Hard to believe, but it is one year today that we lost our wonderful friend and colleague Jez Rowden. A truly witty and positive man who touched so many, and always with that heart-warming and infectious smile… As I attempt…
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One of the best things to come out of the US in recent years surely has to be District 97, and whilst their music has never been in the easy listening section of the prog shelf, their most recent studio…
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Whilst many of the great prog acts of the Seventies have become increasingly less prolific in their studio output over time, Ian Anderson and his band (since once more raising the banner of ‘Jethro Tull’) have released three studio albums…
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Although the Prog community tend to be a friendly and welcoming bunch I have found that all you have to do is speak to two of them and they will give you three definitions of what Prog is, or should…
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A new release by Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate is always something I look forward to. Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland are UK prog treasures, and their uniquely eclectic, genre-spanning take on contemporary progressive rock and art rock, is always…
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In anticipation of his second solo studio album, The Next Dream later in the year, the Italian pianist, keyboardist and composer, Massimo Pieretti has released a live album entitled Things To Live! Recorded on 29th June 2024 at The Acme…
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One of my earliest album reviews for The Progressive Aspect was for The Far Cry’s debut release, If Only back in the summer of 2021. The American symphonic/melodic/neo-prog band from New England impressed me with their range of songs, a…
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Don’t be deceived, like I was, by the title of this set from Humble Pie. Rather than a decade long history of the band, which would have been quite welcome, this five disc set is largely the last gasps of…
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BFI IMAX, Southbank, London Tuesday 25th February 2025 In 1999 I walked into a Swansea record store and heard Steven Wilson’s music for the first time. The album in question was Porcupine Tree’s Stupid Dream and it had an instant…
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Town Hall, Selby Friday 14th February 2025 It might be hard for me to believe that I am old enough, but I remember the Cutting Crew when they had their all too brief moment in the spotlight. Their 15 minutes…
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