A chance exchange online about a year or so ago with Gayle Ellett revealed an excited guitarist mentioning his latest project, Gayle Ellett and The Electromags. It instantly sounded, from the name of the band, like a guitar album, and…
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Ozric Tentacles main-frood Ed Wynne – for it is he – makes an album entitled Tumbling Through the Floativerse. No one is remotely surprised. It is in no way detrimental to say that the album sounds in large part as…
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Featured artists: Liontortoise | Philip Taylor | Procosmian Fannyfiddlers | Exowst Scotland | Quest Ensemble ||: In this ADA (shorter reviews) update TPA’s Bob Mulvey checks out recent Albums, EPs & Singles from: • Liontortoise – Sisters [EP] • Philip…
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Received wisdom would have it that Bubblemath take aeons to release new music. Absolutely ages. The faithful left awaiting new crumbs of musical comfort from their Minnesotan heroes after the release of the band’s debut album, Such Fine Particles of…
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There’s a certain stigma attached to prog rock, isn’t there? When you tell a new person that you’re into prog – and by some chance they happen to know what it even is – there’s a common assumption of “Well,…
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Another week, another rather tasty musical offering emanating from Norway. This week it’s the turn of Delvoid, from Oslo, and they seem intent on pummelling us into submission with this their third album, entitled Swarmlife. The pummelling refers to their…
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Wonderfully vibrant and expressive second solo album from virtuoso prog rock and jazz fusion guitarist, Nick Fletcher – setting the bar even higher on this release. When Steve Hackett, no less, states that “Nick Fletcher is probably the best jazz…
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It only makes sense to listen to Birth with a chaser of Birth Control. While one is a new band playing retro-prog, the other is an ancient group playing… funk, apparently. But are they hip, or hip replacement? I have…
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The French prog scene is one I think is often overlooked and underrated. For sure, when it comes to the “classic era”, and the almost symphonic form that is often the first thought of many when it comes to how…
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The Bardic Depths is the result of the unlikely collaboration between a multi-instrumentalist living in Lanzarote and a recognized historian from the United States. The Big Big Train Facebook page was the catalyst, the result being a self-titled debut album…
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