In 2016, Pendragon marked the 20th anniversary of their most successful albums – and one of their most loved – The Masquerade Overture, with a tour, recently releasing the Masquerade 20 live DVD, filmed in Katowice in Poland before an…
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Works, Volume 1 [2017 Remaster] By Leo Trimming “Welcome Back my Friends to the Show that Never Ends” is a phrase forever associated with Emerson, Lake and Palmer, the legendary progressive rock supergroup. Apart from being the title of their…
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Michael Holmes, the multi-talented guitarist and main man of renowned U.K. Progressive Rock band IQ, has released his first ever movie soundtrack album, for a new film adaptation of IQ’s classic Subterranea double concept album from 1997. American independent film…
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Galahad have characteristically released rather a ‘different’ album in Quiet Storms, displaying a much more contemplative and mellow side to their persona, but with a barely concealed ‘edge’. Galahad is a band which has not been afraid to experiment and…
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The Marble Factory, Bristol Saturday 20th May 2017 Riverside brought their Toward the Blue Horizon Tour back to the scene of their triumphant Bristol gig in 2015. Tragically since that tour they have lost their great guitarist Piotr Grudzinski, which…
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Every now and again in the grind of ‘Real Life’ something special happens and it makes you think to yourself “That’s what life is about… that’s why we keep ploughing on, just for those moments”, whether it is a wonderful…
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It was my pleasure recently to meet Paul Evans and Jay Darlington, the two main song writers of Devon rock band Magic Bus, for a chat over a couple of pints, to talk about the band and their new album,…
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The Air is Sweet with Hope and Joy These uplifting words come from Mystical Mountain, the opening song of Phillip the Egg, the mystifyingly titled third release by Magic Bus. They sum up the positive and joyful atmosphere of the…
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Last Chance to Hear is the third album from Ben Craven, who is described as an ‘Australian cinematic progressive rock artist’. The album was apparently inspired by ‘the end of the music industry as we knew it’, Craven feeling that…
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“Mirror your World through my Touch…Set me Free, oh Set me Free” These words, from the song Colours on Magenta’s new We Are Legend album, are about Vincent Van Gogh, but they could also describe the feelings engendered by this…
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