The umbrella of progressive music expands far and wide, and there is certainly something for everyone underneath it. The variety of sound and style is almost endless and once in a while, you come across music that just shakes you…
View More Zeitgeber – Fellow Prisoners Of The Splendour And Travail Of The Earth – Part 2
In May 2024, as part of my segment on Graham Harfleet’s The Progressive Rock Show, on Progzilla Radio, I highlighted the sumptuous ballad, Hymn to the Ordinary from the brilliant first album, The Wisdom of Simple Things, by the band,…
View More Môr – Tomorrow’s Relics
Many if not all of us have hit a rough patch (most likely not just once) during our lifetimes, and I would venture a guess that somewhere during that time, music played a role in the healing process. Music is…
View More Like Wendy – Big Rhythm
Rick Miller is a modern-day musical prophet and storyteller. With this, his 17th studio album, this prolific and brilliant Canadian musician turns a discerning eye to our current condition with grace, honesty, wisdom and a wicked wit! Miller has been…
View More Rick Miller – Perspective
Jakko M. Jakszyk continues to astound all of us with his exceptional talent and appeal. This multifaceted award-winning musician, singer, composer, poet, producer, engineer, actor, and author generates well deserved attention and acclaim with each project that he is involved…
View More Jakko M. Jakszyk – Son Of Glen
2024 was a banner year for the progressive arts as evident by the many well attended concerts, music festivals, and album releases. The music was simply sensational and included many new acts as well as veteran artists. One just needs…
View More Broken Sphere – The Gravity Of Light
I love the term “Canterbury Sound”, how it conjures up all things ancient and terribly English. Unique houses going back centuries, gardens, a high-spired cathedral and walls of hedges and large plots of green spaces. Ahh, England. A controversial term nonetheless to…
View More Argos – Halfway Between Heaven And Mirth
In the early part of 2020, while driving home from the office, I began listening to Anthony Rowsick’s Prog-Watch, a superb weekly podcast dedicated to new musical artists in the progressive vein. ‘Big Tony’ brings a ton of energy, enthusiasm,…
View More Alison Fleming – Play on Words
I had not heard of Nova Cascade until two years ago, when while listening in the chat room of Progzilla Radio’s The Prog Mill (curated by the beloved prog master Shaun Geraghty) I heard the title track from their Back…
View More Nova Cascade – The Navigator
One of the joys over the last 10 years for me was the discovery of the streaming platform Bandcamp. This service supports artists of all musical genres from all around the world. In essence, it is an online platform that…
View More Like Wendy – The Rest of Wendy