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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The Samurai of Prog – The Man in the Iron Mask
The Samurai of Prog have always struck me as an odd conceit for a band. It’s three core members (bassist Marco Bernard, drummer Kimmo Pörsti, and utility man Steve Unruh) are always supplemented by guest musicians who also just happen…
View More The Samurai of Prog – The Man in the Iron MaskThe Samurai Of Prog – The Spaghetti Epic 4
Having recently reviewed the debut release from Rafael Pacha & Kimmo Pörsti I find myself back-tracking to The Samurai of Prog’s The Spaghetti Epic 4, released in the summer of this year, a couple of months prior to Pacha &…
View More The Samurai Of Prog – The Spaghetti Epic 4Pacha & Pörsti – Views From the Inner World
The prolific The Samurai of Prog, along with its many offshoots, are certainly on a roll. If, for the moment, we set aside the half-a-dozen albums produced since 2020 by the TSoP collective, we also have six collaborative albums from…
View More Pacha & Pörsti – Views From the Inner WorldBernard and Pörsti – Robinson Crusoe
The Samurai of Prog machine keeps rolling along, whether it be as Bernard and Pörsti, as it is here, individually in Mr Pörsti’s case, as The Guildmaster or TSoP themselves, with an impressive eleven studio albums released, so far, in…
View More Bernard and Pörsti – Robinson CrusoeA Different Aspect #66
Featured artists: Mariana Semkina | Haiku Salut | Tim Chernikoff | The Samurai of Prog | Kimmo Pörsti | Chris Rodler ||: In this ADA (shorter reviews) update TPA’s David Edwards, Bob Mulvey & Kevan Furbank check out recent albums,…
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In this update we feature: • The Samurai of Prog – The Lady and the Lion (And Other Grimm Tales I) • Triangle Singular – Starbreaker • Joe Devine – One Foot Forward [EP] • Anthony Béard – Les contes…
View More A Different Aspect #60The Samurai Of Prog – Toki No Kaze
With little or no pomp and ceremony, the core members of The Samurai Of Prog, namely bassist Marco Bernard, drummer Kimmo Pörsti and multi-instrumentalist Steve Unruh, have released seven studio albums since 2011, plus one compilation of their long out…
View More The Samurai Of Prog – Toki No KazeA Different Aspect #28
In this update we feature: > MetaQuorum – Witchcraft Jazz > Marvin B. Naylor – Bright Blinds > The Samurai of Prog – Archiviarum > Unstoppable Sweeties Show – Bring Kath Her Breamcatcher (The Musical) > Vinyl Dial – Intergalactic…
View More A Different Aspect #28The Samurai of Prog – On We Sail
The fifth album from The Samurai of Prog, On We Sail is full of progressive music and lyrical journeys, this time on wild ocean, rivers and dangerous seas. The core members of The Samurai of Prog are Marco Bernard, Kimmo…
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