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…
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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…
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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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Back in late 2020, Solstice joyously re-emerged onto the music scene with their most uplifting album, Sia, just at the time the World needed a tonic from the ravages and lockdowns of Covid-19. When I reviewed that album, there were…
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I finally get it… It has clicked with me… Sometimes these things just take a little time. Certain music doesn’t move you, but this second album by Dim Gray, Firmament, really does – NOW. And I’ll tell you what did…
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A New Day Festival, Mount Ephraim, Faversham, Kent Saturday, 20
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Little Mill Oast, Marden, Kent Friday, 1st July 2022 My phone pinged. Message alert. Nick Jefferson… “We are doing a private, warm-up gig on July 1st in an old oast house in Marden. We’d like to invite you. Free food…
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“A progression if ever there was one”; those were the words of Phil Stuckey when he kindly gifted me with this new album, Days of Innocence. So, in a single phrase I was left in hot anticipation of what it…
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I’ve been a huge fan of Airbag for a number of years, but only dipped into the co-founder’s solo releases in the last three-or-so years. I always wondered why I delayed that action (and more fool me) because, from the…
View More Bjørn Riis – Everything To Everyone