TUMBLETOWN – ON THE HIGHWIRE – FREIA MUSIC
It may have taken six years, but Tumbletown are back with their third album. It is the same line-up as previously, so we have Aldo Adema (guitar, bass, keyboards) who I will always think of as being part of Egdon Heath, Han Uil (lead & backing vocals, keyboards,...
ECHOLYN – TIME SILENT RADIO II – INDEPENDENT
For fairly obvious reasons, the first two paragraphs of this review are the same as for another Echolyn release, but it does change from there on, honest! In March 2025 Echolyn released (or releases, depending when you read this) two new albums on the same day, this...
ECHOLYN – TIME SILENT RADIO VII – INDEPENDENT
For fairly obvious reasons, the first two paragraphs of this review are the same as for another Echolyn release, but it does change from there on, honest! In March 2025 Echolyn released (or releases, depending when you read this) two new albums on the same day, this...
LIVE IN TEATRO – ifsounds – Melodic Revolution Records
This is somewhat unusual for a live album in that while it is being released in February 2025, it was only recorded on December 14th, 2024, at the "Antonio Di Iorio" Theater in Atessa. This means there has been no attempt to "clean up" the recording by fixing any bum...
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...
