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Album review: RIVERSIDE – Out Of Myself (Re-issue)

Inside Out [Release Date: 12.02.21] Riverside have developed, album upon album, into one of the finest progressive rock bands on the planet, with albums such as ‘Love, Fear And The Time Machine’, ‘Shrine Of New Generation Slaves’ and ‘Wasteland’ garnering … Continue reading
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Tagged Out Of Myself, Progressive Rock, review, RIVERSIDE
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Album review: THE FLOWER KINGS – Islands

Inside Out [Release date: 30 October 2020] There’s a debate that rages in a certain music magazine as to what is and what isn’t “prog” – where much pointless navel-gazing and hand-wringing occurs in trying to decide whether the … Continue reading
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Tagged Islands, Jonas Reingold, Progressive Rock, review, Roine Stolt, The Flower Kings
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Album review: MARIANA SEMKINA – Sleepwalking

Kscope [Release date: 14.02.20] Mariana Semkina is one half of exceptional Russian “chamber prog” duo Iamthemorning whose delicate, fragile and occasionally disturbing songs have breathed new life into the quieter side of progressive music. Her long term partner in IATM, … Continue reading
Album review: FRANK WYATT & FRIENDS – Zeitgeist

Self-released [Release date: 01.11.19] Frank Wyatt was a founding member of noted American band Happy The Man – who got together through a shared love of British progressive rock way back in 1973. A series of prog albums followed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Frank Wyatt, Happy The Man, Progressive Rock, review, Zeitgeist
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Album review: DAVE KERZNER – Breakdown – A Compilation 1995 – 2019

Cherry Red [Release date: 22.11.19] Dave Kerzner is a deservedly celebrated musician and producer who has had a long and varied career both as a solo artist and as a member of a number of excellent bands. Starting out with … Continue reading
Album review: FERNANDO PERDOMO – The Crimson Guitar

Forward Motion Records – [Release date: 8 November 2019] Fernando Perdomo’s day job is as the guitarist and bass player for the excellent Dave Kerzner Band but he has spread his solo wings quite frequently in recent years, to mixed … Continue reading
Gig review: STEVE HACKETT – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 11 November 2019

The latest incarnation of Steve Hackett’s “Genesis Revisited” tour swept into Liverpool’s iconic, Eric Gill-inspired, Philharmonic Hall on an absolutely filthy November evening – not that it deterred a single one of the Hackett cognoscenti who filled the hall to … Continue reading
Album review: STEVE HACKETT – Genesis Revisited: Band And Orchestra

This interview with Steve Hackett was broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on the eve of his UK orchestral tour. The hour special includes tracks from several albums included in the retrospective box set released in October 2018. Steve … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bluray, Bradley Thachuk, Gary O'Toole, Genesis Revisited: Band And Orchestra, Heart Of England Philharmonic Orchestra, John Hackett, Jonas Reingold, Nad Sylvan, Progressive Rock, review, Rob Townsend, Roger King, Steve Hackett
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Album review: YOGI LANG – A Way Out Of Here

Gentle Art Of Music [Release date: 08.11.19] Although probably a new name to those not in the know, Yogi Lang’s day job is as vocalist and front-man for exceptional German progressive rock luminaries RPWL (he’s the ‘L’). He’s flown solo … Continue reading
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Tagged A Way Out Of Here, art rock, Kalle Walker, Parzivals Eye, prog, Progressive Rock, review, RPWL, Yogi Lang
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Album review: RPWL – Live From Outer Space

Gentle Art Of Music [Release date: 15 .11.19] Back in the day, bands such as Pearl Jam recorded all their gigs, pressed the CDs at the venue and flogged them to fans on their way out as a souvenir. A … Continue reading
Album Review: JOE LOUIS WALKER – Viva Las Vegas Live

Cleopatra Records [Release date: 10.05.2019] There’s just something about these old blues guys that sets them apart and I think the word is authenticity – it’s in their blood, and they’re going to keep doing it until they can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Joe Louis Walker, review, Viva Las Vegas Live
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Album review: IAMTHEMORNING – The Bell

K-scope (Release date: 02.08.19) One thing is for certain – you don’t listen to the music of iamthemorning for a laugh. Their exceptional 2016 album ‘Lighthouse’ which was based around the complexities of mental illness and which I described … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classical, folk, Gleb Kolyakin, Iamthemorning, Marjana Semkina, Progressive Rock, review, Russia, The Bell
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Album review: RED BAZAR – Things As They Appear

White Knight Records [Release date: 26.01.2019] Whilst much of music these days drifts aimlessly in a reality-TV-induced slough of mediocrity, progressive rock appears to be in rude health – bucking the trend with a slew of tremendous albums released … Continue reading
Album review: RPWL – Tales From Outer Space

Gentle Art Of Music [Release date: 22.03.19] You know what it’s like. You go to a gig and there’s a couple of support bands and you’re thinking to yourself “these are quite good” – then the main band comes on … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blind Ego, Guy Pratt, Kalle Wallner, Pink Floyd, Progressive Rock, review, RPWL, Tales From Outer Space, Yogi Lang
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Album review: PINN DROPP – Perfectly Flawed

Music & More Records [Release date: 18.01.2019] When I saw Pinn Dropp were another progressive band from Poland – home to some of the finest progressive music released in the last ten years – I was hoping Riverside, Believe, Satellite. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Perfectly Flawed, Pinn Dropp, Poland, Progressive Rock, review
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Album review: STEVE HACKETT – At The Edge Of Light

Inside Out [Release Date: 25.01.19] I mentioned in my 2015 GRTR! review of Steve Hackett’s ‘Wolflight’ album how his star has been in the ascendency as a result of his wonderful live shows showcasing the Genesis back catalogue. Such has … Continue reading