Kev Rowland takes us on a Journey with Captain of the Lost Waves From the very first time I heard his debut back in 2016 I have been fully enamoured by the music of Captain of the Lost Waves, who in many ways is both […]

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 […]

SOFT MACHINE – H​Ø​VIKODDEN 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 […]

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 Wahla […]

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 provi […]

VOLAPÜK – PÜKAPÖK – CUNEIFORM RECORDS Volapük were a somewhat unusual RIO outfit formed in 1993 by percussionist Guigou Chenevier, who was already known for being a founder of Etron Fou […]

JIMMY KEEGAN – JIMMY KEEGAN – INDEPENDENT Like many others, I first became aware of Jimmy when he joined Spock’s Beard as their live drummer so Nick could concentrate on vocals when he t […]

DEVIN TOWNSEND – INFINITY – INSIDE OUT MUSIC 25 years on from its original release, the cover has changed in that Devin has had a new photo taken, and the album has been remastered and also now […]

T.A.P. – PARADIGMS – MELODIC REVOLUTION RECORDS Here we have the debut album from T.A.P., a multinational group of musicians who have known each other for years in one way or another, yet only […]

STANISLAV AND THE LION – MYTHS RETOLD & OTHER LIES TO TELL YOUR CHILDREN – Melodic Revolution Records   Over the course of self and state-ordered quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, multi-instrumentalist Juan R Leõn found time to […]

Colin Carter – Tracks In Space – Melodic Revolution Records  It would take ages to list all the bands and musicians Colin has been involved with in the last 50+ years, but many will recognise his name from […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

QUICKSILVER NIGHT – PTICHKA – featuring Dikajee – Independent It has been a few years since I came across Warren Russell and his Quicksilver Night project, where he brings in other musicians to help him realise […]

UPF – PLANETARY OVERLOAD, PART 2 – HOPE – INDEPENDENT I have been involved in developing a few mission statements over the years, and it is not something I really enjoy doing as there is always the risk […]

RENAISSANCE – THE LEGACY TOUR 2022 – SYMPHONIC ROCK RECORDINGS Recorded at the Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA on October 21st 2022, here we find Renaissance performing alongside the Renaissance Chamber Orchestra […]

UNITOPIA – SEVEN CHAMBERS – ESSENTIALS It is strange to be reviewing UPF and Unitopia one after the other as they are very much related, not only musically but also in personnel, except […]

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 […]