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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 – Kite Parade – Disparity – by John Wenlock-Smith
I’ve had ‘Disparity’ for a while now and have only just begun to fully appreciate its subtle elegance and beauty. Andy Foster and Kite Parade have created a very modern progressive rock album of strong songs and observations of modern life. The album begins with the track Fraternal Angels, which is very upbeat, starting out…
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UK Progressive Rock group Solstice announce 8th studio album, Clann, due on April 4th, 2025.
Voted Best Band in Prog magazine’s latest annual Reader’s Poll. Solstice are pleased to announce the release of their 8th studio album, Clann, on? April 4th, 2025 through specialist US label Progrock.com Essentials. Voted Best Band in Prog magazine’s latest annual Reader’s Poll, and arriving on an exuberant wave of positivity created by previous albums…
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New Release Round Up – Glass Hammer, IQ, Bj?rn Riis, Oak
Due to some technical issues, we’ve been offline for a while but we are back with four fabulous new releases from Glass Hammer, IQ, Bj?rn Riis and Oak. So, without any further ado, let’s dig in! Glass Hammer – ‘Rogue‘ GLASS HAMMER GOES ROGUE WITH April 11th RELEASE Glass Hammer’s Rogue spins the tale of…
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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…
