Album Reviews – Page 269

Simon McKechnie – From My Head To My Feet

I would guess that most of you have never heard of Simon McKechnie, so allow me a little preamble… Laid low by a nasty neurological illness, compounded by spinal problems, the lingering after effects of which he still suffers, Simon’s…

Lifewalker – Rx [EP]

I know what I like… but you may not want this in your wardrobe? It’s a curious beast is music and you never quite know what will, or will not appeal. For the most part I don’t really do progressive metal,…

Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies – The American Metaphysical Circus

New York avant-garde luminary Joe Byrd had been the leader of pioneering ’60s electronica band The United States of America until given the heave-ho by his own creation. His riposte was to create this in turns beguiling and bizarre album,…

7 Ocean – Son of Sun (Сын Солнца)

You have to admire Russian record label MALS as not only do they import, shall we say, less commercially supported albums from across the globe to sell through their on-line shop, but re-invest some of the monies earned to support…

Delta Saxophone Quartet with Gwilym Simcock – Crimson!

There appears to have recently been a growing interest in reinterpreting prog material in a jazz setting, re-imagining familiar pieces via a different methodology, as was seen last year with Gavin Harrison’s Cheating The Polygraph album of Porcupine Tree songs…

John Hackett – Another Life

John Hackett, younger brother of Steve, has been active in the world progressive music for quite some time and has made a number of solo albums, mostly for the flute, as well as being part of the ambient group Symbiosis.…

Mothertongue – Unsongs

There is such a thing as good modern pop…no, really, there is. Forget all that autotuned nonsense that dominates braindead mainstream radio, or “hairdresser music” as I call it, and ignore the witless proclamations of a certain self-proclaimed genius, dig…

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