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  • Progradar’s Best of 2024!

    2024, well the second half, has been a tough year for me and I took my eye off the reviewing ball from August onwards due to changes in my life. It doesn’t mean that I haven’t been listening to amazing music though! As my friend John Wenlock-Smith has already said, 2024 was an amazing year…

  • Review – HFMC – Eternal Snapshots

    Review – HFMC – Eternal Snapshots

    The wonderful Swedish band HFMC (Hasse Fr?berg & Musical Companion) formed in 2008, out of an idea by Flower Kings singer and guitarist Hasse Fr?berg. The idea started to take shape and in 2009 HFMC started to play and prepare for what later became their debut album ‘FuturePast’. HFMC also consists of Sampo Axelsson (bass…

  • Progradar’s Review of 2021

    I’ve had a little time to digest what was a rather wonderful year of music in 2021. Here is my review of the year with my favourite albums, in no particular order barring my number one! Transatlantic – The Absolute Universe – Forevermore A true return to form for the prog supergroup with melodies, tunes…

  • Review – HFMC – We Are The Truth

    Review – HFMC – We Are The Truth

    There’s just something you have to love about Scandinavian progressive rock, there’s a warmth and organic joy about the music that stems from those lands and the latest from Sweden’s excellent HFMC (Hasse Fr?berg & Musical Companion) is no exception. The band’s fifth studio album is an absolute gem and follows up 2019’s fan favourite…

  • Hasse Fr?berg and Musical Companion – HFMC – by Rob Fisher

    Hasse Fr?berg and Musical Companion – HFMC – by Rob Fisher

    As the sound of the sonorous ticking of a clock fills the room, I am transported once more to a murky Sunday night in London. Downstairs in The Underworld, the lights go down, Hasse Fr?berg and Musical Companion take to the stage, and those of us who are fortunate enough to be gathered there are…