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Tag Archives: Progressive Rock
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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News: Albums of the Month (July 2019 – September 2019)
January-March 2019 April-June 2019 October – December 2019 DANNY BEARDSLEY Blood From A Stone www.dannybeardsley.com [Release date 20.09.19] Just when you thought it was safe to go back in to your ageing album collection – frustrated that much new … Continue reading
Quick plays: ATOM WORKS, YES
YES Live At Glastonbury 2003 The Store For Music [Release date 04.10.19] There is not even an inlay for this double album lifted from the soundtrack to the “Director’s Cut” DVD released in 2008. Roger Dean’s iconic logo is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan White, album, Atom Works, Chris Squire, classic rock, Finland, Jon Anderson, Live At Glastonbury 2003, prog metal, prog rock, progressive metal, Progressive Rock, review, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, The Life Of Spice, Yes
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Album review: MARILLION – Live In Glasgow/Brave Live (reissues)
earMUSIC [Release date 01.03.19] Almost 25 years separates the final two releases in this series of ten limited and numbered Marillion live albums. Recorded in 1989, Live In Glasgow captures the band at the very beginning of the Steve Hogarth … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Brave Live, Limited Edition, Live In Glasgow, Marillion, prog, Progressive Rock, reissue, review, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery
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Album review: 25 YARD SCREAMER – Natural Satellite
White Knight [Release 08.08.19] 25 Yard Screamer might be like the proverbial curate’s egg – very good in patches. The Welsh prog rockers have been toiling now for the best part of a decade, first achieving GRTR! seal of approval … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 Yard Screamer, album, Natural Satellite, Progressive Rock, review, Rob Reed
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Album Review: BILLY SHERWOOD – Citizen: In The Next Life
Frontiers Music [Release date: 12.07.2019] The prolific Mr Sherwood is a busy man. Not only is he now ensconced as bass player in the ever-revolving door of personnel that is Yes and also as the wonderful John Wetton’s replacement in … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Billy Sherwood, Citizen: In The Next Life, Progressive Rock, review, Yes
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Album review: CARAVAN – The Decca/Deram Years (An Anthology) 1970-1975
Decca/UMC [Release date 06.09.19] Caravan The Decca/Deram Years may not look quite as handsome as the previous 4 disc anthology (2010), and notwithstanding the 2-disc compilation (2000), it is nevertheless the most complete introduction to the band. Presented in a … Continue reading
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: MIDNIGHT SUN – Dark Tide Rising
Sonicbond [Release date 28.06.19] New Stroud-based prog rock/metal band Midnight Sun claim to be ‘an original rock band’. Well, for a kick off, the name’s not original, having been ‘pre-owned’ by Danish prog rockers between 1971 and 1974 (whose main … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dark Tide Rising, Midnight Sun, prog, progressive metal, Progressive Rock, review
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Album review: NEAL MORSE – Jesus Christ The Exorcist
Frontiers [Release date 14.06.19] I like a musical. In fact, it was only recently I suggested that a prog rock version of Hamilton by Izz could be a big hit. Jesus Christ Superstar is another personal favourite although, in hindsight, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Jesus Christ The Exorcist, musical, Neal Morse, prog, Progressive Rock, review, rock opera, Spock's Beard
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Book review: GENESIS – Every Album, Every Song (On Track) by Stuart Macfarlane
Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 5.07.19] For those wishing to find out more about the prog rockers who went pop, this is a useful summary following the band’s progress from shaky beginnings in 1969 to their final studio album ‘Calling All … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, book, Every Album Every Song, Genesis, melodic rock, Mike Rutherford, On Track, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, pop, pop rock, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Steve Hackett, Stuart Macfarlane, Tony Banks
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Album review: WARMRAIN – Back Above The Clouds
Rain Recordings [Release date 07.06.19] Promoted as a ‘must have’ for fans of Pink Floyd, Steven Wilson and Anathema, a double ‘concept’ album is one hell of a gamble for a full length debut. But such is the conviction of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Back Above The Clouds, prog, Progressive Rock, review, WarmRain
