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Album review : WILD HORSES – Standing Our Ground (6 CD Boxset)
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Tag Archives: Progressive Rock
Album review: ROBERT REED – Sanctuary IV
Tigermoth Records [Release date 16.04.25] I can’t quite understand Robert Reed’s obsession with Mike Oldfield. ‘Tubular Bells’ was a landmark album but in some respects very much of its time. Yes, it made greater impact in 1973 because of Oldfield’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Les Penning, Mike Oldfield, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Robert Reed, Sanctuary IV, Simon Phillips, Tubular Bells
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Book review: WOODCUT – THE MAKING AND THE MEANING by Andy Stuart
Kingmaker Publishing [Publication date 06.02.26] Written to accompany the new album from Big Big Train, ‘Woodcut – The Making And The Meaning’ follows the gestation of what would result in the Progressive Rock band’s first concept album, through to the early … Continue reading
Album review: RETREAT FROM MOSCOW – The Illusion Of Choice
White Knight Records [Release date: 07.11.25] Third album from Retreat From Moscow since they reformed in 2016 and this one’s a belter. Active from 1979 – 82, the band have been on hiatus, while life happened, but re-emerged with ‘The … Continue reading
News: Albums of the Month (October-December 2025)
A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website. The star rating … Continue reading
Album review: SPOCK’S BEARD – The Archaeoptimist
Madfish [Release date 21.11.25] Album reviewers, including this one, are often guilty of mining the cliché vaults and using five words where one would suffice. But then, every so often, something so good comes along that it defies words. ‘The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Morse, album, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Ryo Okumoto, Spock's Beard, The Archaeoptimist
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Album review: CYTRUS – Duality
www.cytrusband.com [Release date 14.11.25] Cytrus are described as a psychedelic funk band, so the listener might immediately think of Parliament or more specifically Funkadelic, purveyors of the genre since 1968. This eight-piece band from Seattle are actually far more accessible … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cytrus, Duality, funk, Progressive Rock, psychedelic, Psychedelic Rock, review
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Gig review: CURVED AIR – The Sub Rooms, Stroud, 20 November 2025
To those of a certain age and male – most of the audience here tonight in fact – Sonja Kristina was a poster girl for rock in the early 1970s. Pre-Stevie Nicks, pre-Debbie Harry. Interestingly she told me in 2015 … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 November 2025, Curved Air, gig, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Sonja Kristina, Stroud, The Sub Rooms
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Gig review: MARTIN BARRE & FRIENDS – Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 18 November 2025
Theatre Severn was a lot more salubrious than the Lomax in Liverpool 11 years before. In my recent interview with Martin Barre I reminded him of our last face to face chat before a gig he described as the … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 November 2025, acoustic, Alan Thomson, Alex Hart, classic rock, Dan Crisp, friends, gig, Jethro Tull, Martin Barre, Progressive Rock, review, Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn
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Album review: JAN AKKERMAN – My Focus Live Under The Rainbow
Music Theories Recordings [Release date: 12.12.25] Possibly missed by some, Jan Akkerman played a short series of dates in the UK in February 2025. Fortunately this rare excursion has been captured on a new live album. It seems that Akkerman … Continue reading
Album review: ASH WING – s/t
White Knight Records [Release date 07.11.25] This album is one of several that arrived at GRTR! Towers without an accompanying press release. Perhaps this is a new trend: get the journos to do the work. Again, from the Rob Reed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ash Wing, neo prog, Peter Jones, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Rob Reed
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News: Albums of the Month (July – September 2025)
A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website. The star rating … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, albums of the month, Americana, August, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, July, melodic rock, metal, Progressive Rock, roots, September
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Book review: MARTIN BARRE – A Trick Of Memory
David Randall chatted to Martin Barre at the start of his UK tour dates in November 2025. This hour special includes tracks from several albums including Tull and Alan Simon’s ‘Excalibur’ project McNidder & Grace [Publication date 06.11.25] “The music … Continue reading
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Tagged A Trick Of Memory, autobiography, book, classic rock, guitar, guitarist, Jethro Tull, Martin Barre, Progressive Rock, review
