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Interview With Geoff Downes by John Wenlock-Smith
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ProgJect – The Ultimate Prog Rock Experience
ProgJect is The Ultimate Prog Rock Experience featuring Michael Sadler, Ryo Okumoto, Jason Bieler, Matt Dorsey, and Jonathan Mover performing the classics and epics of Genesis, Yes, ELP, and King Crimson, along with some Pink Floyd, Rush, Jethro Tull, Peter Gabriel, Gentle Giant and more. Michael Sadler (SAGA) – Lead Vocals, Keys, Bass & PercussionRyo…
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ALEX CANION COINS THE TERM ‘SORROWTAR’ IN SOLO HYMN ABOUT DEPRESSION, TAKEN FROM HIS FORTHCOMING EP ‘BIRTHMARK’
ALEX CANION OF PERTH BASED PROG METAL ACT VOYAGER LAUNCHES SOLO MATERIAL ‘BIRTHMARK’ – COMING OCTOBER 25TH [INDEPENDENT] Best known for being the charismatic bass player & backing vocalist of the Australian progressive metal band VOYAGER, Perth based musician Alex Canion takes the helm to navigate through the murky waters of alternative/heavy rock with his…
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Review – Steve Hackett – Surrender of Silence – by John Wenlock-Smith
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Review – Glass Hammer – Skallagrim – Into The Breach
Glass Hammer return with ‘Skallagrim – Into The Breach’, Part Two of last year’s ‘Dreaming City’ which found lyricist, bassist and co-producer, Steve Babb, drawing inspiration from sword & sorcery novels of the seventies. Now the album has inspired an actual four-hundred page novel, Skallagrim – In The Vales Of Pagarna, which Babb plans to…
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Review – Cyan – For King And Country
Taking music written and recorded over thirty years ago and rewriting, rerecording and reimagining it can be said by some to be a cynical marketing exercise and I must admit I wasn’t entirely convinced when I heard that prog scion Robert Reed was resurrecting his old Cyan band name and doing just that with the…
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Caravan release ‘If I Was To Fly’, the first new single and animated video from It’s None Of Your Business – Their new studio album out on 8th October.
Following the announcement from, Prog legends Caravan, of their new album It’s None Of Your Business the band have released their first single If I was To Fly accompanied by an animated video courtesy of Matt Entecott (https://www.matthewentecott.com ) Founding member Pye Hastings comments Back in 1970 we played a 3 day festival in Rotterdam…
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Review – Tony Kaye – End Of Innocence – by John Wenlock-Smith
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US Proggers Glass Hammer release a two-song video to celebrate their October 15th release of Skallagrim – Into The Breach
Glass Hammer have just released a video of He’s Got A Girl and Anthem To Andorath, two tracks from their upcoming Skallagrim – Into The Breach album. Skallagrim – Into The Breach is Part Two of last year’s Dreaming City which found lyricist, bassist and co-producer, Steve Babb, drawing inspiration from sword & sorcery novels…
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SPOCK?S BEARD – announce UK tour dates
Legendary US progressive rockers Spock’s Beard are beyond excited to be announcing UK tour dates for March 2022. Alan Morse comments: We’re just so excited to get back on the road again, we can’t wait to see all our friends we’ve missed so much during this crazy time. We are ready to rock! We’re planning…