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Devin Townsend – PowerNerd

Devin Townsend has been in the public eye for the last 31 years, first emerging as the lead vocalist in Steve Vai’s ‘Vai’ band project, which lasted an album and a tour, and fizzled out shortly thereafter. Yet that introduction…

Anchor & Burden – Afterglow

As a follower of the talented Mr. Marcus Reuter, I was delighted to have an opportunity to hear how he fits into yet another musical configuration. Anchor and Burden are a difficult band to describe, so I will allow them…

Kugelschreiber – Cheerleaders

Those familiar with the wonderfully bell-like clarity of Sharron Fortnam’s voice will be chuffed to know that she has a new band, and that they’ve made an album. That band is Kugelschreiber, which means nowt more exotic than “ball-point pen”,…

Long Earth – An Ordinary Life

What has struck me most about a lot of the music I’ve been listening to across 2024 are the truly creative ways in which musicians interpret, react and respond to the world in which we live our daily lives. We…

Hawkwind – In Search Of Space (2CD/Blue-ray Box Set)

Back in the distant past of my youth I was beginning to discover many styles of music, in 1971 I discovered Hawkwind with their, then, new release In Search of Space which remains one of my favourite albums from their…

Eyes Of Blue – The Light We See: The Recordings 1969-1971 [3CD Box Set]

How often have you wished that obscure, short-lived band you once enjoyed had just made one more album? It doesn’t count when they reunite several decades later, of course, because their energy and influences will have changed completely. For some…

Nick Magnus

Nick Magnus is no stranger to the progressive rock scene, his years of collaboration with Steve Hackett, both on record and on stage, are partly responsible for that. The release of his seventh solo album A Strange Inheritance was the…

Judie Tzuke

Seventeen Nineteen, Sunderland Sunday, 13th October 2024 I think that insufficient credit, or discredit, is given to the actual venues of concerts so I will buck that trend and start off with that. Concert venues can be just bland names…

Frost* – Life In The Wires

“Every prog band worth their salt really should do a double album, shouldn’t they?” asks Frost* frontman Jem Godfrey.  Not only has Godfrey crafted an almost ninety minute long double album, he’s also managed to link it to their previous…

Haken

O2 Ritz, Manchester Friday, 20th September 2024 Haken … where have you been for the last 15 years of my life? I cannot believe that this band has passed me by during all that time. It’s my fault entirely for…