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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
RE-DISS-COVERY: VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – A GROUNDING IN NUMBERS (2010)
It’s interesting to return to something after a considerable amount of time and this record sounds better to me than when I first heard...
Sep 5, 20231 min read
THE RICK RAY BAND – THE GREMLINS ARE LISTENING (2023)
The Rick Ray band just goes from strength to strength. If Rick thought “Under the Sky” was their best yet, this release is right up there...
Sep 1, 20235 min read
ATON FIVE – ATON FIVE (2023)
Now I must confess I knew absolutely nothing about this Moscow group. I see from their Bandcamp page that this album was (inevitably!)...
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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
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
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
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
AROUND EUROPE IN 80 EUROPEAN PROGRESSIVE ROCK BOOKS LATEST
It is with great disappointment that we are not able to print paper copies of this proposed book. Samples of the book have been published...
Aug 23, 20231 min read


THE CHRONICLES OF FATHER ROBIN – THE SONGS AND TALES OF AIROEA BOOK 1 (2023)
Due for release on 15th September, a full review has been sent to ACID DRAGON for the next issue. Suffice to say if you like a little...
Aug 23, 20231 min read
MARILLION: HOLIDAYS IN EDEN (1991/ 2023) and SEASON’S END deluxe edition (1989- 2023)
The Stephen W Tayler remix of this classic album that includes enduring Marillion pieces like ‘Splintering Heart’, ‘Cover My Eyes’, ‘The...
Aug 23, 20231 min read
FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE RICK RAY BAND: PSYCHEDELIC AND PROGRESSIVE HARD ROCK FUSION
I know Rick and co are working on a new album so, until then, I present an extract from a review and interview from 2022 originally...
Aug 9, 20235 min read
ANOTHER EXCERPT FROM AROUND EUROPE IN 80 PROGRESSIVE BANDS
Please note that, while we have a few pre-orders we are still short of the number we would need to justify the production of a physical...
Jul 31, 20235 min read
SPACE DEBRIS – Getting right inside the music of my favourite improvisational rock band – everything
“The early history started with a DEEP PURPLE covers band named Mandrake Root and Space Debris finally got going in earnest in 2005.” But...
Jul 31, 20232 min read
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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