When one looks back at the music scene of the Seventies, so often it is the big boys that are remembered, but bubbling under those guys were host of wonderful bands who maybe did not get the recognition they rightly…
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After seven years of quiet anticipation since their last thrilling musical adventure, Ship, Yuka and Chronoship return with their fifth and most ambitious studio album yet, Ribbon Butterfly. Where Ship dazzled with its stunning blend of technical virtuosity and sweeping…
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This is the third album from collective project Moon Halo, featuring the creative minds of Marc Atkinson (Riversea/Lee Abraham), Iain Jennings (Mostly Autumn) and David Clements (Riversea/One Iota)… With Alex Cromarty (ex-Mostly Autumn) and Martin Ledger (Alchemy-Live). The talent involved…
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With their eighth album, Hedvig Mollestad Trio are back, and then some! After a few highly appealing diversions under her own name, Hedvig is back firing out her nonconformist guitar shapes while leading her esteemed Trio further down their highly…
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Cosmograf’s newest release, The Orphan Epoch, is a departure from past efforts. Rather than the usual concept album, the songs are loosely connected by themes of nonconformity and choosing to find one’s own path in life. Says mastermind Robin Armstrong,…
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There was a time when I was drawn to bands with outstanding technical ability such a Rush and Dream Theater; these bands that helped me to discover just how cool music could sound in odd time signatures with densely choreographed…
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Let’s start by admitting I have personal history with this album having been initially commissioned to do the cover art for Large Afternoon, only to be unceremoniously dropped by the record company and replaced by what appears to be a…
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When Magic Pie made their American debut at ROSfest on 30th April 2006, they led off with the epic Change from their first album, Motions Of Desire. Their reasoning, as they later explained, was that they were fearful that the…
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Featured artists: Nubdug Ensemble | Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin | Ramón Oliveras | Daniel Crommie | Aether Sometimes ‘life’ just gets in the way and there’s bugger all you can do to change it… enough said! As a consequence there are…
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Haken are a British progressive rock band that were embryonically formed back in 2004, by three friends having ‘bedroom jams’, which eventually developed into a fully functioning band unit. Some 20 years later, Haken are touring their 7th studio album,…
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