONY CODEX and XTC – THE BIG EXPRESS; FRANK ZAPPA – OVER-NITE SENSATION (50th anniversary) How he finds the time...
Sep 1, 20231 min read
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RICHARD WRIGHT – WET DREAM (1978/ 2023)
In progressive rock it is often the case that the whole is more than the sum of the parts. There are exceptions. Off the top of my head:...
Sep 1, 20231 min read
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SIGNIA ALPHA – ENTROPY (2023)
This CD arrived unexpectedly through the door – ah, it was like the old days! We keep hearing about enterprise, but isn’t it about time...
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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KARNATAKA – REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2023) and why less can be more.
I read David West’s review of Karnataka’s first studio album for eight years in the latest edition of PROG magazine, and just had to...
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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EXCUSE ME WHILE I KISS THE SKY - JIMI HENDRIX (part one): THE EARLY DAYS
Due to the disappointing sales of my first book “Within In, You Without You” an examination of British music and culture, I decided to...
Sep 1, 202310 min read
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PINK FLOYD- PIGS MIGHT FLY – SOME MORE REFLECTIONS.
On the publication of Ginger Gilmour’s book “Behind the Wall (etcetera)” PROG magazine seized on the opportunity to put the Floyd on the...
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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DARREL TREECE-BIRCH’S ATLANTEA – CHOICES (2023)
Due for release on 6th October, Darrel is known as the keyboardist for TEN and prog rock band Nth ASCENSION. He is also a...
Sep 1, 20231 min read
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THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL – AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL (2023)
If you haven’t heard of this Chicago “neo-psych master painters” as the press release rightly calls them quoting a Record Collector...
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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NEW RELEASES ON BURNING SHED
STEVEN WILSON – THE HARMONY CODEX and XTC – THE BIG EXPRESS; FRANK ZAPPA – OVER-NITE SENSATION (50th anniversary) How he finds the time...
Sep 1, 20231 min read
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NEWS FROM HERETIC
Following the review of Hiro Kawahara/ Heretic’s “Complete Works”, Hiro has contacted us to say this has now been digitally released by...
Sep 1, 20231 min read
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FROM THE VAULTS: BOB DYLAN- GLADIATOR TROUBADOUR: ‘ON ARENA AND IN THE ARENA’
Much acclamation preceded the 2005 Martin Scorcese produced ‘Arena’ programme. Unfortunately, the eagerly awaited documentary failed to...
Sep 1, 20234 min read
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BILLIE HOLIDAY – “SHE FLEW IN THERE LIKE A BIRD” (PART ONE)
“I lowered the needle onto the spinning black disc. The music began with the notes of a piano stepping lightly as a dancer. Suddenly and...
Sep 1, 20233 min read
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FRANZ KAFKA : THE ENIGMA OF HIS UNFINISHED BOOK
Kafka’s work has always presented something of an enigma to me, although I am clearly influenced by it as many other writers are. ‘The...
Sep 1, 20235 min read
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