Just Einar on vocal on piano: pure bliss. Only two tracks available on BANDCAMP at the moment, but can be pre-ordered as digital download...

‘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...

I love listening to JOHN SIMMSs fluid and expressive guitar, conjuring up mages of space and time. 'Through a Purple Lens' is a...

Back in the twilight zone, the improvisational quartet of Percy Jones on bass, Alex Skolnick on guitars, Tim Motzer on guitar and...

Described as a fusion and experimental rock power trio from Valparaíso/Viña del Mar, I absolutely love this album by Baguibatus. We are...

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...

Encouraged by the reception to 2023’s “The Future Never Waits”, HAWKWIND’s “Stories from Time and Space” is to be released on 5th April,...

It was back in 1999, I think, when I reviewed this band’s “Soleil” album for ACID DRAGON, quoting, “For fans of SOFT MACHINE, GONG,...

The prolific and popular space rocker Santtu Laakso is back with some more magical Finnish space rock. ‘Serenity’ starts the album with...

Welshman Percy Jones has a long history as a widely admired and innovative  bass player, most famously with BRAND X (1974-1980 and...

Apparently coming into existence serendipitously as the result of bumping into one another searching for meteor fragments in the Garwnant...

An international enterprise involving: Kevin Kastning on 36-string double contraguitar (which he invented), 24-string double...

I got a message from the fair organiser Andrew Naylor thanking customers for turning up in (yet more) adverse weather conditions for the...

Hats off to Cuneiform for reviving interest in this brilliant album originally released on the Laser’s Edge label, following their two...

It was a surprise to find a review of the 50th Anniversary edition of JAZZWISE magazine: “high-octane”, “profund” and “bravura” are all...

Pascal Globensky is a founder member of MIRIODOR, a Quebec band who straddle Rock in Opposition, Jazz, Prog and Chamber music with...

Turn the lights low (or off) and play this intriguing album late at night and a quite unique atmosphere is created. The twin drumming of...

As with all great progressive rock, Rick Wakeman’s classic concept albums still stand up, unlike other popular music forms that can sound...

One-man musician and historian Tim Hunter’s latest concept album concerns four significant figures in the history of York: firstly,...

A lavishly produced and erudite magazine (Anthem Publishing) LONG LIVE VINYL announced in August, 2020 that “after more than 40 print...