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Eivør – Enn

Eivør, a native of the Faroe Islands is a prolific artist having released eleven albums to date, with her debut solo album at the young age of sixteen. I personally became aware of her music when I reviewed her Live…

ViaMedia – Bridge Of Sighs

Whilst the Nordics have given us the lighter side of pop with Abba, A-ha and Roxette they also have a history of creating intense, moody and dark forms of rock and metal music, and over recent years have become a…

Valerian Swing – Liminal

Liminal, I presume, is derived from subliminal, limen the Latin for “threshold”. The album title suggests to me, therefore, that we, or at least VALERIAN SWING, are at the threshold. At it. Not below it, but on the threshold of……

Sleepmakeswaves – It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It

Post Rock these days is far from gloomy and ponderous, encompassing as it does many musical forms into melting pots of ideas, in a genre of mostly instrumental pieces with many exponents. As with all types of music there are differing…

Vertiginous Musings – Part One

Originally ‘released’ in 2016 under the title ‘Vertiginous Musings’ was a series of articles charting the albums released on the Vertigo ‘swirl’ label. So with micro-fibre cloth in hand, time to dust off this series of articles – kicking off…

Nordic Giants – Origins

Nordic Giants who are well known for their immersive live performances and their mysterious stage presence have decided to release an early years’ compilation called Origins. The album collects the band’s first recordings, A Tree As Old As Me EP,…

HFMC – Eternal Snapshots

Hasse Fröberg is back with his Musical Companions, and that alone is something worth celebrating, given their track record. Funnily enough, on highlight track Blind Dog, the protagonist states “My track record leaves a whole lot to be desired, how…

Lionel Beltrami – Asia Minor

Prog has always been about the fusion of genres, but Middle Eastern influences are rarely represented. Enter Asia Minor, forming in Paris in the early 70s and releasing only two albums before splitting in 1982. The Turkish trio brought fresh…

John Holden – Proximity & Chance

A new album by composer and multi-instrumentalist John Holden is always a cause for celebration. John abandoned a successful business career to venture into the music industry, releasing his first album, Capture Light in 2018 to great critical acclaim. Being…

Our Progressive Planet on Prog-Watch: Poland [Audio Feature]

Our Progressive Planet is new feature on the Prog-Watch show. On this program Rob Fisher and Big Tony Rowsick take you on a tour of a particular country with a vibrant progressive music scene! This first edition focuses on Poland,…