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  • Review- Nick Fletcher – An Unfolding Of Miracles – by David Edwards

    Review- Nick Fletcher – An Unfolding Of Miracles – by David Edwards

    NICK FLETCHER – An Unfolding of Miracles ProgRadar album review by David Edwards The exceptional jazz fusion/prog rock guitarist, Nick Fletcher, has produced yet another stunning instrumental album with An Unfolding of Miracles. The supremely talented, Sheffield-based guitarist with the John Hackett Band, has now produced his 6th solo release, and quite frankly, it is…

  • 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…

  • John Wenlock-Smith’s review of the 2024 musical year

    2024 has been quite a year hasn’t it really? From the vagaries of politics and re-emergence of Donald Trump to again become US President again, the implosion of the Tory party and the triumphant Labour landslide, to the downfall of Assad in Syria, it has all been quite eventful, all in all. Thankfully, musically it…

  • Interview With Bill Bruford – John Wenlock-Smith

    John talks to legendary prog musician Bill Bruford about his days playing with progressive royalty such as Yes, King Crimson and Genesis and much much more: John Wenlock-Smith: Over your long and illustrious career you have worked with many of progressive rock’s major artists. Which made the biggest impression Bill Bruford: With Yes, at the…

  • Review – Nick Fletcher – A Longing For Home – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – Nick Fletcher – A Longing For Home – by John Wenlock-Smith

    In 1975, which was a momentous year for music, The late John Miles wrote, “Music was my first love and it will be my last, music of the future and music of the past”. Later on John lamented that in this world of troubles my music pulls me through. These are sentiments that I guess…

  • Interview With Nick Fletcher – John Wenlock-Smith

    John Wenlock-Smith: This latest album. ‘A Longing For Home’, completes a trilogy of albums, explain the themes behind these for me again please, if you will. Nick Fletcher: The three albums are kind of all linked together thematically, all to do with the connection I can see between Science,Religion & Spirituality. I just think all…

  • Review – Rik Loveridge – Generations

    Review – Rik Loveridge – Generations

    In 2021 multi-instrumentalist Rik Loveridge s Parkinson’s diagnosis led to him leaving The Kentish Spires. The only proper responses were a little cry and a new album. The album was released in 2023 under the pseudonym of Single Helix and called ‘Prog Gnosis’. I had the pleasure of reviewing it, coming to the following conclusion,…

  • Interview With Nick Fletcher

    I sat down with fellow Yorshireman, and all round good egg, Nick Fletcher to talk about all things music. We discuss how it all started, his influences, his latest album ‘Quadrivium’ and the current state of the music industry and it sounds like two mates talking in the pub. However, I can confirm that no…

  • John Wenlock-Smith’s ‘Best of 2023’

    John Wenlock-Smith’s ‘Best of 2023’

    This is a list of the albums that have made a big impression on me this year. They are not in any order although several marked are my favourites and I will nominate one as my album of the year. Here is the list: 1.Orion– The End Of Suffering – This came out of nowhere…

  • Nick Fletcher Interview with John Wenlock-Smith

    I took the opportunity to talk with the ever affable, Huddersfield based, guitarist about his forthcoming new album release ‘Quadrivium’. JWS: Good afternoon Nick, how are you doing NF: I’m doing very well thank you! JWS: So let’s talk ‘Quadrivium’, What’s it all about Nick NF: Well the album which is fully instrumental with no…