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The Flower Kings return with the new album, HOPE, due out on the 23rdOctober, 2026 on InsideOutMusic.
The follow-up to 2025’s LOVE, stands as both a celebration of their legacy and a bold artistic statement. The album also finds the band returning to the side-long epic, with tracks clocking in at 18 and 28 minutes. Rather than chasing trends or revisiting past glories, the band has crafted a work that comfortably exists…
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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,…
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Downes Braide Association announce 6th studio album ‘Trauma’ due on the 25th September
Downes Braide Association (DBA), the studio collaboration of keyboard maestro Geoff Downes and multi award-winning songwriter Chris Braide (vocals), is set to release their 6th studio album titled ‘Trauma‘, on the 25th September via Cherry Red Records. ‘Trauma’ is a return to the expansive DNA of classic DBA, with long-form pieces sitting comfortably alongside tracks, like the epic melodic…
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Review – Glass Hammer – Black Light
It’s good to be back, I’ve spent nearly eighteen months in the wilderness, unable to focus on anything to do with music, apart from listening to it. The previous Progradar site was no more and I didn’t have the energy to do anything about it! Thankfully, music saved the day. New albums from The Tangent…
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Review – Solstice Live at the Dome 20/4/25 – by John Wenlock-Smith
Tufnell Park’s Dome is a new venue to me, if not to Londoners who like progressive rock music. It is very conveniently located across the road from Tufnell Park underground station and adjacent to the Boston Arms public house. Well, last night it hosted quite a remarkable, spectacular and effusive end of tour show and…
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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.…
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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,…
