It’s about 150 miles from The Hague to Canterbury as the crow flies – although I recommend a plane, you’re less likely to slide off – but that didn’t stop Dutch band Supersister being compared to the likes of Caravan,…
View More Supersister Projekt 2019 – Retsis Repus
Nad Sylvan’s ‘vampirate’ trilogy (that’s half vampire and half pirate, although I’m not clear which halves) was a bit of an eye-opener. We all knew he could sing well enough to cope with the vocals demands of early Genesis (you…
View More Nad Sylvan – The Regal Bastard
The Junction, Cambridge, Thursday 6th June 2019 & O2 Ritz, Manchester, Friday 7th June 2019 Manchester by Leo Trimming Nine and a half hours… Nine and a Half BLOODY Hours to get there! Yep, such is my dedication to reviewing…
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Like many Snarky Puppy fans, I discovered the band through YouTube videos of their live studio recording sessions. I was blown away by the melodies, the musicianship and the sheer joy of playing. I mean, how many bands do you…
View More Snarky Puppy – Immigrance
Focus 11 is, of course, the celebrated Dutch band’s 14th album (or 15th, depending on how you count them) and focuses on what they do best: melodic, guitar-driven instrumentals, sometimes fast and frantic, sometimes stately and formal, mixing jazz fusion…
View More Focus – Focus 11
The Tangent tick all the boxes for me. Eclectic, melodic progressive rock with a generous injection of jazz? Check. Lyrics that really mean something, sometimes personal, sometimes political, but with the edges smoothed off by irony and self-effacing humour? Check.…
View More The Tangent – Proxy
In this update we feature: > Alchem – Viaggio Al Centro Della Terra > Hollowscene – Hollowscene > Goad – Landor > Una Stagione All’Inferno – Il Mostro Di Firenze > Ancient Veil – Rings Of Earthly… Live CIAO. And…
View More L’aspetto progressivo (A Different Aspect #21): New Italian Prog II
Does the world need yet another live recording from Fairport’s annual Cropredy festival? Well, the answer on this occasion is: Yes, indeedy! Last year’s gathering marked the band’s 50th anniversary and this collection shows the current line-up – with a…
View More Fairport Convention – What We Did On Our Saturday
The former Caravan keyboard tinkler is far from Canterbury these days – he lives in Japan – and pops out a solo album every four or five years. He was sacked from Caravan some time back over musical differences but,…
View More Dave Sinclair – Out Of Sinc
With the anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack not far behind us, this might be a good time to review the Tangekanic live release. Not to trivialise the atrocity in any way but because the album contains the most powerful…
View More Tangekanic – Hotel Cantaffordit