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Tag Archives: progressive
News: Albums of the Month (May-August 2016)
Albums of the Month (2016) Every month we publish our Newsletter which signposts latest additions to the website(s) and flagging up forthcoming tours and gigs. We also include a selection of the month’s best albums, based on GRTR! reviewer ratings. … Continue reading
Posted in Albums of the Month, ALL POSTS, NEWS, The Best Of 2016
Tagged 2016, albums, April, best, blues rock, February, Get Ready to ROCK!, hard rock, heavy rock, March, melodic rock, metal, progressive, reviews, rock, singer songwriter
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News: Albums of the Month (February-April 2016)
Albums of the Month (2016) Every month we publish our Newsletter which signposts latest additions to the website(s) and flagging up forthcoming tours and gigs. We also include a selection of the month’s best albums, based on GRTR! reviewer ratings. … Continue reading
Posted in Albums of the Month, NEWS, The Best Of 2016
Tagged 2016, albums, April, best, blues rock, February, Get Ready to ROCK!, hard rock, heavy rock, March, melodic rock, metal, progressive, reviews, rock, singer songwriter
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EP review: THE JOY FORMIDABLE, EMMET SCANLAN
THE JOY FORMIDABLE Sleep Is Day EP [Release date 26.09.16] You certainly can’t complain at value for money with an EP that runs to a very generous seven tracks over 32 minutes. I’ve seen plenty of albums that aren’t much … Continue reading
Quick plays: JULIETTE STRANGE, NERISSA SCHWARZ, THE FERTILITY CULT, MAGNUSON
JULIETTE STRANGE Romeo Kills Romeo [Release date 12.05.16] Sometimes you hear an album that just chimes with the way you are feeling at the time. ‘Romeo Kills Romeo’ may be one of those. A collaboration (presumably via the ether) of … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Quick Plays
Tagged A Forest Of Kings, album, ambient, Discordia, Frequency Drift, Juliette Strange, Magnuson, Nerissa Schwarz, Playgrounds Lost, pop, prog, progressive, psychedelic, review, rock, Romeo Kills Romeo, The Fertility Cult
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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2017)
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 13/11/2017 CAVALERA CONSPIRACY 26.11.17 DE – Leipzig / Hellraiser 27.11.17 DE – Stuttgart / LKA 28.11.17 NL – Utrecht / Ronda 29.11.17 DE – Hamburg … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, classic rock, concert, Europe, gigs, listing, live, metal, progressive, rock, ROW, tours, USA
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2017)
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. 2018 Tour Dates Updated 01/12/17 FESTIVALS Planet Rockstock Trecco Bay, Wales 1-3 Dec Joanne Shaw Taylor + Dan Reed Network + Bernie Marsden + King King … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, blues rock, classic rock, concerts, gigs, live, metal, progressive, rock, tours
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Quick plays: FOREST FIELD, CTP (Christian Tolle Project)
FOREST FIELD Lonely Desert Rock Company [Release date 21.10.16] Thankfully this time the band have an album cover more suited to their prog rock leanings than last year’s ‘Angels’ cover. The band is focused around Peter Cox who wrote all … Continue reading
Quick plays: ALBERT AF EKENSTAM, ROADKILL, FRACTALMIND
ALBERT AF EKENSTAM Ashes Kning Disk [Release date 14.10.16] ‘Ashes’ is the debut album from Albert af Ekenstam, who is a member of Tempel and his fellow band member Filip Leyman joins him on drums/keys/production. Singer/guitarist Sumie Nagano and trumpeter … Continue reading
Album review: TILT – Hinterland
Tilt Music Some albums come out of nowhere with no expectations and simply blow you away musically. Tilt’s debut ‘Hinterland’ is one of those albums and I was hooked from the first playing of this album. The album itself has … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, Camel, Dave Stewart, Fish, Hinterland, It Bites, John Mitchell, metal, Paul Dorley, progressive, progressive metal, review, Robin Boult, rock, Steve Vantis, Tilt
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Album review: BIRDEATSBABY – Tanta Furia
[Release date 07.11.16] Birdeatsbaby. The band name alone, dreamt up by flame haired maniacal frontwoman Mishkin Fitzgerald, is designed to antagonise, to provoke reaction. And that spills over into the band’s material – their modus operandi to poke sharp sticks … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
Tagged album, alternative, Birdeatsbaby, Mishkin Fitzgerald, progressive, review, rock, Tanta Furia
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Album review: DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – Transcendence
Inside Out [Release date 09.09.16] Innovative, daring, experimental, compositionally challenging, surprising, addictive…check any review for a Devin Townsend Project album, either online or in any of the specialized musical magazines which help promote our beloved music around the globe, and … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/Album reviews
Tagged album, Devin Townsend Project, fusion, metal, progressive, review, rock, Transcendance
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Gig review: KING CRIMSON – Aylesbury Waterside, 3 September 2016
This was a journey deep into hard core prog territory and a little beyond. King Crimson have been on the go – give or take the odd hiatus – since 1968. However, our paths had not crossed until this steamy, … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 September 2016, ambient, Aylesbury Waterside, gig, Jakko Jakszyk, King Crimson, live, Mel Collins, prog rock, progressive, review, Robert Fripp
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Quick plays: SAGA, SEVEN, SETH LAKEMAN
SAGA Live In Hamburg earMUSIC [Release date 02.09.16] Fans may have many of the songs on here as it compiles the live songs that have been dotted over the recent reissues of the band’s studio albums which started last year. … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Quick Plays
