Yet another Steve Hackett live album? A question you may be asking yourselves when reading about this latest release. And that would be a fair comment when for over the last decade or so, every new tour has had an…
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Towards the end of the Eighties the four above mentioned former members of Yes had reunited to record some new music and then undergo a tour to support it. Now as Yes fans will know this was a turbulent time…
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In 2012, one of the most hotly anticipated collaboration projects in the progressive sphere came to fruition (no, I am not talking about Squackett). Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt had been working together for a decade and Opeth had plunged…
View More Storm Corrosion – Storm Corrosion (2024 Re-issue)
Pattern-Seeking Animals have been a rather prolific band. Having released their debut album in 2019, these Spock’s Beard-aligned musicians have developed a sound that is all their own in the ensuing years. Friend Of All Creatures sets out to prove…
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The War Yaks, an odd name for a band, but perhaps suits their idiosyncratic musical personality. They are headed by Nat Rusciani, who sings, plays keyboards and writes the songs, closely aided by saxophonist Anthony Warga. Much of the music…
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I thought it might be nice to mark the 40th anniversary of John McLaughlin’s eponymous Mahavishnu album released in 1984, unfortunately time constraints during the latter part of 2024 means it is now in its 41st year. A Personal Intro…
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On June 1st 2024 the Polish melodic progressive rock maestros Riverside played a triumphant homecoming gig at COS Torwar in Warsaw, marking the pinnacle of touring for their ID. Entity album. Over the last 20-odd years Riverside have become a…
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The history of Osibisa goes way back to Ghana in the 1950s, when saxophonist Teddy Osei was a member of a highlife (a fusion of traditional African music with Western jazz) band. He moved to London on a music scholarship…
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Twenty years after it was released Mercury Rev are re-leasing The Secret Migration on double vinyl in beautiful artwork, befitting the pastoral splendour of this magical gem. Mercury Rev are rather an enigma with their unpredictability making them difficult to…
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The last ever recording of Tony Clarkin and Bob Catley performing Magnum songs together was made on 10 December 2022 and in Bob’s words it was “….the perfect evening. We finished our ‘The Monster Roars’ tour in Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel…
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