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Cosmograf announce release of tenth album, The Orphan Epoch, On 23rd May, 2025
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Review – Retreat From Moscow – Dreams, Myths and Machines
Retreat from Moscow return in 2023 with their second album ‘Dreams, Myths and Machines’, the album follows on from the January 2021 release of their superb debut album ‘The World As We Knew It’, a record that was 40 years in the making. ‘Dreams, Myths and Machines‘ was forged over the past three years by…
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Review – Cosmograf – Heroic Materials
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Review – The Bardic Depths – Promises of Hope – by John Wenlock-Smith
‘Promises of Hope’ is the second album from The Bardic Depths, the unusual group formed through the Big Big Train Passengers? Forum which brought together the talents of a disparate group of individuals, united by musical interests. Their first, self-titled album told the story of the friendship between JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis and their…
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Review – Retreat From Moscow – The World As We Knew It
Retreat from Moscow originally hail from Cardiff, Wales, UK and gigged extensively from 1979- 1981. Fast forward 40 years and the band of core members, Andrew Raymond (keyboards and more), Greg Haver (drums and more), Tony Lewis (bass and more) and John Harris (vocals and more) reformed in 2019 to start recording old and new…
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Review – Dec Burke – Life In Two Dimensions
Dec Burke is well known as the former guitarist/ vocalist with acclaimed UK progressive rockers Frost*. As well as his work with Dilemma, Audio Plastik and Darwin’s Radio, he has released numerous solo projects and is back with this brand new solo album. ‘Life In Two Dimensions’ is an album of our times, written against…
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Review – Cosmograf – Rattrapante – by Martin Hutchinson
I was talking to Robin Armstrong, the man behind Cosmograf, about how lockdown has really affected my writing. Barring a handful of reviews, my creative juices had dried up, I still loved listening to and appreciating the new music that was out there but I really found it hard to put my feelings into words.…