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Feature: Albums that time forgot – PETER BARDENS – Heart To Heart (1979)
Arista (1979) Esoteric (Reissue, 2012) Peter Bardens has an interesting history. Although his career was cut short – succumbing to lung cancer in 2002 at the age of 56 – he spent time in the 1960s with Mick Fleetwood and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Camel, feature, fusion, Heart To Heart, instrumental, Peter Bardens, prog pop, Progressive Rock, review
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Album review : ATOMIC ROOSTER – Circle The Sun
Cherry Red/Esoteric [Release date 10.10.25] 40 years between albums is pushing it a bit. But for Atomic Rooster, that’s where we are. The band’s last album, Headline News, was their seventh, released in 1983. Two generations ago, give or take. … Continue reading
Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2026
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check artist and venue websites for latest information. Your release not listed? Contact us! To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on … Continue reading
Gig review: SOLSTICE – Jellyman’s Mill, Kidderminster, 31 August 2025
One of my favourite albums of the year is ‘Clann’ from long term prog rockers Solstice. For the past few months it has been a case of catchup as the only other album I was familiar with is ‘Prophecy’ reissued … Continue reading
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Tagged 31 August 2025, Jellyman's Mill, Kidderminster, prog, Progressive Rock, Solstice
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2025
Compiled by Jason Ritchie To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on a Mac) on the keyboard. The “F” stands for “Find,” and it works in every … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, album, blues rock, Bluray, CD, classic rock, DVD, hard rock, heavy rock, melodic rock, metal, New releases, Progressive Rock, reissue, singer songwriter
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Book review: DEREK SHULMAN – Giant Steps
Jawbone Press [Publication date 07.10.25] Let’s be clear. This is an essential book for Gentle Giant fans, another wallet siphon on the back of the recent revamped live set. For those, like this reviewer, who are just as interested in … Continue reading
Feature: Albums that time forgot…PIERRE MOERLEN’S GONG – Time Is The Key (1979)
Arista SPARTY 1105 (1979) When most people think of Gong they think of “Flying Teapot”, a quirky, idiosyncratic approach by long-time leader Daevid Allen and maybe Steve Hillage’s passage to wider attention. What sometimes gets overlooked are the later years … Continue reading
Album review : ETERNAL IDOL – Behind A Vision
Frontiers Music [Release date : 11.07.25] Eternal Idol have had a brand refresh. Behind A Vision is a more considered album, incomparably better written and better acted out than Renaissance (2020), the band’s second and most recent album. And again, … Continue reading
News: Albums of the Month (April – June 2025)
A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website. The star rating … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, albums of the month, April, blues rock, classic rock, folk rock, June, May, melodic rock, Progressive Rock
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Album review: GENTLE GIANT – Playing The Fool – The Complete Live Experience
David Randall chatted to Gentle Giant frontman Derek Shulman on release day, featuring tracks from the album and with reference to Derek’s subsequent career as a top record company executive. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 4 May … Continue reading
Book review: On track…ANTHONY PHILLIPS 1977-1990 by Alan Draper
Anthony Phillips chatted to David Randall about his career in March 2015. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio where he is a Featured Artist. Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 25.04.25] When this new “On track…” tome landed at GRTR! … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Phillips, Anthony Phillips 1977-1990, book, Genesis, guitar, instrumental, new age, On Track, Progressive Rock, review, rock
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Album review: SOLSTICE – Clann
https://solsticeprog.uk/ [Release date 04.04.25] I should start this by saying “where have Solstice been all my reviewing life?” I have been vaguely aware of their existence, more familiar with their album ‘Prophecy’ (2013), but it is only now that they are … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Glass, Clann, folk, fusion, prog, Progressive Rock, Solstice
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Album review: IQ – Dominion
Giant Electric Pea - [Release Date: 28.03.25] It’s a new IQ album – what’s not to like? At the forefront of the progressive rock cognoscenti’s ‘Finest Prog Bands’ list since their debut ‘Tales From The Lush Attic’ in 1983 (when … Continue reading
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Tagged Dominion, IQ, Mike Holmes, Peter Nicholls, Progressive Rock, review
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