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Album review: LUCIFER’S FRIEND – Black Moon (featuring John Lawton)
Lucifers Records [Release date 26.04.19] If ‘Black Moon’ doesn’t quite reach the heady heights/atmosphere of the early 1970s when John Lawton released a string of albums pre-Uriah Heep, we still have no right to expect a brand new offering in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Black Moon, classic rock, hard rock, John Lawton, Lucifer's Friend, Progressive Rock, review
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News: Albums of the Month (April 2019 – June 2019)
January-March 2019 July-September 2019 October-December 2019 ERJA LYYTINEN Another World (Tuohi Records) [Release Date 26.04.19] From the tension building intensity and a harmony guitar break of ‘Hard As Stone’ to the gently paced ‘Without You’, with its angst filled and … Continue reading
News: Albums of the Month (January 2019 – March 2019)
April-June 2019 July-September 2019 October-December 2019 STEVE HACKETT At The Edge Of Light (Inside Out) [Release date 25.01.19] In his long and distinguished career at the forefront of everything that’s good about progressive rock, Steve Hackett has consistently delivered albums … Continue reading
Gig review: MARTIN BARRE BAND (50 Years of Jethro Tull) – Floral Pavilion, New Brighton, Wirral, 2 June 2019
The International Guitar Festival Of Great Britain, held annually for many years, has been a showcase for some of the world’s finest players. Sadly, it has lost its focus a little in recent years with acts appearing that have no … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 years, Clive Bunker, Dan Crisp, Dee Palmer, Floral Pavilion Theatre, gig, hard rock, Jethro Tull, Martin Barre, prog, Progressive Rock, review
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News: WIN! EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER Anthology vinyl box set! (June 2019)
Throughout June we will be offering a 4-LP vinyl box set celebrating Emerson, Lake & Palmer in a new competition. The box set features 4 discs pressed on ‘galaxy effect’ coloured vinyl and includes tracks from all the key original … Continue reading
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Tagged anthology, box set, Carl Palmer, competition, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Greg Lake, Keith Emerson, prog, Progressive Rock, Vinyl
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Album review: TODD RUNDGREN’S UTOPIA – Live At The Chicago Theatre (CD/DVD/Bluray)
Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra [Release date 26.04.19] CD/DVD/Bluray Utopia was Todd Rundgren’s progressive/pop fusion vehicle and can sometimes get overlooked or misunderstood in his varied back catalogue. The band had split by 1986 but there was a brief reunion nearly 10 years … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bluray, CD, classic rock, DVD, Kasim Sulton, Live At The Chicago Theatre, pop, Progressive Rock, review, Todd Rundgren, Utopia
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Book review: On track…JETHRO TULL, THE BEATLES
Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 26.04.19] The On Track… series continues with some momentum, nearly 20 titles currently scheduled, spearheaded by prog aficionado Stephen Lambe. The idea is to discuss in some detail individual songs but that invariably means talking about … Continue reading
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Tagged book, classic rock, George Harrison, guide, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, John Lennon, On Track, Paul McCartney, pop, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Ringo Starr, song, The Beatles
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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: LAST FLIGHT TO PLUTO – A Drop In The Ocean
White Knight [Release date 28.03.19] They like their prog in the valleys, don’t they? There seems to be a never ending production line of female fronted bands emerging from secret facilities in deepest, darkest Wales. Or in the case of … Continue reading
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Tagged A Drop In The Ocean, album, Last Flight To Pluto, prog, Progressive Rock, review
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Album review: KINETIC ELEMENT – The Face Of Life
Melodic Revolution Records Great, just what we need – another bunch of old buffers, sorry, I mean proggers, flogging early Genesis/Yes inspired symphonic prog. The latter, in particular. To be fair, the Richmond, Virginia based band – formed by veteran … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Kinetic Element, prog, Progressive Rock, review, The Face Of Life
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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
