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Review – Nova Cascade – The Navigator – by John Wenlock-Smith
‘The Navigator’, the upcoming latest album from Nova Cascade, is really rather interesting and impressive as it is, at its heart, a sincere, heartfelt tribute and celebration of the life and impact of violinist, guitarist and all round excellent musician, colleague, friend and inspirational muse Eric Bouillette, who sadly died of cancer last year after…
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Review – Stewart Clark – Journeys – by John Wenlock-Smith
‘Journeys’ is the new album from UK based musician Stewart Clark and it’s certainly an interesting concept and listening experience. Stewart was recently commenting about his inability to get people interested in writing a review of his work. When I read this I contacted Stewart and offered to write a review for him. It must…
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Review – Drifting Sun – Forsaken Innocence
Drifting Sun are a UK-based Progressive Rock studio project. Their music has been described as dramatic, theatrical, and atmospheric, in the true style of Progressive Rock giants such as Dream Theater, Queensryche, Genesis and Jethro Tull, to name but a few of the bands that influenced their sound. Or so says the PR material, well,…
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Review – Nova Cascade – Back From The Brink – by John Wenlock-Smith
This batch of lockdowns has an unexpected, pleasant side effect in that it has enabled and stimulated creativity amongst musicians. This has resulted in some marvellous, and often unexpected, pleasurable listening opportunities. Where projects that were once pipe dreams have been given a dust down and often have then come to fruition and some fabulous…
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Review – This Winter Machine – Kites – by Leo Trimming
Kites can be blown about in many unpredictable directions but somehow they remain tethered to the ground, and that appears to be a perfect symbol of the journey of the third This Winter Machine album ‘Kites‘, which is due out on 25th October. Let’s face it, the world has taken a rather unexpected battering in…
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Review – The Room – Caught By The Machine
“The expansive soundscape driven into their third offering blows the gates wide open with a wealth of captivating melodic prog rock tracks, delivered with a quintessentially British level of class and sincerity despite the very serious and thought-provoking undertones etched into the music.” You’ve got to love a bit of PR blurb (well I do,…
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Review – Nova Cascade – A Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows – by Leo Trimming
What exactly is ?A Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows? According to Wikipedia (and who could doubt that source of information!) ?A Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows? is a website created by John Koenig that defines neologisms (that’s new words and phrases to you and me) which are designed to define emotions for which we do not yet…