KING CRIMSON – LARKS’ TONGUES IN ASPIC (1973/2023) (DGM / Panegyric 2XCD/ 2 Blu-Ray/ 2xLP)
It was a surprise to find a review of the 50th Anniversary edition of JAZZWISE magazine: “high-octane”, “profund” and “bravura” are all...
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Jan 302 min read
PASCAL GLOBENSKY – ZIGZAG (2023) (Cuneiform Records)
Pascal Globensky is a founder member of MIRIODOR, a Quebec band who straddle Rock in Opposition, Jazz, Prog and Chamber music with...
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Jan 152 min read
RICK WAKEMAN – LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM, 2023 (2024) (Esoteric Recordings)
As with all great progressive rock, Rick Wakeman’s classic concept albums still stand up, unlike other popular music forms that can sound...
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Dec 12, 20231 min read
CENSUS OF HALLUCINATIONS – THE NONSENSE MACHINE (2023)
As relevant and inspiring as ever, Census of Hallucinations is back with a new six-minute long single, and a real aural treat! Choppy...
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Dec 12, 20233 min read
THE BEST TEN GENESIS ALBUMS – WHAT ARE THEY?
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...
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Dec 12, 202316 min read
CENSUS OF HALLUCINATIONS: NEARLY 30 YEARS OF STONE PREMONITIONS, MAGICAL VIBRATIONS
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...
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Dec 12, 20239 min read
ELEGANT SIMPLICITY – KICKING THE OLIVE BRANCH (2023) (Proximity Records)
A REVIEW AND INTERVIEW WITH STEVEN Mc CABE discussing “Kicking the Olive Branch” and a Christmas album (!) called SAD TIDINGS (2023) When...
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Dec 12, 20232 min read
KAFOD – CICLOS (Mylodon Records (2023)
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...
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Dec 12, 20231 min read
MIRIODOR – ELEMENTS (2022) (Cuneiform Records)
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...
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Dec 12, 20233 min read
PETER HAMMILL – IN A FOREIGN TOWN/ OUT OF WATER (1988/1990) (2023) (Esoteric Recordings)
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...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
THE BRINGERS OF CHANGE – THE VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS (2023) (Falling A Records)
The brainchild of Mark Dunn with encouragement and assistance from Tim Jones at Stone Premonitions and Barry Lamb at Falling A Records...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
KARISMA RECORDS – HOME OF MAGIC PIE, SEVEN IMPALE, WHITE WILLOW ET AL (PART ONE)
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...
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Dec 2, 20231 min read
LION MUSIC – PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF PROGRESSIVE MUSIC SINCE 1998
I have decided to put the spotlight on some Prog distributors and labels this week and LION MUSIC has developed an incredible concept-...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
PROG MAGAZINE – YES’s 90125 goes under the microscope.
I would never have believed that Progressive Rock as a musical genre would ever have its own magazine during the late 70s and into the...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
RE DISS-COVERY HATFIELD AND THE NORTH (1973)
I’ve always underestimated this album probably because I was obsessed with ‘Fitter Stoke Has A Bath’ which I played regularly on the...
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Dec 2, 20231 min read
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...
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Nov 21, 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...
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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...
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Nov 13, 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...
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Nov 6, 20232 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,...
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