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Review – Dinesen/Christensen/Sonne – Blessings – by Progradar
Saxophone player Jakob Dinesen and bass player AC? Christensen have been household names on the Danish jazz scene since the nineties, where they played together in the now legendary Once Around The Park. On this recording they are joining up with drummer Laust Sonne. He is one of the most versatile musicians in Denmark and…
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Caravan Announce the Release of Who Do You Think We Are? A 37 CD Deluxe, limited edition box set on 20th August.
The Canterbury scene combined elements of jazz, folk, rock and melodic pop into a sound that bridged the gulf between psychedelia and progressive rock, and ultimately shattered all genre barriers. At the heart of the Canterbury scene was a group of musicians whose career has now spanned more than half a century: the legend that…
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GIANCARLO ERRA RELEASES NEW SINGLE & VIDEO ?A BLUES FOR MY FATHER?
Taken from the forthcoming new album Departure Tapes released on Kscope on 2nd July 2021 Having announced his new album Departure Tapes and released the first single Departure Tape, UK based Italian composer, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Giancarlo Erra has revealed his next single and video, the moving and poignantly titled ?A Blues For My Father. Giancarlo…
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Review – Tillison Reingold Tiranti – Allium: Una Storia – by Progradar
The Lineup of Andy Tillison (The Tangent/Po90), Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings/Steve Hackett Band/Karmakanic) and Roberto Tiranti (New Trolls/Ken Hensley/Labyrinth) is a pan European Progressive Rock Band project and the album was recorded during lockdowns in Italy, Austria and the UK. The album ‘Allium: Una Storia’ is a concept album which takes as its subject…
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Review – Esthesis – The Awakening – by Progradar
Esthesis is a French progressive/alternative rock band, their music is characterised by many different influences (70’s british rock, film score, ambient, metal, pop…) and is primarily based on emotion and ambiences. Created and led by French multi-instrumentalist Aur lien Goude (music, lyrics, keyboards, vocals, guitars and bass), the current line up is completed by Baptiste…
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Review – Joe Devine – One Foot Forward
Lockdown has seen an explosion of music created by people with time to explore their creative side, be they experienced musicians with a huge back catalogue behind them or relative novices. For us reviewers this has also meant a vast increase on music that we receive to review so, on top of the fact that…
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John Wenlock-Smith interviews Ronnie Platt of Kansas
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Review – John Hackett – The Piper Plays His Tune – by John Wenlock-Smith
John Hackett is the flute wielding, multi-instrumentalist brother of Steve Hackett and the two share a musical, as well as a familial, bond. They have worked together on and off over the years with John popping up on Steve’s albums, alongside this John also is the leader of his own group The John Hackett Band…
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Interview With John Hackett – John Wenlock-Smith
In this piece John talks to John Hackett about his latest album, a collection of songs recorded during lockdown in spring of 2020 in which John plays all instruments and produced and mixed the album on his own. The album ‘The Piper Plays His Tune’ is the result, released on his own Hacktrax label. John…
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Review – Kansas – Point of Know Return – Live and Beyond – by John Wenlock-Smith
