Tony Colvill (RIP)

Encircled – The Gun Has Replaced The Handshake

Encircled have been together as a 3-piece for around 18 months and Scott Evans related the following to me about how the band got together:- “I had been writing but casually for a few years but decided to get serious…

Glacier – Monument / Ashes for the Monarch

Two albums over a decade apart, one band and a more or less intact line-up. Similar but subtly different, the earlier album Monument (2001) has Yes influences to the fore, some other styling but overall Yes with enough originality to…

Fernwood – Arcadia

Music has been around for millennia, instruments come and go, some last, some set the standard (Stradivarius?). Les Paul did not invent music with the invention of the electric guitar, and perhaps that’s where Fernwood come in. Taking old instruments…

The Skys – Colours of the Desert

I wasn’t quite sure what to make of this, a Lithuanian band who played at the HRH Prog weekend in North Wales and were recommended by a friend as one of the better live acts. So, released in 2011 if…

Braindance – Master of Disguise

Braindance have been around for a while and Master of Disguise is their fourth album. The press blurb rather precociously states that they are “a visionary New York City project”. I cannot say that I agree as the material leans…

Iamthemorning – Belighted

Pastoral, elegant, folk, rock, jazz, overall relaxed and relaxing. This was expected, but nevertheless it is surprising. Rich textures, ambient sounds and all on a summer’s day, as they might say. Iamthemorning have been around for a while and this…

Roland Bühlmann – Aineo

Back in 1972 Mike Oldfield went into the Manor Studios and recorded Tubular Bells, huge sound desk, multiple instruments and copious recording engineers. Now the likelihood is that a singular artist will record in the back bedroom/garage/shed at the bottom…

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Author: Tony Colvill (RIP)