French singer/guitarist Jean Pierre Louveton has been producing quality, guitar-led prog rock under the JPL name since 2002. Along with albums from his now disbanded group Nemo, and the heavier output from Wolfspring, he has managed to release 22 studio…
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When Spriggan Mist arrived on stage on the Sunday afternoon of HRH Prog XI in Sheffield, with their ‘steampunk/folk’ clothing and their lead vocalist wearing an antler headdress like some pagan queen of the woods, you could almost hear the…
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O2 Academy, Sheffield Sunday 3rd April 2022 After two years of waiting, as well as venue and line-up changes, HRH Prog XI finally took place over the weekend of April 2nd and 3rd at the O2 Academy, Sheffield. It was…
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O2 Academy, Sheffield Saturday 2nd April 2022 After two years of waiting, as well as venue and line-up changes, HRH Prog XI finally took place over the weekend of April 2nd and 3rd at the O2 Academy, Sheffield. It was…
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Clair Obscur is the debut solo release by French guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer Gabriel Keller. With collaborations from a host of vocalists and musicians, he has created an album with a wide range of musical styles, reflecting his own musical…
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Together Again is the second album from Moon Halo, the musical project of vocalist Marc Atkinson and keyboardist Iain Jennings. Marc’s warm and emotive vocals have graced many fine solo releases, along with guest appearance on albums by Lee Abraham,…
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One Note Symphony: Live in Tel Aviv is the latest live album from Alan Parsons, on CD/DVD and Blu-ray. Coming only a few months after The Neverending Story: Live in the Netherlands and with a large number of live releases…
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Featured artists: A Gardening Club Project | GorMusik | Arnoldo’s Lizards | Time’s Forgotten | Andrew Roussak | Jeffrey Erik Mack ||: It’s all in the title. David Edwards & Nick Hudson take a look at some of the recent…
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Melody (noun): ‘a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying; a tune.’ ‘The aspect of musical composition concerned with the arrangement of single notes to form a satisfying sequence.’ ‘The principal part in harmonised music.’ ‘Sweet music; tunefulness.’ It’s…
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Monarch Trail are a Canadian progressive rock trio, led by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Ken Baird, Wither Down is their third release. Now, if the band and the album have gone under your musical radar of late, amongst the other fine…
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