One of my earliest memories from childhood is my father showing me a book of song lyrics. The songs would have comprised what would later come to be known as Americana – folksy, simple, emotional and often humorous songs that…
View More Various Artists – When Will They Ever Learn? A Story Of U.S. Folk Music: 1963-1969 (4CD Boxset)
Doracor is the brainchild of Italian keyboardist and composer Corrado Sardella; even the band’s name is an anagram for the composer’s first name. Unexpected Intersections follows ten years after predecessor Passioni Postmoderne Di Un Musicista Errante (Post-Modern Passions Of A…
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Edensong is not the most prolific band in all of Progdom. Formed in 2004, the first album by the band was released in 2008. A live/studio disc followed in 2010, then the magnificent Years in the Garden of Years in…
View More Edensong – Our Road To Dust
As the core of The Samurai of Prog and innumerable offshoots, Marco Bernard (bass) and Kimmo Pörsti (drums) are responsible for an incredible amount of music. Much of the music has been unavailable as the years pass, hence the Omnibus…
View More The Samurai Of Prog – Omnibus 4: The Bernard & Pörsti Sessions
Ever since the Beatles announced “I want to hold your hand”, power pop has had a significant grip on popular music. That influence has waxed and waned throughout the years, but never has it disappeared. The branding may have changed…
View More Various Artists – I Wanna Be A Teen Again: American Power Pop 1980 – 1989
International progsters The Samurai Of Prog are a busy bunch. In addition to the TSOP concern, there are any number of offshoots featuring drummer Kimmo Pörsti and/or bassist Marco Bernard. One of those extracurricular bands is The Guildmaster, featuring the…
View More The Guildmaster – Gathering Of Souls
Of all Jimi Hendrix’s spiritual children, Robin Trower is one of the best. Who would have guessed that the guy so underutilized in Procol Harum would blossom into a guitar god who was so much more than imitative of his…
View More Robin Trower – For Earth Below (50th Anniversary Edition)
In the States, there was only ever one After The Fire album and one monster hit single, the ubiquitous Der Kommissar. So, when the opportunity to explore six discs worth of hitherto unknown music presented itself, I jumped. Not only…
View More After The Fire – Bright Lights 1974-1983 (6CD Boxset)
Cosmograf’s newest release, The Orphan Epoch, is a departure from past efforts. Rather than the usual concept album, the songs are loosely connected by themes of nonconformity and choosing to find one’s own path in life. Says mastermind Robin Armstrong,…
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When Magic Pie made their American debut at ROSfest on 30th April 2006, they led off with the epic Change from their first album, Motions Of Desire. Their reasoning, as they later explained, was that they were fearful that the…
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