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Review – Unitopia – Seven Chambers
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Review – Southern Empire – Another World
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Southern Empire share new single “Hold On To Me” from upcoming new album Another World
Another World is out on September 4th – Pre-order begins today! Southern Empire recently announced the new album, Another World, due out on September 4th, 2023 on GEP Records. It’s been five years since their last offering Civilisation made such a big impression on the music press and fans alike and now the band have…
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Progressive fusion ensemble Unitopia announce new studio album Seven Chambers – Pre-Orders start today!
Founded by vocalist/songwriter Mark Truey? Trueack (United Progressive Fraternity) and multi-instrumentalist Sean Timms (Southern Empire,Damanek, UPF) in 1996, Australian progressive fusion Unitopia have always been among the most renowned and distinctive bands of their ilk and era. Now the band is pleased to announce the new studio album Seven Chambers, due out on August 25th,…
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Review – John Greenwood – DARK BLUE
Following a life training as a Plastic Surgeon and practicing as a Burn Surgeon and Director of the Adult Burn Centre of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. retirement has finally allowed John Greenwood to pursue some musical dreams. Just prior to retiring, he met Mark Trueack who had been pointed his way by Jimmy Keegan (not that…
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Review – Damanek – Making Shore
Damanek are a sort of Prog Rock supergroup formed by fellowYorkshireman Guy Manning (lead/backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar & instruments; loops; samples; percussion), Marek Arnold (saxes; seaboard; additional keyboards), and Sean Timms (keyboards; backing vocals; programming backing vocals & additional programming). The talented trio are joined on ‘Making Shore’ by an impressive cast of musicians…
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Review – Damanek – Making Shore – by John Wenlock-Smith
‘Making Shore’ will lift your spirits from any post new year blues that you might be troubled with, for this album is simply glorious. Well, it’s been a long time in is its realisation and, finally, the third Damanek album is nearly upon us. It will physically be released on the 13th of January 2023…
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HRH Prog 7 at Hafan y M?r Holiday Park in Pwllheli – by James R Turner with input from Progradar
This was my first HRH Prog, and I gleefully loaded up my car with the requisite supplies (Bottled water, Bottled Beer) and entertainment for the journey (the new Sheridan Smith album – it’s rather brilliant btw, the new Robyn CD, the latest Gryphon album and Chas n Dave the EMI years) and set off on…
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Review – Damanek – In Flight – by Progradar
Who hears music, feels his solitude Peopled at once.? – Robert Browning, The complete poetical works of Browning Damn, 2018 has been a stellar year for some great new releases and another one has found its way to Progradar Towers! Damanek are a sort of Prog Rock supergroup formed by fellow Yorkshireman Guy Manning (vocals,…
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Review – Southern Empire – Civilisation – by Progradar
“And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon Englands mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God, On Englands pleasant pastures seen!” Sage words of bombast and pomposity and the sort of thing you’d hear at the Last Night of the Proms. To be honest, if we had an equivalent thing for progressive…