Ángel Ontalva seems to release albums every few weeks, and it might seem likely that such a prolific artist would have quality control issues, yet each collection of new music seems as compelling as the last. Apparently, he had a…
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Acqua Fragile is a bit of an unusual band. Their first album was only released in Italy in 1973. The following year, their sophomore effort was released in Italy and the US. The band were embraced by fellow countrymen PFM,…
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Back in 2021 one unexpected musical delight was the glorious fusion of full on ‘Prog’ and shimmering ’80s rock pop of For King and Country, smoothly delivered by the stellar Prog supergroup Cyan, led by Rob Reed of Magenta and…
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There is a common scenario in prog album reviews where bands that have – or have tried to – make their mark on the scene in more recent times have to be compared to their predecessors, and also have their…
View More Monarch Trail – Four Sides
This release came as something of a surprise. Trevor Rabin hasn’t made a proper solo album in years, preoccupied it seems with plenty of film soundtrack work, so it’s not like he’s been sitting around doing nothing! It’s a relief…
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It was almost exactly this time last year that I discovered EBB with their remarkable genre bending debut album Mad and Killing Time, released in late 2022. 2023 proved to be quite a breakthrough for this previously little-known band from…
View More EBB – The Management of Consequences EP
Back in 2017, Esoteric reissued all of Tim Blake’s existing studio albums and I was there to review all of them… except one. I loved Crystal Machine and Blake’s New Jerusalem, found The Tide of the Century to be lacking…
View More Tim Blake – Crystal Presence [3CD Boxset]
We’ve had to patiently wait six years for Zeelley Moon to create a follow-up to the self-titled debut release in 2017 – a thoroughly captivating album which exudes musical elegance and melodic charm. Crikey – The wait has most certainly…
View More Zeelley Moon – The Author and the Dreamer
Storm Deva are a new band to me, and probably to a lot of you too. I saw them fairly recently when they stepped in as last minute substitutes at the annual charity bash, Prog the Forest in early December.…
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As a drummer, it’s rather embarrassing to admit that I had never listened to Ginger Baker in my life before I began reviewing this release. I had never listened to any music by Cream or Blind Faith and didn’t even…
View More The Baker Gurvitz Army – Neon Lights [5 Disc Boxset]