British musician Simon Godfrey is responsible for a lot of things. But there simply isn’t enough evidence. He also does quite a lot of music. He lives in Philadelphia, in the United States. When resident in the UK he was…
View More Simon Godfrey – Black Bag Archive (Volume 1)Dave Sturt – Dreams and Absurdities
“Listen to the album a few times, form your own thoughts, then, if you want to know where my head’s at, read this…..” Not my words, but the opening line from the booklet accompanying Dave Sturt’s first solo album. As…
View More Dave Sturt – Dreams and AbsurditiesSean Filkins
Photos: courtesy of Martin Reijman and Sean Filkins. Tales from the Silent Ocean is the first solo album from ex-Big Big Train drummer, Steve Hughes, released earlier this year on F2 Music. Sean Filkins (ex-Big Big Train singer) also features…
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Photos: Courtesy of Steve Hughes Tales from the Silent Ocean is the first solo album from ex-Big Big Train drummer Steve Hughes, released earlier this year on F2 Music. Sean Filkins (another former Big Big Train man) also features on…
View More Steve HughesSteve Hughes – Tales from the Silent Ocean
Tales from the Silent Ocean is the first solo album by Steve Hughes, former drummer of Big Big Train, who has crafted a remarkably complex and diverse album. This work is also marked by the significant lyrical and inimitable vocal…
View More Steve Hughes – Tales from the Silent OceanProcol Harum – Home (Deluxe Edition)
Having reviewed the Deluxe Edition reissue of Procol Harum’s previous album, A Salty Dog, I could not turn down the chance to review the follow up, Home. This album, like its predecessor, has been given the re-master treatment from the…
View More Procol Harum – Home (Deluxe Edition)Bruce Soord – Bruce Soord
The Pineapple Thief’s main man, Bruce Soord, has released an eponymous and personal album of delicately crafted songs, suffused with memories and feelings. Soord has been stretching his musical envelope in recent years, recording with Jonas Renske in the remarkable…
View More Bruce Soord – Bruce SoordSylvan – Home
Ever since the release of the heartbreaking Posthumous Silence in 2006 I have repeatedly argued that Sylvan are perhaps one of the most exciting and important progressive bands to be presently creating music in Europe. With the release of Home,…
View More Sylvan – HomeUnit Wail – Beyond Space Edges
Back in 2012 I reviewed Pangaea Proxima, the first album from French avant-rock band Unit Wail, formed by a founder member of and by then ex-Shub Niggurath guitarist Franck Fromy. Shub Niggurath were a seminal band in the progression of…
View More Unit Wail – Beyond Space EdgesBilly Sherwood – Citizen
Billy Sherwood is currently a high profile figure in the progressive rock world, Chris Squire himself asking him to deputise on bass whilst the great man was receiving treatment for his last illness. Now that Chris has passed, Billy continues…
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