yllwshrk describe themselves as ‘musical misfits who embrace the current blurring of genres and push that to the extreme’. As a fusion of members from both the classical and rock world, they have come together in a fascinating experiment to…
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2020 seems to have been a banner year for New Zealand music with a progressive bent. The long-awaited City of Souls debut finally arrived. Coridian released the penultimate chapter of their Elements series, and it’s the longest and most impressive…
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“I had a discussion with my good friend Jackie Morris, a writer of enchanting words and an illustrative artist of exquisite paintings, about where magic happens. She gave me the title and the rest of the song came from wherever…
View More David Longdon and the late Judy Dyble: Between a Breath and a Breath
Gazpacho imminently release their latest and most ambitious album, Fireworker. Keyboardist and one of the main songwriters, Thomas Andersen, spoke with The Progressive Aspect’s Leo Trimming about the concept behind this imaginative and epic piece of work. This is my…
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Alongside his review of Lucynine‘s Amor Venenat album, TPA’s Nick Hudson spoke to the man behind it all, Sergio Bertani, about the album, his thoughts behind it and how it was put together… I want to start off by finding…
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With the third album from these Italian purveyors of “Brassmetal”, DoomooD due for release in September, TPA’s Nick Hudson spoke to Ottone Pesante about their history, outlook, music… featuring a line-up consisting of trumpet, trombone and drums… To get things…
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We all know many people have suffered hardships during lockdown. They range from the trivial, such as the wide variety of home-made comedy haircuts, to the tragically serious – people who have lost their lives, their jobs and their mental…
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In Part One of Dave Cookson’s interview with John Mitchell, he talks about his new Lonely Robot release, Feelings Are Good, songwriting, collaborating, being the robot and putting it all out there. Congratulations on the new album! Thank you. I…
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Steve Howe, is looking forward to releasing his latest album – and his first for nine years – through BMG Records on 31st July. Love Is is Howe’s first solo album since the all-instrumental Time in 2011. Many years in…
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From my Facebook feed, I noticed a strange phenomenon when it came to discussion about Green Carnation’s latest release, Leaves of Yesteryear. I make it a point not to read other reviews before writing my own, so all I had…
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