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Review – John Holden – Kintsugi – by John Wenlock-Smith
‘Kintsugi’ is the brand new album from Cheshire’s John Holden and it is another masterful collection of tracks that together tells eight stories of hope and redemption in our troubled world. Once again, John and his co-writer and wife and partner Elizabeth have created some beautiful and sublime moments of music ranging from the epics,…
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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 – Tiger Moth Tales – A Song of Spring
Much loved multi-instrumental progressive musician Peter Jones returns with his best known project, Tiger Moth Tales, to deliver his much anticipated brand new album ‘A Song of Spring’. Peter, who is also keyboard player with Camel and Francis Dunnery’s It Bites tells us: “I’m cautiously excited about this album. Ha-ha. I think I’ve taken some…
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Review – This Winter Machine – Kites – by Leo Trimming
Kites can be blown about in many unpredictable directions but somehow they remain tethered to the ground, and that appears to be a perfect symbol of the journey of the third This Winter Machine album ‘Kites‘, which is due out on 25th October. Let’s face it, the world has taken a rather unexpected battering in…
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Review – Cyan – For King And Country
Taking music written and recorded over thirty years ago and rewriting, rerecording and reimagining it can be said by some to be a cynical marketing exercise and I must admit I wasn’t entirely convinced when I heard that prog scion Robert Reed was resurrecting his old Cyan band name and doing just that with the…
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Magenta’s Rob Reed and Camel’s Peter Jones come together to resurrect the band CYAN with reimagined and reworked material from the band’s debut album.
CYAN features Luke Machin, Pete Jones, Dan Nelson New album For King and Country due out on Sept 24th Keyboardist and composer Rob Reed, known for his work with Magenta, Kompendium and Sanctuary solo albums, is pleased to announce a brand-new album from Cyan – For King and Country, due out on the 24th of…
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Review – John Holden – Circles In Time – by John Wenlock-Smith
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Review – Tiger Moth Tales – The Whispering Of The World – by John Wenlock-Smith
This is the latest album for Tiger Moth Tales (aka Peter Jones) but this time around it is a quite different beast indeed. This album is a marked departure from the glorious madness and tomfoolery that Peter has offered up with earlier albums like ‘Cocoon’ and ‘The Depths of Winter’ and is far more direct…
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Review – The Bardic Depths – The Bardic Depths by John Wenlock-Smith
The Bardic Depths is an all new progressive rock project formed from the writing team of multi-instrumentalist, Dave Bandana with lyrics and concept from Bradley Birzer. The self titled debut album releases in March 2020 and features performances from Peter Jones – Saxophone/ Vocals (Camel/ Tiger Moth Tales), Tim Gehrt – Drums ( Streets/ Steve…
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Review – John Holden – Rise and Fall – by John Wenlock-Smith
