The undeclared King of Classical Prog fusion once more sends his call out far and wide for the best musicians to assemble and help infuse album number four, Kintsugi, with their prowess, skills and wizardry, and in this they surely…
View More John Holden – KintsugiAuthor: Sue Smith (Former Reviewer)
Ghost Of The Machine – Scissorgames
The first album from a brand new band, particularly one that chooses the rarefied pastures of prog to sew their seeds, is always going to be a defining one, and for the relatively small (but perfectly formed) audience, it is…
View More Ghost Of The Machine – ScissorgamesTon Scherpenzeel
With the recent release of Ton Scherpenzeel‘s latest album, TPA’s Sue Smith spoke to the founder of Dutch prog band Kayak and long-term Camel contributor about this fifth instalment in his solo career, Velvet Armour, which takes the music of…
View More Ton ScherpenzeelTon Scherpenzeel – Velvet Armour
Released on 15th October, Velvet Armour is the follow-up to Ton Scherpenzeel’s 2013 album The Lion’s Dream. A highly respected musician, the legendary keyboardist is known for being the founder of Dutch band Kayak and for his work with Camel,…
View More Ton Scherpenzeel – Velvet ArmourDavid Minasian – The Sound of Dreams
With over 60 documentary films accredited to him, along with music and concert videos he has directed and produced, David Minasian has finally found the time to complete and release what is effectively his fourth symphonic album. The first, Tales…
View More David Minasian – The Sound of DreamsJudie Tzuke – The Chrysalis Recordings
As its name suggests, these albums are the combined output from Tzuke’s time with Chrysalis, and are made up of two from the studio, Shoot the Moon and Ritmo, and a third a live album composite of concerts at Hammersmith…
View More Judie Tzuke – The Chrysalis RecordingsStuckfish – The Watcher
Reading the synopsis of their back story, you would expect a far heavier cutting edge to songs created by Phil Stuckey and Ade Fisher, whose musical heritage appears to have been carved from stern stuff! However, the melodious opening of…
View More Stuckfish – The WatcherInVertigo – InMotion
InVertigo are a German rock band invoking past echoes from well-trodden paths through the neo-Prog landscape, from the aspirational high-ground of Marillion, Genesis and Yes, but at the same time, applying a little Teutonic stamp here and there, imbuing some…
View More InVertigo – InMotionEctratis – The Artificial Spirit
Okay, Croatian prog, an oxymoron waiting to happen one thinks, as nothing quite like this has strayed across my musical radar until now. The brainchild and driving force behind this album, indeed, project, is a young man by the name…
View More Ectratis – The Artificial SpiritKariBow – Supernatural Foe – Rebirth
Sitting on a quiet beach bordering Devon and Somerset on the cusp between Summer and Autumn seemed the ideal moment to reflect and report on an album which spans two decades; an album that brings late-’90s prog rock bang up…
View More KariBow – Supernatural Foe – Rebirth