The first I heard of Circuline was when they were added to the roster at RoSFest in 2016. Because I was unfamiliar with the band, I dutifully bought their debut album, Return, to see what they were all about. Nothing…
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Category: Album Reviews
Nick Magnus – A Strange Inheritance
Nick Magnus is certainly no stranger to the progressive rock scene. After a five-year break since his last studio album Catharsis there is newcomer A Strange Inheritance, a concept album with an adventurous story, set in the late 18th, early…
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Yusuke Shima – Silent Jazz Case 5
Japan has the greatest proportion of jazz lovers than any other country in the world. As Michael Caine never said, not a lot of people know that. The land of the rising sun has also bred a substantial number of…
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The Samurai Of Prog – A Quiet Town
The Samurai Of Prog are one of the more interesting bands in progdom. It’s core members (bassist Marco Bernard and drummer Kimmo Pörsti, these days along with utility man Steve Unruh) use a talented stable of musicians from across the…
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Kalandra – A Frame Of Mind
Kalandra have been a vehicle for Katrine Stenbekk’s enchanting voice, her poetic lyrics and her vibrant live performances since 2013. A Frame of Mind is the band’s fourth fuller length release following the debut EP Beneath the Breaking Waves, the…
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Stuckfish – IV
Northumberland’s finest – the 5-piece melodic progressive rock band, Stuckfish – have just released their fourth album, suitably titled IV, and have succeeded in not only matching the quality of the previous release from 2022, the glorious Days of Innocence,…
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MVI (Mark Vickness Interconnected) – I Will Find My Way
Hot on the heels last year’s excellent In the Rain Shadow MVI (Mark Vickness Interconnected) return with the follow up album. Follow up being the operative word as I Will Find My Way not only presents us with several new…
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Premiata Forneria Marconi – The Event: Live In Lugano ~ Estival Jazz
On 27th August 2022, legendary Italian progrock group Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) appeared as main act at the famous Estival Jazz in Lugano, Switzerland. Of course, PFM is by no means jazz, rather full-blooded prog with influences from folk, baroque…
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Jordan Rudess – Permission To Fly
Permission To Fly is the latest solo album from Jordan Rudess, the Dream Theater keyboard wizard, and the sixth since we covered 2019’s Wired For Madness. That album included an extensive cast drawn from across the prog world to help…
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Pure Reason Revolution – Coming Up To Consciousness
Grief is the price of Love, and out of love great art and music can be forged in the white heat of intense emotions and inner turmoil. Sometimes the sources of such feelings can be a surprise, even to the…
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