progressive rock
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The Progressive Underground, Vol 2
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The Progressive Underground Volume 2 is out now and continues author Kevin Rowland’s deep delve into this marvellous genre. This volume covers demo and album reviews by artists from I to S. Here are the artists featured (often multiple times) : Icon, Igzit-Nine, Ilúvatar, Iluzjon, Imagin’Aria, Incandescent Sky, Ines Project, The Inhabitants of Yip, Inkább […]
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KALEVALA – Review
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[featured-img] Anyone remember the KALEVALA triple CD project we wrote a song for? Must be ten years ago now. Anyway, a detailed review was posted the other day at ProgArchives ….. Where we get a small (but nice!) mention! Check it out . . . By the way….. It’s a very long review! At some […]
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Unforgiving Mirror (2013)
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Tags: Conceptual Continuity, Euro Pop, fusion, Mahavishnu Orchestra, North Yorkshire, Pat Metheny, progressive rock, psychedelic, symphonic
After 5 years – the longest gap in our history – comes the new album Unforgiving Mirror. Featuring 6 songs, this is our most diverse collection of tunes yet. And there is even a sax solo on the title track! Out of all our albums, this is perhaps the most fusion-like – in a Pat Metheny […]
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Big Big Train: Make Some Noise EP (2013)
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Big Big Train have re-released their previous two albums English Electric Part One and English Electric Part Part Two (both unmitigated works of genius) as one album called English Electric Full Power with 4 bonus tracks + 96 page booklet. So one doesn’t feel obliged to have to buy them all over again for the new […]
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Gordon Giltrap and Oliver Wakeman – Ravens & Lullabies (2013)
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This is the first electric album from Giltrap in many years. On Ravens & Lullabies he has partnered with Oliver Wakeman and together they have concocted a delightful semi-prog rock record. By semi, I mean if you like Alan Parsons Project and Kayak, then this is right up your street. If you are into really […]
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PFM: Cook
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Artist / Title: PFM: Cook Month Reviewed: December 2010 Format: 3CD Box Set Buy: When people talk of great live albums from the seventies, you never hear this one mentioned. Perhaps if it had been released in the form of the version I now have in my hands, things may have been different. Without doubt […]
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Magenta: Live at Real World
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Artist / Title: Magenta: Live at Real World Month Reviewed: November 2010 Format: 2CD + DVD Buy: This is a live recording of this great Welsh band, recorded at Peter Gabriel‘s Real World Studios in Bath in front of around 60 specially invited audience members. Given the size of the crowd and the tiny venue, […]