A few months ago, I had the pleasure of reviewing the Grapefruit Records compilation of British psychedelia circa 1967, Too Much Sun Will Burn. It was the second volume of such music the label released over the years. Now comes…
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The Samurai of Prog have always struck me as an odd conceit for a band. It’s three core members (bassist Marco Bernard, drummer Kimmo Pörsti, and utility man Steve Unruh) are always supplemented by guest musicians who also just happen…
View More The Samurai of Prog – The Man in the Iron Mask
As one of the original members of prog stalwarts The Flower Kings, keysman Tomas Bodin was perpetually in the shadow of bandleader Roine Stolt when it came to composition. Beginning with Retropolis, Bodin was credited with several short pieces which…
View More Tomas Bodin – Nosferatu 2022: The Album
Ten Jinn has had an interesting career arc. In true progressive spirit, these guys have rocked, surrendered to the classical muse, reinterpreted Bowie, and gone all-out prog concept. Give them credit for not only trying on a new hat with…
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Some years ago, browsing through CDs at a ROSFest between acts, I heard someone call my name. I turned around to see a colleague from the office who sat just a few desks away from me. Neither of us knew…
View More John Wetton: An Extraordinary Life
Arjen Lucassen never sleeps. How else do you explain such prolific output? Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine, along with several other projects past and present. And now, Supersonic Revolution. When German music magazine Eclipsed asked him to provide a song…
View More Arjen Lucassen’s Supersonic Revolution – Golden Age of Music
Inner Prospekt is the solo project of Mad Crayon keyboardist Alessandro Di Benedetti. I first became acquainted with Di Benedetti’s music when Mad Crayon contributed to several Musea Projects, such as The Colossus of Rhodes and Kalevala. Subsequently, Di Benedetti…
View More Inner Prospekt – Canvas Three
As a fan of live music, it’s a particular thrill for me any time an artist releases a live album from a show which I attended. It offers the chance to both savour a memory and hear the detail that…
View More Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius – Behind the Curtain: Live at ProgStock
The first time I heard Erie, Pennsylvania band Kitchen Sink was a couple of months ago when the song Kitchen Suite came on the radio. Right away, I was captivated. When the opportunity to review their debut album, Clandestiny, arose,…
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Sad Serenity’s The Grand Enigma is another in a long line of Covid lock-down projects that we have seen over the past year. Hatched by multi-instrumentalist Marcell Kaemmerer, this is the first project from the German-born former school teacher (music…
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