Richard Swan

Fish On Friday – 8mm

I’m relatively new to Fish On Friday, but I’m also happy to admit that as soon as I first heard some of their music it immediately struck a chord, as I drew a comparison with The Alan Parsons Project, in…

Soft Machine – Other Doors

Grab your favourite tipple, turn the lights down, and soak up a session of amongst the best Soft Machine material in years. It’s been five years since their last album, the well-received Hidden Details, and as the band approach 60 years…

The Emerald Dawn – In Time

I never cease to be amazed at the breadth and depth of talent in the modern day Progressive Music community. About 45 years ago, Progressive Rock feared for its life and kept its head above water with the neo-prog movement.…

Comedy Of Errors – Threnody Of A Dead Queen

Comedy Of Errors – Threnody For A Dead Queen

The Scots are at it again… More specifically, Comedy of Errors, who hark back to 1984 but have been prolific since 2011, the official year of their reformation following 20 years ‘away’, and, oh my goodness, they really are rising…

Marillion – Seasons End [Deluxe Edition]

So here we are once more… only we aren’t. The final reissue in the series of albums Marillion released on the label that originally signed them in the 1980s, EMI. Fittingly, Seasons End is the first Marillion album following the…

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The Marquee Club [Audio Special]

The Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, London. This iconic music venue, founded in 1958 and residing in prime London real estate from 1964 to 1988, launched the careers of generations of rock acts, including progressive greats such as Genesis, Yes,…

Exploring Birdsong – Dancing in the Face of Danger

I’m always on the lookout for emerging bands and, thanks to a recommendation by my friend Andy Glass (of Solstice), I discovered Exploring Birdsong, a piano and synth-centric trio hailing from Liverpool. They’ve been around since circa 2017, having graduated…

Zopp – Dominion

I’ve always been a huge fan of the ‘Canterbury’ sound; maybe that was a sub-conscious reason why I moved there. With that “loosely-defined, improvisational style that blends elements of jazz, rock and psychedelia”, the musical genre includes the usual ’60s…

Fluctus Quadratum – The First Wave [EP]

Progzilla Radio continues to be ruinous on my bank balance, another recent discovery being Fluctus Quadratum. Formed in 2019 in Heathfield, East Sussex, the sound is centred on synths and other keyboards, courtesy of a young man by the name…

Freedom To Glide – The Chronicle of Stolen Souls

I discovered Freedom To Glide relatively recently following some air-play on Shaun Geraghty’s excellent The Prog Mill show on Progzilla Radio. It immediately hit the spot, not only through its musicality but also its subject matter (given that I am…

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Author: Richard Swan