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  • Review – Nova Cascade – Box Man – by John Wenlock-Smith

    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…

  • 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…

  • Review – Nova Cascade – The Navigator – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – Nova Cascade – The Navigator – by John Wenlock-Smith

    ‘The Navigator’, the upcoming latest album from Nova Cascade, is really rather interesting and impressive as it is, at its heart, a sincere, heartfelt tribute and celebration of the life and impact of violinist, guitarist and all round excellent musician, colleague, friend and inspirational muse Eric Bouillette, who sadly died of cancer last year after…

  • Review – Nova Cascade – Back From The Brink – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – Nova Cascade – Back From The Brink – by John Wenlock-Smith

    This batch of lockdowns has an unexpected, pleasant side effect in that it has enabled and stimulated creativity amongst musicians. This has resulted in some marvellous, and often unexpected, pleasurable listening opportunities. Where projects that were once pipe dreams have been given a dust down and often have then come to fruition and some fabulous…

  • Review – Nova Cascade – A Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows – by Leo Trimming

    Review – Nova Cascade – A Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows – by Leo Trimming

    What exactly  is ?A Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows? According to Wikipedia (and who could doubt that source of information!) ?A Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows? is a website created by John Koenig that defines neologisms (that’s new words and phrases to you and me) which are designed to define emotions for which we do not yet…

  • Review – Nova Cascade – Above All Else – by Scott Evans

    Review – Nova Cascade – Above All Else – by Scott Evans

    Having formed in Spring 2017 Nova Cascade have done remarkable work to get themselves known in prog circles quite quickly. With their debut album ‘Above All Else’ they have hit the ground running. Nova Cascade are made up of musicians from 3 different countries, Dave Hilborne (Vocals, Synths) Dave Fick (Bass) , Alessio Proietti (Guitars)…