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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Sonicbond’s series of books by amateur music enthusiasts continues with these two volumes, and before I go any further, I would simply say that the many and mostly, if not all, amateur enthusiasts, are all far more disciplined than me.…
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Happy New Year! Well, hopefully things will start to show an improvement at last. Despite the restrictions on social gatherings, live music and fun in general, the boffins at various music-making facilities around the globe have been beavering away to…
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PFM return for the first time in over four years with Blade Runner inspired album I Dream of Electric Sheep, which was also influenced by the Covid pandemic. These Italian veterans certainly had a challenge with this new album –…
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PFM had a career bunk up when Greg Lake introduced them to ELP’s Manticore label and Pete Sinfield’s poetic English lyrics in the late ’70s. Returning to Italy, the group’s output has been mainly Italian based until this new album,…
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In the heady days of the first wave of prog rock, decades before our current instant access era, if you had asked any prog fan worth his (rarely her) lark’s tongue to name any non-British prog band, PFM would more…
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