Tagged album, Ballads of the Broken Few, folk, Live In Hamburg, melodic, progressive, review, rock, Saga, Seth Lakeman, Seven, Shattered, Wildwood Kin
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Album review: DANIELE LIVERANI – An Innocent Challenge
Lion Music [Release date 26.08.16] Danielle Liverani was last seen with the rather good guitar instrumental album ‘Fantasia’ and now he has come back with a piano concerto! Classical and rock music have always been linked, with many rock musicians … Continue reading
Interview: ERIK NORLANDER
Erik Norlander has just released his latest album, ‘Surreal’ and here he talks about the stories behind the music, along with Last In Line who he recently joined… Could you take us through the songs on your new album ‘Surreal’? … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/10 Questions, Interviews/Rock Stars
Tagged Asia, Dio, Erik Norlander, instrumental, interview, John Payne, Lana Lane, Last In Line, prog, progressive, rock, Surreal
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Album review: EVERGREY – The Storm Within
AFM Records [Release date 09.09.16] Evergrey very nearly called it a day a few years back but they regrouped with drummer Jonas Ekdahl and guitarist Henrik Danhage rejoining the band. 2014′s ‘Hymns For The Broken’ was a real return to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Evergrey, Floor Jansen, progressive, progressive metal, review, the Storm Within, Tom S Englund
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Interview: JONAS REINGOLD (KARMAKANIC)
We catch-up with Jonas Reingold of Karmakanic who have just released their new album ‘Dot’ via Inside Out… What have you got planned for the next few months music wise? e.g. tour plans, recording etc. I’ve always have a lot … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/10 Questions, Interviews/Rock Stars
Tagged album, Andy Tillison, Dot, Inside Out, interview, Jonas Reingold, Karmakanic, progressive, rock
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Album review: DAVID FOSTER – Dreamless
[Release date 27.05.16] The second solo album from Panic Room and Steve Rothery Band guitarist Dave Foster is a remarkably different beast from his excellent debut (Gravity, 2011). While the former was a showcase for his ability to deliver a … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne-Marie Helder, David Foster, Dreamless, guitar, guitarist, Jonathan Edwards, Panic Room, prog, progressive, rock, Steve Rothery
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Gig review: 10cc – Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 9 July 2016
Some of the great historic and cultural attractions in London are now opening their doors to a more contemporary entertainment form with a summer concert series. Following the likes of Hampton Court, Somerset House and Kew Gardens is now the … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 10CC, 9 July 2016, Cockney Rebel, gig, Graham Gouldman, Greenwich Music Time, Mick Wilson, Old Royal Naval College, Paul Burgess, pop, progressive, review, Rick Fenn, rock, Steve Harley, Steve Hayman
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Quick plays: THE ESKIES, CIRCULINE, THE DEEP HOLLOW
THE ESKIES After The Sherry Went Round Parochial Dancehall Records [Release date 26.08.16] The debut from this Dublin based quintet is a rip-roaring unhinged concoction of sea soaked gypsy folk. They’re like The Coral and the Mumfords rolled into one … Continue reading
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Tagged A Blue Flame, acoustic, After The Sherry Went Round, album, Americana, Circuline, Counterpoint, folk, progressive, review, rock, singer, songwrite, The Deep Hollow, The Eskies, What We've Become Is All That Now Remains
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Album review: EVELINE’S DUST – The Painkeeper
[Release date 11.03.16] Italian prog anyone? Inspired by the usual suspects – King Crimson, Genesis, et al, and current exponents like Steven Wilson, Eveline’s Dust – a four piece Pisa, Tuscany – have produced a rather fine follow up to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Eveline's Dust, Italian, prog, progressive, review, rock, The Painkeeper
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Album review: MARTIN TURNER – Reissues
Cherry Red [Release date 08.04.16] Martin Turner albums are like buses. There’s nothing, and then along come several. That’s no problem as the one-time Wishbone Ash bassist always maintains a high quality quotient and they are worth the wait even … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues
Tagged album, Argus, Life Begins, Martin Turner, New Live Dates, prog, progressive, review, rock, Ted Turner, Wishbone Ash
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Album review: BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST – Reissues
Esoteric [Release date: April & June 2016] For many readers BJH will conjure up images of a slightly rockier Moody Blues and, indeed, the band recognised that assertion in their song ‘Poor Man’s Moody Blues’. The band originally signed to … Continue reading
Album review: BIG BIG TRAIN – Folklore
www.bigbigtrain.com [Release date 27.05.16] Big Big Train return with their first full studio album since 2013, last year’s EP ‘Wassail’ was a nice stop gap and the title track is on this album. Also since their last album they have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Big Big Train, Dave Gregory, folk, Folklore, pastoral, prog, progressive, review, rock, XTC
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Album review: CONDITION RED – Illusion Of Truth
Lion Music [Release date 20.05.16] Lars Eric Mattson is a brilliant guitarist that not very many people outside music fans that dig a little deeper into guitar based music will easily recognize. It’s a shame too because everything I have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Condition Red, guitar, guitarist, Illusion of Truth, Lars Eric Mattson, metal, progressive, review, rock
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