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  • Review – Orion – Universe XXV

    Review – Orion – Universe XXV

    A new Orion album is always a highlight for me. The progressive metal project of Ben Jones always delivers polished, high quality music with a lot of soul. When Ben contacted me about the new album, I knew it hadn’t had the easiest gestation but I’ll let him tell you… “This is the album that…

  • Review – cowFish – ‘Alchemy of Dream’

    Review – cowFish – ‘Alchemy of Dream’

    The heart-child of Tim O’Connor, cowfisH was formed during the summer of 1993 in the empty room above a secondhand book and record shop in Hull, UK. The plan was simple… write original music snd songs that we enjoyed listening to and play them! After many years and lineup changes, multiple recording sessions and albums…

  • Review- Nick Fletcher – An Unfolding Of Miracles – by David Edwards

    Review- Nick Fletcher – An Unfolding Of Miracles – by David Edwards

    NICK FLETCHER – An Unfolding of Miracles ProgRadar album review by David Edwards The exceptional jazz fusion/prog rock guitarist, Nick Fletcher, has produced yet another stunning instrumental album with An Unfolding of Miracles. The supremely talented, Sheffield-based guitarist with the John Hackett Band, has now produced his 6th solo release, and quite frankly, it is…

  • Review – Riffstone – Zodiac – by David Edwards

    Review – Riffstone – Zodiac – by David Edwards

    I don’t know how they do it, but Colin Powell (of Multitude of One and Nova Cascade), and Dave Allen (of Spirergy) continue to be UK prog’s most prolific musicians at present. Their studio-based, progressive rock collaboration, Riffstone, has now produced their fifth album in just over a year – and it is another quality…

  • Review – Hackett & Rothery – The Roaring Waves

    Review – Hackett & Rothery – The Roaring Waves

    “There’s no such thing as bad music, just music you like and music you don’t.” It’s a very valid statement, my music tastes have changed down the years, in the 70’s I was a huge fan of the Police and then moved on to the new romantic scene in the 80’s. I wore out a…

  • Review – The Tangent – Was

    Review – The Tangent – Was

    “Like songs built around samples of earlier songs, or cover versions that are more famous than the originals we build this map of our lives. My 1970s were all about the wonders of discovering music. Vietnam was on the periphery of my consciousness, and, like the lack  of those phones at Knebowrth were later realised,…

  • Review – Brendan Perkins – Stories from the Old Church Lane – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Unbelievably this is Brendan Perkins’ twenty-eighth solo release since 2008 when he decided to follow his musical aspirations full time. ‘Stories from the Old Church Lane’ follows from last year’s wonderful ‘Favourite Places’ album which he actually released on CD and that I gave a very positive review to for this very site. You can…

  • Review – Red Bazar – Blood Moon – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – Red Bazar – Blood Moon – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Red Bazar are the band that Peter Jones uses when playing band shows as Tiger Moth Tales, in return for which he adds keyboards and vocals to their songs and elevating them in the process with his excellent voice and his deft keyboards. It’s a symbiotic relationship as both parties gain significantly from it’s existence.…

  • Review – Solstice – Clann – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – Solstice – Clann – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Solstice are currently on a noticeably upward trajectory and this new album from the veteran proggers certainly agrees with that statement as it isa most uplifting and positive album of some very fine music indeed. The album has a mere six tracks (if you include the bonus), all around the 5 or 6 minute duration,…

  • Review – Nova Cascade – Box Man – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – Nova Cascade – Box Man – by John Wenlock-Smith

    This, sadly, will be the final album for Nova Cascade, the group that came to be from conversations arising out of an internet chat room back in 2010. It became a series of collaborations which resulted in the making of five excellent albums, including this latest and final instalment, ‘Box Man’. The new album sees…