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Review – Kansas – The Prelude Implicit – by Gary Morley
Confessions time this review is proving trickier than I thought. I discussed writing it with a friend who’s far more erudite… a transcript follows:- Me: Morning. Am still struggling with Kansas CD, are you an expert in them? Learned Friend: in what sense? Me: I have listened to this new one 6 or 7 times…
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Review – Children In Paradise – Morrigan – by Gary Morley
Another day, another new treat via cyber mail from the wallet emptier. This time, I chose the album on the basis of the beautiful artwork. See what I mean? So, as per standard operating procedure, I magically converted the ones and zeros Mr WE sent me and stuck them to shiny metallic disc, inserted said…
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Review – Dream the Electric Sleep – Beneath The Dark Wide Sky – by Gary Morley
Modern prog? Not the revival tent meetings slavishly recreating the sounds of a bygone age, but new, young bands pushing the envelope, bringing new influences to the table. Elements of Indie, dub step and shoe gazing form part of the lexicon that Dream the Electric Sleep bring on their new album. When I say Indie,…
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Review – Mike Kershaw – What Lies Beneath – by Gary Morley
Mike Kershaw is a Passenger, or fan of Big Big Train, and we’ve met (in cyberspace) and our lives have been connected through their Facebook page. I was invited to review this, Mike’s latest solo recording, by Martin Hutchinson, another Passenger whose life is a little more connected to mine in that we have had…
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Progradar – 2016 – Best of the First Six Months
(Yours truly and Prog Guru himself) Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the first official Progradar Reviewers and Friends ‘Best Of…’ feature. I asked those who wished to contribute to cogitate over what great music they had heard, released 1st January to 30th June, in the first half of 2016 and come up with a list…
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Review – Anderson/Stolt – Invention of Knowledge – by Gary Morley
This could get messy. I’m tasked with scribbling a few lines about the upcoming journey into the ?Y? Universe undertaken by 2 legends, Prog heroes that 99% of you reading this know more about than me. Yes, it’s part of That band’s DNA, as expected. It shares that ?Y chromosome, with the ?X supplied by…
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Review – Preacher – Aftermath – by Gary Morley
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Review – Hawkwind – The Machine Stops – by Gary Morley
Hawkwind. Ah, Hawkwind. They have formed part of my musical DNA. An alien strand possibly, but a strand nevertheless. I’ve been a technician on Space ship Hawkwind since hearing ‘In Search of Space’ back in time. Whilst at college, we scoured second hand shops for copies of ‘Space Ritual’, fantasised about getting hold of a…
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Review – The Rube Goldberg Machine – Fragile Times – by Gary Morley
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Review – I Am The Manic Whale – Everything Beautiful In Time – by Gary Morley
