Visitors to this site may recall my review of a compilation of Hiro Kawahara AKA Heretic’s works on Cuneiform Records. Hiro has contacted...

It has been five years since the Softs’ last studio album “Hidden Details”. The line-up is John Ethridge (guitar), Theo Travis (saxes,...

Consisting of three pieces from three days of sessions in November, 2016, when listening to the first 20:30 long ‘Nero’ I scribbled:...

As relevant and inspiring as ever, Census of Hallucinations is back with a new six-minute long single, and a real aural treat! Choppy...

Near the beginning of what was, and is, a hobby, as a naïve music reviewer (for which I have never been paid), I was a member of the...

Time flies, said the man who threw the clock out of the window… Please, if there is one thing you read today let it be this. My most...

A REVIEW AND INTERVIEW WITH STEVEN Mc CABE discussing “Kicking the Olive Branch” and a Christmas album (!) called SAD TIDINGS (2023) When...

Formed in 2008 where they gigged around the Valparaiso area of Chile, Kafod is Carlos Cruz on guitar and bass (He is also the main...

A welcome return for a Quebec band originating in 1980; this is only their tenth album, their music oft described as if emanating from a...

How successful has the re-working of often overlooked Peter Hammill albums been? I have been a big fan of Peter Hammill and Van Der Graaf...

I.P.A. might be considered is something of a Scandinavian jazz supergroup, with Atle Nymo on tenor saxophone, Magnus Broo on trumpet,...

When originally released as a digi-pak, “Kicking the Olive Branch” sold out within two weeks. It was recorded in the studio and on...

The brainchild of Mark Dunn with encouragement and assistance from Tim Jones at Stone Premonitions and Barry Lamb at Falling A Records...

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...

I have decided to put the spotlight on some Prog distributors and labels this week and LION MUSIC has developed an incredible concept-...

Quite by chance I came upon a new Kraan record released on 24th November; I had no idea they were still around, but HELMUT HATTLER...

I’ve always underestimated this album probably because I was obsessed with ‘Fitter Stoke Has A Bath’ which I played regularly on the...

There are some really interesting stories in the latest PROG including an interview with EDGAR BROUGHTON (I saw them once and am still...

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...

Tributes have been flowing in to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Duke Ellington Jazz Orchestra. Ellington was a force...