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AFRAID TO AWAKE – A HAUNTING AT SEA (2024), Proximity Records/ Bandcamp: review and interview
“A Haunting at Sea” is a different kind of album from Steven McCabe than his long-lived ELEGANT SIMPLICITY project. For a start, it is...
Jul 16, 20244 min read
YES – TALK (1994/2024) 4 x CD, 2 x LP, 1 x White vinyl, 1 x CD
Let’s talk about “Talk”. Well, for a start, the artwork was light years away from Roger Dean’s, a sign of the times perhaps. The line-up...
Jul 10, 20242 min read
AIRBAG – THE CENTURY OF THE SELF (2024) (Heard on Bandcamp)
Having read an interesting review in PROG magazine, I was interested to hear this concept album. ‘Dysphoria’ has a gentle acoustic...
Jul 10, 20242 min read
RAVEN SAD – THE LEAF AND THE WING (2021) (Heard on Bandcamp)
Thanks again for Sandy Greenhorn for suggesting that I listen to this album, one that will appeal to appreciators of prog rock done...
Jul 10, 20241 min read
ESOTERIC SAMPLER IN LATEST PROG MAGAZINE
A generous downloadable sampler of releases is included in PROG magazine this month. It’s a great opportunity to see what is available...
Jul 10, 20241 min read
“MARBLES” IS 20 YEARS OLD!
I must be losing my marbles – it can’t be 20 years, can it? What are they going to do with it now (a ‘Marbles’ tour perhaps?), Yes, it’s...
Jul 10, 20241 min read
INSOMNIA - II - MARACASH RECORDS (2024) (Bandcamp)
I know I keep on saying it but Maracash Records just keep on producing great prog rock albums. You read the hype and think – they’re not...
Jul 3, 20242 min read


THE GREAT ROCK BIBLE IS HERE!
MARTIN C STRONG has sent a picture of the finished book so I can confirm that the long-awaited successor to his popular Great Rock...
Jul 1, 20241 min read
2024 – SPRING INTO SUMMER: SECOND QUARTER TOP NEW RELEASES reviewed on DISS
In alphabetical order (maximum of 3 reissues per 10, all from 2024 & reviewed in 2024): please note genres are nearest approximations....
Jul 1, 20242 min read
PROWLERS - ORCHIDEA (Maracash Records/ Bandcamp) (2024)
Alfio Costa is not only the keyboard player but has also written an excellent review of the music already, referring to the “vintage...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
JANEL LEPPIN AND ANTHONY PIROG – NEW MOON IN THE EVIL AGE CD/ 2 x LP (Cuneiform Records)
LP one is 10 tracks of instrumental duets and LP two is a 9-track vocal album. This couple play together in ENSEMBLE VOLCANIC ASH, named...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
IZZ – COLLAPSE THE WAVE (2024) (Bandcamp)
The first in a series of recommendations by the Prog fan SANDY GREENHORN, IZZ is one group I am really glad Sandy drew my attention to...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
LONDON UNDERGROUND – LIVE AT THE 19TH DREAM OF DR. SARDONICUS FESTIVAL 2023 (Regal Crabomophone/ Fruits de Mer Records – pre-order now for 13th August, 2024 release)
London Underground were formed in Florence in 1998 (apparently there is a connection to great Italian keyboard driven prog band...
Jun 19, 20243 min read
JADE WARRIOR – BORNE ON THE SOLAR WIND: THE VERTIGO ALBUMS, 1971-72 3 x CD (Released 28th June 2024 on Esoteric/ Cherry Red)
On their 1971 eponymous debut album Jade Warrior was a trio of Tony Duhig on guitar, Jon Field on flute and percussion and Glyn Havard on...
Jun 19, 20242 min read
MERGING CLUSTER- PEAK EPHEMERAL LIGHT (MARACASH RECORDS) (2024)
Merging Cluster play what might be described in modern parlance as Alt-Prog which “intercepts the intensity of e.g. MARILLION, IQ and...
Jun 4, 20241 min read
COLOSSEUM – UPON TOMORROW (Repertoire) (2024) 2 x CD
Colosseum’s sophomore album “Valentyne Suite” has always been essential to me and I was intrigued to hear of a fourth album (projected to...
Jun 4, 20241 min read
MARILLION – AN HOUR BEFORE IT’S DARK – LIVE IN PORT ZELANDE (Racket Records) (2024)
Available in 2 x CD and Blu Ray with extra tracks, this release is a recording of the Saturday night (17th March, 2023) of the...
Jun 4, 20241 min read
REN X – RAIN (Mylodon Records) (2024)
The Chilean Prog and Art Rock label keeps good on its promise of “musica sin limites.” This concept album has been fifteen years in the...
May 29, 20241 min read
HISTERESIS – CARRUSEL (Mylodon Records) (2024)
This single on Bandcamp certainly shakes out the cobwebs! A HEAVY offering from a new (to me anyway!) metal rock prog band that is much...
May 29, 20241 min read
ONIRICO – EX-NIHILO (Mylodon Records) (2024) (Bandcamp)
Wow, this is good! Just two musicians from Argentina: Benjamin Hernandez who is the lead singer, bassist and keyboard player including...
May 29, 20241 min read
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