Back in 2021 one unexpected musical delight was the glorious fusion of full on ‘Prog’ and shimmering ’80s rock pop of For King and Country, smoothly delivered by the stellar Prog supergroup Cyan, led by Rob Reed of Magenta and…
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There is a common scenario in prog album reviews where bands that have – or have tried to – make their mark on the scene in more recent times have to be compared to their predecessors, and also have their…
View More Monarch Trail – Four Sides
Some musicians stand head and shoulders above the rest as legends of their chosen instrument, and John McLaughlin is undoubtedly in that category, the ‘legend’ tag fitting him like a glove. As the title of Matt Phillips’ enthralling unpackaging of…
View More Matt Phillips – John McLaughlin: From Miles and Mahavishnu to The 4th Dimension
This release came as something of a surprise. Trevor Rabin hasn’t made a proper solo album in years, preoccupied it seems with plenty of film soundtrack work, so it’s not like he’s been sitting around doing nothing! It’s a relief…
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It was almost exactly this time last year that I discovered EBB with their remarkable genre bending debut album Mad and Killing Time, released in late 2022. 2023 proved to be quite a breakthrough for this previously little-known band from…
View More EBB – The Management of Consequences EP
Back in 2017, Esoteric reissued all of Tim Blake’s existing studio albums and I was there to review all of them… except one. I loved Crystal Machine and Blake’s New Jerusalem, found The Tide of the Century to be lacking…
View More Tim Blake – Crystal Presence [3CD Boxset]
The TPA / The Prog Mill ‘h’ Era Marillion Special, compiled for The Prog Mill by Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect, first broadcast on 30th April 2023 on Progzilla Radio. Two hours of superb music exploring the Steve Hogarth…
View More ‘h’ Era Marillion Special on The Prog Mill [Audio Feature]
We’ve had to patiently wait six years for Zeelley Moon to create a follow-up to the self-titled debut release in 2017 – a thoroughly captivating album which exudes musical elegance and melodic charm. Crikey – The wait has most certainly…
View More Zeelley Moon – The Author and the Dreamer
TPA / The Prog Mill ‘Lost and Found’ – Riverside Special with guest host Leo Trimming. Leo takes us on a journey through the band’s musical history, including solo projects and other collaborations by band leader Mariusz Duda and other…
View More Riverside Special ‘Lost and Found’ on The Prog Mill [Audio Feature]
A week or two before Christmas, TPA’s Roger Trenwith sat down with Carollyn Eden and Stuart Clark, a.k.a Storm Deva, and they had a good old natter, discussing their backgrounds, how the band formed, their influences and the recently released…
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