Beautiful Ugly – Captain Of The Lost Waves – Melodic Revolution Records Album Review
In 2022, the Captain released his fourth album, the absolutely amazing ‘Hidden Gems Chapter 3 - Mysterium Tremendum’ which I gave maximum marks to and declared it to be a “review killer” in that once it hit my player, I was unable to listen to anything else, greatly...
SOFT MACHINE – HØVIKODDEN 1971 – CUNEIFORM RECORDS
There are very few bands who have impacted the progressive scene like (The) Soft Machine, who are still enthralling and challenging audiences more than 50 years since their debut. Over the years they have had numerous incredible musicians through their ranks, with...
SAMMARY – THE DREAM – PROGRESSIVE PROMOTION
I was not the biggest fan of ‘Monochrome’, Sammary’s debut album, as at the time it was primarily the work of multi-instrumentalist Sammy Wahlandt along with three singers. One of those, Stella Inderweisen, is still here in the project which has now morphed into a...
RICHARD WILEMAN – THE FORKED ROAD – BELIEVERS ROAST
I have missed out on Richard’s last few albums, which were both collaborations but now he is back with another ‘solo’ work. Richard of course provides most of the music (guitars, vocals, keyboards, bass, percussion, bouzouki, Appalachian dulcimer, accordion, melodica)...
GALAHAD – THE LONG GOODBYE – AVALON RECORDS
With a relationship stretching back more than 30 years, my prog writing journey will always be inextricably linked to Galahad as theirs was the first album I bought from the underground scene, while they in turn put me in touch with another band and it all went...
CLIVE MITTEN – TALES FROM A MISSPENT YOUTH, VOLUME II – INDEPENDENT
Here we yet again have Clive taking a look at music which inspired him and performing it in a classical instrumental manner. Again he has taken the music and adapted it in a manner which is both true to the original and sympathetic to it but lifts the songs into new...
THE BOND – WON BY ONE (DEFINITIVE EDITION) – INDEPENDENT
After Geoff Mann left Twelfth Night he continued his musical adventures, releasing three solo albums. After the recording had been completed for the last of these, ‘Psalm Enchanted Evening’, and a release date planned for February 1986 he decided to form a band, which...
HERETIC/HIRO KAWAHARA – COMPLETE WORKS – CUNEIFORM
Hiro Kawahara is a Japanese experimental musician who has been releasing material under his own name or using the band name Heretic for more than 30 years. There have been times when Heretic have been a proper band, or Hiro and guests, or others when he has been the...
JEREMY – THE ROAD TO ZION – JAM RECORDS
This 2021 release found Jeremy working with different musicians and recording in different countries. As normal, Jeremy provides the vocals and the majority of instruments, and here he is joined by Dave Dietrich (drums), Steffan Johansson (keyboards and drums), Oscar...
RENAISSANCE – THE LEGACY TOUR 2022 – SYMPHONIC ROCK
Recorded at the Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA on October 21 st 2022, here we find Renaissance performing alongside the Renaissance Chamber Orchestra to celebrate Annie Haslam’s 75 th year. I have long been a fan of this band in its multiple iterations, and there is no...
