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Anthony Phillips – Sail The World – New 2CD Remastered & Expanded edition
Released 25th April, 2025. Esoteric Recordings is proud to announce the release of a newly remastered and expanded 2CD edition of Sail The World, the evocative 1994 album by celebrated composer and guitarist Anthony Phillips. Originally composed and recorded for the UK television coverage of the Whitbread Around the World Yacht Race, Sail The World became a…
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Review – Karmakanic – ‘Transmutation’
The acclaimed Swedish progressive rock band Karmakanic is back with their highly anticipated sixth studio album, ‘Transmutation’. Produced by the band’s founder and visionary leader Jonas Reingold, The album has been mixed by five-time Grammy Award winner Chris Lord-Alge, renowned for his work with legends such as Muse, Tina Turner, and Bruce Springsteen. For this…
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Review – Stackridge – Lost And Found – The Reunion Years 1999-2015 – by John Wenlock-Smith
I can’t believe that in all my years, although being aware of them, I had never actually listened to any music from Stackridge, the Bristol based unit whose merging together of folk, prog, music hall and vaudeville stylings had somehow completely passed me by. Unbelievable and definitely my loss. So. now I find myself rapidly…
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Review Round Up – Ghost Of The Machine, Dominic Sanderson, Human Pyramids, Michael Woodman & Dim Gray
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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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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…
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Review – John Wilkinson – Imposter Syndrome – by John Wenlock-Smith
John Wilkinson is the singer in the Genesis tribute group Mama that celebrates the Phil Collins era of that particular band and John has a voice very similar to Phil, as any who have seen Mama can attest. John is also the singer for Liverpool based The Swan Chorus and their last album ‘Achilles and…
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CIRCU5 announce new studio album: Clockwork Tulpa
UK prog rockers, CIRCU5, have announced that their second album, Clockwork Tulpa, will be released on March 7, 2025. The album is now available to pre-order at https://www.circu5.com/. Pre-order supporters gain access to bonuses, including posters, early-access downloads and ‘The Vault’: a boxed flash-drive collection featuring behind-the-scenes demos, lyrics and concepts from the album’s creation.…