Tag Archives: prog

Album review: RICK WAKEMAN – Return To The Red Planet

Posted on October 25, 2026 by jason

Madfish [Release date 16.10.26] Following 2020’s instrumental concept album The Red Planet, the keyboard wizard, for Yes man and raconteur returns to expand on this concept, this time with vocals. Rick Wakeman found fame initially with The Strawbs, and several … Continue reading →

Gig review: STEVE HACKETT – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow,18th October 2026

Posted on October 23, 2026 by david.wilson

Following this gig, I had cause to call up the dictionary to check the plural of the word ‘maestro’. Turns out you can use Maestros or the Italian ‘Maestri’, which I find much more satisfying. My reasoning for this search … Continue reading →

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Album review: HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT’S ADEQUATE – Parallel Lives

Posted on October 18, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 04.09.26] Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate (HOGIA), namely Malcolm Galloway (lyrics, lead guitar, synths, mixing, mastering, producer) and Mark Gatland (bass, vocal engineer, additional guitars and synths, co-producer), are back with another album chock full of thoughtful … Continue reading →

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Album review: 25 YEAR SCREAMER – …And From The Deep, There Is A Light…

Posted on September 28, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

White Knight Records [Release date 25.09.26] We’ve followed 25 Yard Screamer since their formation in 2002 and their onward trajectory has reflected our own since that time. We were mightily impressed with their third album ‘Cassandra’ in 2007, took over … Continue reading →

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Album review: OZRIC TENTACLES – Harmonic Mind

Posted on September 14, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

KScope [Release date 18.09.26] Festival favourites Ozric Tentacles formed at the Stonehenge Free Festival in 1983 and have kept a solid fanbase ever since. They released a number of cassette only albums during the 80s, releasing their first full album … Continue reading →

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Album review: LONG EARTH – Towards The Sky

Posted on August 18, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Bakeniko [Release date: 26.06.26] The summer of 2026 will forever be remembered as the hottest on record (so far), but with various events punctuating that heat not least the partial eclipse that had everyone reaching for those special glasses (or … Continue reading →

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Album review: EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER – Works Live

Posted on August 2, 2026 by jason

BMG [Release date 24.07.26] Recorded in Montreal, Canada in 1977, this live album was originally released in 1979 as the single LP ‘In Concert’ it was originally intended to be a double album, but that idea was kiboshed by the … Continue reading →

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Album review: OSIRIS – Within A Dream

Posted on July 29, 2026 by jason

Escape Music [Release date 14.08.26] Osiris is an all-Bahraini prog rock band founded in 1980 by brothers Mohamed Alsadeqi (guitars, vocals) and Nabil Alsadeqi (drums, percussion). They have been active ever since, bar a hiatus between 1993 and 2000. Osiris … Continue reading →

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Album review : BURNING ROPE – Dissolution

Posted on June 22, 2026 by petefeenstra

Self Release [Release date : 29.05.26] ‘Dissolution’ is an album which diligently works its way round the theme of broken relationships, with plenty of musical variety (rock, prog, funk and blues), tough riffs and emotionally honest songs. It’s a notable … Continue reading →

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Album review: RANDOM EARTH PROJECT – Songs of Plenty

Posted on June 4, 2026 by petefeenstra

Self release [Release date 13.04.26] What’s in a name? In the case of Random Earth Project, the project part finds echoes of Frank Zappa’s Project / Object idea, with various elements being interrelated in the search for artistic unity On … Continue reading →

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Album review: CLAIRE HAMILL BAND – A House Among The Trees

Posted on May 20, 2026 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 25.04.26] Claire Hamill, the grand dame of British folk, rock and prog, who you may well have never heard of releases her 15th album since 1971. There are not many female survivors from this period and certainly not … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE STEVE SUMMERS BAND – Rewired

Posted on April 8, 2026 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to Steve Summers for his Feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, with tracks from the ‘Rewired’ album. First broadcast 7 June 2026. Bandcamp [Release date 23.03.26] CD https://stevesummersband.com/contact [Release date 30.04.26] The Steve Summer Band … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SOLSTICE – Kidderminster Town Hall, 19 February 2026

Posted on February 26, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

There are a few bands I’ve seen over the years in fairly quick succession: Hawkwind in the early seventies. Magnum in the early 1990s. I’m getting that way with Solstice. I last saw the band barely six months ago at … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBERT REED – Sanctuary IV

Posted on January 28, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

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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Book review: WOODCUT – THE MAKING AND THE MEANING by Andy Stuart

Posted on January 28, 2026 by jason

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 →

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Album review: SPOCK’S BEARD – The Archaeoptimist

Posted on December 21, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

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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Gig review: CURVED AIR – The Sub Rooms, Stroud, 20 November 2025

Posted on November 22, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

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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Album review: JAN AKKERMAN – My Focus Live Under The Rainbow

Posted on November 10, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

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 →

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Album review: ASH WING – s/t

Posted on November 2, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

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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Album review: STEVE MORSE BAND – Triangulation

Posted on October 22, 2025 by petefeenstra

Music Theories Recordings [Release date 14.10.25] Steve Morse Band’s ‘Triangulation’ is a complex, intense and yet accessible virtuosic album which successfully evokes the conceptual ‘Triangulation’ album title. The ‘triangulation’ concept refers to geographically pinpointing your exact location at a specific … Continue reading →

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Album review: PAVLOV’S DOG – Essential Recordings 1974-2018 (5-CD box set)

Posted on October 10, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

Ruf Records [Release date 27.09.24] What are we to make of a fairly basic box set from a band that have been described as “legendary” but who – this side of the pond – have largely gone unnoticed? ‘Essential Recordings’ … Continue reading →

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EP review: JIMMY OWEN – 10Ft Squared

Posted on October 10, 2025 by petefeenstra

Self Release [Release date 24.10.25] ‘10Ft Squared’ is the perfect introduction to Jimmy Owen, a guitar driven, singer-songwriter and restless artistic spirit, who straddles prog, fusion, Californian tinged soft rock, pop and unexpectedly the blues. It’s a mini album or … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SOLSTICE – Jellyman’s Mill, Kidderminster, 31 August 2025

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

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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Album review : SWEET FREEDOM – Blind Leading The Blind

Posted on August 18, 2025 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 29.08.25] Swedish band Sweet Freedom is the real deal. Head and shoulders above most others walking the Classic Rock road nowadays (even if occasionally going off tangentially). The band: founder member Jorgen Schelander’s background is in … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEELEYE SPAN – Conflict

Posted on June 9, 2025 by jason

Park Records [Release date 23.05.25] Always good to have a new album from folk rockers Steeleye Span and this is their 24th studio album. Still led by singer Maddy Prior, the rest of the band consists of Julian Littman (guitar, mandolin, vocals), … Continue reading →