The Swan Chorus are a six-piece progressive rock group of seasoned musicians from the Liverpool-area. Formed as a result of the reunion of the song-writing duo of David Knowles (keyboards) and Colin McKay in 2015, they soon recruited a number…
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American progressive rock band Evership plunge us back into the pomp/prog-rock era of the ’70s with their third album, and it’s a concept one at that – the first half of an allegoric journey in search of truth, full of…
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A retrospective look at the last two releases by CIRRUS BAY Bill Gillham’s Washington State-based symphonic/neo-prog project – currently on hiatus – were sadly overlooked by many on their initial release. There is much for followers of Renaissance, the classic…
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Touching Oblivion is the debut album by Philipp Lippman, a promising 23-year old German guitarist from Thuringia, released under the Briscon name. It brings together around five years of instrumental composition, recording, mixing and hard graft – and the current…
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Tarot, the latest album from Norway’s Anders Buaas, is a must for all fans of instrumental guitar-led music, with a range of acoustic and electric guitar styles ranging from delicate, folk-influenced pieces all the way through to full-on electric guitar…
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French progressive rock collective Nine Skies have been weaving their rock, jazz, classical and progressive influences for several years now – combining their acoustic instrumentation with deep, poignant and poetic lyrics. Their well-received 2017 debut Return Home looked at a…
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Mexican progressive rock quartet make an impressive debut release – managing to show their musical influences whilst uniquely combining them in a fresh and approachable way. It really is one of the great joys of life when you suddenly discover…
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The remastered reissues of the two John Mitchell-led It Bites albums is a timely reminder of just how good these releases were when they came out in 2008 and 2012 respectively. Not that I needed reminding – they are amongst…
View More It Bites – The Tall Ships/Map Of The Past (Reissues 2021)
When a band as good as Magenta make it through to their 20th anniversary, it is a real cause for celebration amongst the prog rock community. When Robert Reed and Christina Booth talked through the Magenta band concept back in…
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The dark lockdown days of 2020 needed some musical light to shine on our lives and many of the highlights from that time came from unexpected sources. One such album came from Antony Kalugin, the symphonic prog multi-instrumentalist from Ukraine,…
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