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PROG MAGAZINE – THE DECEMBER ISSUE IS OUT
There are some really interesting stories in the latest PROG including an interview with EDGAR BROUGHTON (I saw them once and am still...
Dec 2, 20231 min read
TORRE DE TIZA – GRABACIONES 2007-2007 (Mylodon Records, 2023)
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...
Nov 21, 20231 min read
A MUST FOR PINK FLOYD COLLECTORS – ATOM HEART MOTHER!
Following the discovery of a 16 mm film in a fan’s garage a CD/ Blu-ray set will be released on 8th December, 2023. This was PINK FLOYD’s...
Nov 21, 20231 min read
SEPTÉNAIRE – THE WORLD UPRIGHT (2023) (Bandcamp)
Consisting of four pieces, ‘Ladders’ is “about introspective elevation”; ‘Silkworm is about reuniting the living; ‘Consider this as a...
Nov 13, 20231 min read
ESPRESSO- ESPRESSO (2022) (Mylodon Records/ Bandcamp)
First of all, some background information: Espresso’s style develops elements of progressive rock, jazz, electronica and experimentation,...
Nov 6, 20232 min read
PATTERN SEEKING ANIMALS – SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE (2023) (Inside Out)
Starting with marching drums and surging synths, ’The Man Made of Stone’ reveals PSA as skilled story tellers on their 4th album since...
Nov 6, 20231 min read
35 TAPES – FABRIC OF TIME (2023) (Apollon Records)
This style of prog will be familiar to many: sometimes referred to as neo-prog or melodic prog, easy on the ear well-structured music...
Nov 6, 20231 min read
YES – YES SINGLES (2023) (Rhino)
A curiosity – not really a singles band were they? Well, actually in the US they were. Please note the tracks and stats below: SIDE ONE...
Nov 6, 20231 min read


JAUME DE VIALA- CALIDOSCOPI EMBRUIXAT (2023) (self-released)
Jaume was an original member of Salvador Avià’s Celobert Màgic which played a unique form of Catalan prog ethno-fusion. I enjoyed his...
Oct 27, 20232 min read


KEITH EMERSON RIP PROG MAGAZINE SPECIAL
When I was an aspiring prog rock keyboard player in the seventies I had a poster of Keith, I think it may have been from ‘Sounds’...
Oct 27, 20232 min read
CLAUDIO MILANO’s END FRIENDS MANIFESTAZIONI LIVE 2011-2023 (MP 117) (Edge Music)
I had heard of Claudio Milano before as a multi-lingual vocalist and lyricist in reviewing the music of NichelOdeon and have MARTIN...
Oct 27, 20232 min read
UPCOMING RELEASES: SPOCK’S BEARD, CARAVAN, MARILLION, NEKTAR, GREG LAKE
SPOCK’S BEARD – FEEL EUPHORIA (20th anniversary), the first without Neal Morse; remastered with two bonus gatefold sleeve (24th...
Oct 9, 20231 min read
SIAPIAU -SIAPIAU (2023)
Yet another intriguing release from the Discus label. I thought it was Julie Tippetts vocalising at first, but it turns out it is Maggie...
Oct 9, 20231 min read
TRYO - SURAMÉRICA
Haunting ‘bugle calls’ bookend the album and provide the continuity that permeates “Suramérica”; the catchy title track with its surging...
Oct 9, 20232 min read


GARY BROOKER MEMORIAL CONCERT
NEWS FROM ROLAND AND JENS: The GARY BROOKER MEMORIAL CONCERT will take place on 4th December, 2023 at G LIVE, GUILDFORD on 4th December,...
Sep 27, 20235 min read
PETER HAMMILL – IN A FOREIGN TOWN/ OUT OF WATER (2023)
On 24th November, 2023 a CD set combining two albums from 1988 and 1990 respectively that Peter has been reworking/ re-recording will be...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
JOHN SIMMS’ LIGHT TRAILS – TRIP INTO THE LIGHT FANTASTIC (2023)
Trip into the Light Fantastic is a follow-up to Light Trails positively reviewed first release Chromatology (2022). Leader John Simms was...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
PINK FLOYD – BREATHE IN THE AIR – LIVE AT THE DOME, BRIGHTON (1972/ 2023)
Released on 13th October, 2023, the second concert at Brighton featured a pre-release performance of “Dark Side of the Moon” with...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
MARIUSZ DUDA – AFR AI D (2023)
Mariusz, of Riverside and Lunatic Soul fame, releases a solo album on 17th November, 2023. The theme is Artificial Intelligence as a...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
CLASSIC ALBUMS GET VINYL REISSUES: BRUFORD, FAMILY and Mc.DONALD AND GILES
Versatile and enduring flautist/ saxist Ian McDonald and exceptional drummer Mike Giles were part of KING CRIMSON at the very start and...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
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