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The Foundation – Mask

Mask is the very impressive, intriguing and highly enjoyable debut album from Ron Lammers and his melodic symphonic prog project The Foundation. It is a concept album looking chronologically at the human experience, with a highly personal and autobiographical journey…

I Am the Manic Whale – Bumper Book of Mystery Stories

I Am the Manic Whale are back with their fourth studio album, reuniting once again with Rob Aubrey, who is best known for his work with Big Big Train. I Am the Manic Whale, which started as a solo project…

Tomas Bodin – Nosferatu 2022: The Album

As one of the original members of prog stalwarts The Flower Kings, keysman Tomas Bodin was perpetually in the shadow of bandleader Roine Stolt when it came to composition. Beginning with Retropolis, Bodin was credited with several short pieces which…

Cosmograf Special on The Prog Mill [Audio Feature]

Presented by TPA’s Leo Trimming (in conjunction with Progzilla Radio), and first broadcast on 23rd October 2022 on Shaun Geraghty’s The Prog Mill – a two hour tribute to the work of musician Robin Armstrong, featuring not only Cosmograf, but…

Amoeba Split – Quiet Euphoria

Those of us who enjoy the Canterbury sound have long realised that geography has little to do with it. The quirky, melodic jazz-rock of Soft Machine, National Health and Hatfield And The North has spread far beyond the Kent cathedral…

The Forty Days – Beyond The Air

Italian progressive rock has a rich heritage dating right back to the perennial favourites P.F.M. and up to the modern-day excellence of the Barock Project. Therefore, it sparked some interest for me when a track from Beyond the Air, the…

Solstein – Solstein

Jacob Holm-Lupo’s latest project is the jazz prog outfit Solstein, the idea for which came from his work with Steely Dan and Toto drummer Keith Carlock on a track for his previous project, Donner. They brought on board up and…

Muse / Royal Blood / The Warning

The National Bowl, Milton Keynes Sunday, 25th June 2023 Enormo-gigs have not featured largely on my radar for a long time now. I haven’t been to an arena show either since early 2019, so it was quite a surprise to…

MVI – In the Rain Shadow

MVI is the modified acronym which represents the ‘collective ensemble’ on composer and guitarist Mark Vickness’ third and most recent album. MV is perhaps self-explanatory, whereas the ‘I’ is taken from his previous release, Interconnected, released in 2020. MVI (Mark…

Voyager – Fearless in Love

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have no doubt heard about Voyager representing Australia at Eurovision this year, the very first prog metal band to do so, and arguably the first progressive band ever to grace the Eurovision…