Every year it seems, Chris Ramsing and his ramshackle bunch of aural provocateurs, otherwise known as PsychoYogi release new music, and this year is no different. The rich well of creativity Chris draws from shows no sign of drying up…
View More PsychoYogi – World Of DangerAuthor: Graham Thomas
Karfagen – Omni
Antony Kalugin has to be one of the most prolific composers of progressive rock on the scene, and, released earlier this year, OMNI is one of his finest creations to date. Karfagen, his ever-morphing collective of outstanding musicians and guests,…
View More Karfagen – OmniJonas Lindberg & The Other Side – Time Frames
Time Frames is the latest release from Jonas Lindberg and The Other Side, the follow up to the well received Miles From Nowhere (2022). Well, if you liked that album, you’re going to love Time Frames. Much like its predecessor,…
View More Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side – Time FramesSpirit – Sea Dream (4CD Expanded Edition)
Posthumous releases can be a mixed bag. Some are essential for true fans, and some seem rather more like barrel scraping. The newly expanded Sea Dream by legends Spirit is closer to the former, (though it couldn’t be described as…
View More Spirit – Sea Dream (4CD Expanded Edition)Seaorm – Atlan
Seaorm is the name of the collaborative project uniting October Equus (Ángel Ontalva), and Vespero (brothers Ark and Ivan Fedotov). Atlan is their fourth album, and to my mind, their best so far. The experimental music on Atlan has been…
View More Seaorm – AtlanSeims – V
Seims are an Australian band playing the music of composer and multi instrumentalist Simeon Bartholomew. Although the band don’t stray too far from the math rock genre, V sees them continuing their willingness to experiment and broaden their soundscape, and…
View More Seims – VNVRF 2025 – Day Four
Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Sunday, 7th September 2025 Sunday morning and, thanks to my age, I was beginning to feel the tiredness form the previous long and busy days of standing up at the concerts and running between stages so that…
View More NVRF 2025 – Day FourGrace Hayhurst – The World Is Dying
So just who is Grace Hayhurst? From what little research I’ve done, she’s either a tech savvy programmer, a photographer, or perhaps a musician and composer? No doubt she has many other talents, but let’s concentrate on the musician and…
View More Grace Hayhurst – The World Is DyingNVRF 2025 – Day Three
Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Saturday, 6th September 2025 The third day, Saturday already, and I am met by a virtually cloudless sunny day that reminds me why I should always take weather forecasts with a sack full of salt. ARGHAM [Photo…
View More NVRF 2025 – Day ThreeNVRF 2025 – Day Two
Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Friday, 5th September 2025 A beautiful sunny morning that ensured that the day started well but, still tired from the previous day I reviewed my strategy for seeing bands and realised that I was spreading myself too…
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