Drummer Gavin Harrison, best known for his work with Porcupine Tree and currently one of the three drummers in King Crimson, has played on recordings too numerous to mention over more than 30 years. On the eve of the release…
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Gavin Harrison – Cheating The Polygraph
Gavin Harrison is a musician who is always on the lookout for something a bit different. Since Porcupine Tree stopped he has been much in demand, and in addition to guest spots on other’s albums, and touring his drum clinic,…
View More Gavin Harrison – Cheating The PolygraphDrifting Sun – Trip The Life Fantastic
I generally assume that others’ musical tastes are like my own, a musical bouillabaisse, and a melting pot of music for differing moods. By all means I have my favourites, Genesis and Big Big Train currently, but there are other…
View More Drifting Sun – Trip The Life FantasticThe Tangent – Andy Tillison
With the Tangent’s, A Spark in the Aether, due out shortly, I caught up with Andy Tillison (who’s never short of a word or two thousand) to chew the cud on the new album. And, when you’re done reading this,…
View More The Tangent – Andy TillisonThe Tangent – A Spark In The Aether: The Music That Died Alone, Volume II
Of this new reboot of The Tangent, Andy Tillison says “After all the different things we’ve done, this time it seemed right to come back to our prog roots and ‘stock in trade’”, and that they have certainly done. Although…
View More The Tangent – A Spark In The Aether: The Music That Died Alone, Volume IIMandala – Midnight Twilight
Mandala is a Sanskrit word describing a spiritual and ritual symbol used in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the Universe. They place themselves in the genre of Folk-noir / Eastern-influenced progressive rock. But then, who doesn’t these days! Mandala initially seemed,…
View More Mandala – Midnight TwilightNeil Campbell – eMErgence
With the dust barely settled on Neil Campbell’s previous release, Tabula Rasa Suite appearing in November 2014, then the news of another release appearing in March 2015, may cause the cynically inclined to ponder whether this may be a case of quantity over quality. Well there are few more cynical than I, however one thing I have discovered over the last decade is that not only does Neil Campbell constantly surprise, but also – seldom repeats himself. eMErgence is another such album and although in many respects a companion release to Tabula Rasa Suite, it treads a different path.
View More Neil Campbell – eMErgenceÄnglagård / The Gift
[Photos by Leo Trimming] The Boston Music Rooms at The Dome, Tufnell Park, London 11th April 2015 As we are all well aware, Facebook has many negative aspects but these are outweighed by the positives, otherwise why would anyone bother…
View More Änglagård / The GiftBill Nelson – After The Satellite Sings
The latest in Esoteric’s series of reissues from the massive back catalogue of singular Yorkshire artist Bill Nelson is this 1995 album, After The Satellite Sings. By 1995 I had largely, if not forgotten about Mr Nelson, drifted away from…
View More Bill Nelson – After The Satellite SingsYesterdays – Holdfenykert
Holdfenykert, originally issued in 2006 and recently re-released by Seacrest Oy Records, is the first album by Yesterdays, a Romanian based but ethnically Hungarian progressive rock band. They started out playing Yes covers so it is no coincidence that their…
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