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John Wenlock-Smith Interviews Magic Pie
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Review – Solstice Live at the Dome 20/4/25 – by John Wenlock-Smith
Tufnell Park’s Dome is a new venue to me, if not to Londoners who like progressive rock music. It is very conveniently located across the road from Tufnell Park underground station and adjacent to the Boston Arms public house. Well, last night it hosted quite a remarkable, spectacular and effusive end of tour show and…
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Review – Red Bazar – Blood Moon – by John Wenlock-Smith
Red Bazar are the band that Peter Jones uses when playing band shows as Tiger Moth Tales, in return for which he adds keyboards and vocals to their songs and elevating them in the process with his excellent voice and his deft keyboards. It’s a symbiotic relationship as both parties gain significantly from it’s existence.…
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Review – Solstice – Clann – by John Wenlock-Smith
Solstice are currently on a noticeably upward trajectory and this new album from the veteran proggers certainly agrees with that statement as it isa most uplifting and positive album of some very fine music indeed. The album has a mere six tracks (if you include the bonus), all around the 5 or 6 minute duration,…
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Review – Nova Cascade – Box Man – by John Wenlock-Smith
This, sadly, will be the final album for Nova Cascade, the group that came to be from conversations arising out of an internet chat room back in 2010. It became a series of collaborations which resulted in the making of five excellent albums, including this latest and final instalment, ‘Box Man’. The new album sees…
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Review – Pattern Seeking Animals – Friend Of All Creatures – by John Wenlock-Smith
Pattern Seeking Animals have recently released ‘Friend of All Creatures’, their fifth album in five years. They have also changed the label from InsideOut to G.E.P but, otherwise, it’s pretty much the same as earlier releases, i.e. this is a band that, in tandem with excellent writer John Boegehold, take the core of Spock’s Beard…
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Review – Random Option – One – by John Wenlock-Smith
David Jones (bassist for both The Swan Chorus and Mama) is a very productive man indeed. This new release following on from his own solo album of 2022, he excellent, almost art rock influenced, prog album which saw him join forces once again with Brian Hulse and Peter Goddard, who were both involved with an…
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Review – The Far Cry – Once There Was – by John Wenlock-Smith
I came across ‘Once There Was’ via a post from Don Skazin on the Prog Explorations Plus Facebook page and was suitably intrigued enough to reach out the band offering to review the album for Progradar, proof indeed that social media can make a difference. I contacted Jeff Brewer, The Far Cry’s vocalist and bassist…
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GENTLE GIANT
Playing The Fool: The Complete Live Experience 2CD, 2CD+BluRay, Triple Vinyl To Be Released on 2nd May 2025 The brand new reimagined, remastered and remixed version of Gentle Giant`s classic 1977 live album Playing The Fool: The Complete Live Experience is set to be released. Playing The Fool: The Complete Live Experience, will be released…