I last came across Gordon Giltrap MBE accompanying Julie Fordham on a track from her 2024 album Earth Mate, some 47 years after first hearing Heartsong his most memorable instrumental guitar-fest. In between, his career has meandered along many and…
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Celeste is a project devised by Ciro Perrino, an Italian musician and composer. The project has a deep backstory, making an impact with their only official album in 1972. That prog rock essential, the mellotron, was a key part of…
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Do you remember the moment you felt the exhilarating thrill of hearing music that utterly seduced you and made you fall in love with the band making it? Not far into the opening track, We Claim the Moon, the unmistakable…
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In the States, there was only ever one After The Fire album and one monster hit single, the ubiquitous Der Kommissar. So, when the opportunity to explore six discs worth of hitherto unknown music presented itself, I jumped. Not only…
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When I saw that this album was coming up for review, I was interested to cover it purely because I know so little of Nad Sylvan, other than him being a part of Steve Hackett’s live touring band for the…
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The concept for ESP Project’s latest album, Velvet Crunch, is directly inspired by the interconnecting networks linking the plants, trees and fungi within a forest ecosystem, and the album sets out to convey those deep connections through words and music.…
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The State Of The World sees Statistical Blip refining their sound with a fully conceptual approach, offering a striking critique of humanity’s impact on the planet. Their debut, Out On A Limb, may have flown under the radar, but this…
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You may be familiar with The Bob Lazar Story from such albums as Baritonia, Vanquisher, Ghost Of Foodstool, and several others you can find by using yon search facility on our website. The late and sorely missed Jez Rowden and…
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The wealth of music available in the Seventies was vast, and keeping track was a difficult thing to do. Unlike now where we have the internet, streaming services and social media, in the Seventies listeners were reliant on the radio,…
View More Rock Workshop – Anthology 1970-1971 (3CD Boxset)
One of Canada’s finest and most idiosyncratic bands, Half Past Four, are back! If you know them, that’s great news. If you aren’t familiar yet, it’s still great news, because you have vibrant exciting new music to discover on this…
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