It is rare these days to hear a new song and then feel compelled to immediately play it again… and then play it again, but that’s exactly what happened upon hearing the magnificently catchy and groove-laden Coverland on A Drop…
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Nova Cascade – Above All Else
Nova Cascade have a curious genesis, apparently formed in an online gaming chatroom which developed into a musical project involving musicians swapping music files many miles apart in Europe and America. Eventually they gathered enough material to create Above All…
View More Nova Cascade – Above All ElseFusion Festival 2019 – Day Three
The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March 2019 DAY THREE – Sunday Emperor Norton Tony: The quality of this event has been phenomenal, irrespective of whether I have been taken with them or not, they have…
View More Fusion Festival 2019 – Day ThreeFusion Festival 2019 – Day Two
The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March 2019 SATURDAY: Day Two Tony: Have I slept? Still buzzing from Friday, breakfast was sought, found, and consumed, thanks to the guidance of Neil from The Raven gift shop…
View More Fusion Festival 2019 – Day TwoNick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets
St. David’s Hall, Cardiff Monday, 29th April 2019 One of the more surprising recent projects to have arisen from giant bands that bestrode the planet in the ’70s is Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets. Somewhat out of the blue, the…
View More Nick Mason’s Saucerful of SecretsFusion Festival 2019 – Day One
The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March 2019 Tony: A weekend of progressive music at a bargain price, great venue, very well organised by Steve Gould, The Progmeister, who even managed to arrange some quality street…
View More Fusion Festival 2019 – Day OneGrand Tour – Clocks That Tick (But Never Talk)
Grand Tour’s Clocks That Tick (But Never Talk) follows up their outstanding post-apocalyptic 2015 release Heavy On The Beach with an album inspired by Hew Montgomery’s career in Mental Health services, combined with his interest in conspiracy theories, particularly the…
View More Grand Tour – Clocks That Tick (But Never Talk)United Progressive Fraternity – Planetary Overload Part 1: Loss
‘Sooner or Later the World will Wake Up’ – the first spoken words by Satish Kumar on Planetary Overload Part 1: Loss, the second ambitious album from the United Progressive Fraternity, sum up the hope that inspires this release. As…
View More United Progressive Fraternity – Planetary Overload Part 1: LossLonely Robot – Under Stars
Under Stars is the third album from John Mitchell project Lonely Robot, diversifying from his impressive career as guitarist, producer and vocalist with bands such as It Bites, Frost*, Arena and Kino. Using the ‘Astronaut’ central character as an observer,…
View More Lonely Robot – Under StarsCosmograf – Mind Over Depth
Cosmograf has resurfaced with the remarkably heavy but introspective Mind Over Depth, their first new album since 2017’s The Hay-Man Dreams. It may be wise for Cosmograf fans to metaphorically don a deep sea diving suit, helmet and lead boots…
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