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Review – Geof Whiteley Project – Paper Tiger
‘The Geof Whitely Project was formed in 2011, it consists of Geof Whitely and special guest Musicians, the aim of the project is to put out original material in all types of musical formats from Prog Rock-Rock-Pop-Electronic-Instrumental.’ So days the information on the bandcamp page but the Geof Whitely Project is much more than that,…
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Review – Bill Bruford – The Best of Bill Bruford – The Winterfold & Summerfold Years – by John Wenlock-Smith
This is a 3 CD box set containing 35 tracks of Bill Bruford’s original music made for his own Winterfold (for his more electric driven music) and Summerfold (for his more acoustic and more improvised ideas) labels. This set is an expanded version of a set originally released in 2006 and long out of print…
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Review – Cyan – The Guardians – by John Wenlock-Smith
The Cyan release, ‘The Guardians’, comprises a mere three tracks, namely The Guardians Of Your Destiny, a 26 minute epic that has been resurrected from Cyan’s reimagining of the original 1994 album, reworked and extended from its original 12 minute run time with new parts and solo’s from all and sundry, All Around The World,…
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FROST* launch stand-alone single Western Atmosphere?
UK Progressive Rock group Frost* is pleased to share a new stand-alone single titled Western Atmosphere.? This song was originally featured as a Japanese-only bonus track on the album Life in the Wires,? and sees band leader Jem Godfrey joined by Randy McStine (Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree – live guitarist), Mike Keneally (Devin Townsend) & Nick…
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Review – The Windmill – Mindscapes – by John Wenlock-Smith
If, like me, you enjoy symphonic prog, then you will find much to enjoy in this shorter album from Norway’s The Windmill. With definite touches and traces of Wish You Were Here in the long first track Fear, ‘Mindscapes’ has as good an opening segment as I’ve heard on many an album. This release also…
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Review – Rick Wakeman – Yessonata – by John Wenlock-Smith
Rick Wakeman will, I’m sure, be known to many of you as he was the keyboard player during the golden era of Yes in the 1970’s, where his talents added significant input to the albums ‘Fragile’, ‘Close To The Edge’ and ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’ before leaving the group and rejoining for ‘Going For The…
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Progradar’s Best of 2024!
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John Wenlock-Smith’s review of the 2024 musical year
2024 has been quite a year hasn’t it really? From the vagaries of politics and re-emergence of Donald Trump to again become US President again, the implosion of the Tory party and the triumphant Labour landslide, to the downfall of Assad in Syria, it has all been quite eventful, all in all. Thankfully, musically it…