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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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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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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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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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MATTHEW HALSALL – AN EVER CHANGING VIEW
Manchester trumpeter Matthew Halsall has gained quite a following and reputation since he founded his Godwana Records outlet fifteen...
Jul 19, 20231 min read
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MAX ROACH –MEMBERS, DON’T GET WEARY (1968/ 2023)
Think of a big name in Bop and Post-bop Jazz and Max Roach has probably drummed with them, as well as releasing the seminal protest album...
Jul 19, 20231 min read
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ASTRAL MAGIC- EXPERIENCES IN HYPERSPACE and VORTEX OF ETERNAL LIGHT (2023)
First of all, thanks to Santtu Leakso for getting in touch and kindly providing BANDCAMP codes for some of his albums. Given that not...
Jul 19, 20232 min read
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PATH OF ILYA – HETEROSTASIS (2023)
This is the second album from the Avergne-Rhône prog fusion group, and quite unlike their eponymous release from 2016. I was really taken...
Jul 19, 20231 min read
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Re-DISScovery: INTERESTING TIMES: HIGH TIDE
THE HISTORY OF HIGH TIDE/ THE MISUNDERSTOOD, ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE PROGRESSIVE ROCK BANDS/ AND A CLASSIC ‘LOST BAND’ OF THE SIXTIES EVER...
Jul 12, 20235 min read
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SOFT MACHINE – OTHER DOORS (2023)
The response to this album has been positive, and it’s easy to hear why if you sample the five available tracks on Bandcamp as a...
Jul 12, 20231 min read
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ELOY – ECHOES FROM THE PAST (2023)
At last the final part of a trilogy of albums about the life of Joan of Arc following on from the two part THE VISION: THE SWORD AND THE...
Jul 12, 20231 min read
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