It’s been three years since the 35 Tapes album, Home. Back then, when I reviewed that album on these pages, I described their music as “happy memories of the symphonic, melodic, pastoral prog, peppered with 12-string guitars, mellotron, the beat…
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The Prog Mill/TPA Steve Hackett Special, presented by Richard Swan of The Progressive Aspect, and first broadcast on The Prog Mill (Progzilla Radio) 21st January 2024, is now available to listen to anytime or download. Two hours of stunning music…
View More Steve Hackett on The Prog Mill [Audio Feature]
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…
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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…
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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.…
View More The Emerald Dawn – In Time
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…
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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…
View More Marillion – Seasons End [Deluxe Edition]
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,…
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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…
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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…
View More Zopp – Dominion