Moscow based Lost World Band formed in 1990, comprising three classically trained students, Andy Didorenko on violin, guitar and vocals, Vassil Soloviev on flute, and pianist/producer Alexandr Akimov. Between 2001 and 2016 the band released five studio albums, a live album and two classical releases, however the trio format proved difficult for their performance-oriented band [&am […]

With little or no pomp and ceremony, the core members of The Samurai Of Prog, namely bassist Marco Bernard, drummer Kimmo Pörsti and multi-instrumentalist Steve Unruh, have released seven studio albums since 2011, plus one compilation of their long out of print early years releases. An impressive catalogue indeed, however the band remain somewhat in [&am […]

For a little over a year, I was fortunate enough to live in a flat at the edge of St. John’s Wood, living less than half a kilometre away from the famous Abbey Road zebra crossing, which I’d pass daily on my commute to work. At all times of the day, I would see tourists [&am […]

Is the self titled debut album by Pattern-Seeking Animals really just a Spock’s Beard album in disguise? You could certainly argue that. The band is composed of two current members of Spock’s Beard, singer Ted Leonard and bassist Dave Meros, … Continue reading &rarr […]

The Junction, Cambridge, Thursday 6th June 2019 & O2 Ritz, Manchester, Friday 7th June 2019 Manchester by Leo Trimming Nine and a half hours… Nine and a Half BLOODY Hours to get there! Yep, such is my dedication to reviewing and gigging I spent an utterly Hellish day on Britain’s overcrowded and under-invested road network [&am […]

“Gong is more than a band. It’s an idea. A way of life. A continuum that exists in all times, in all places, everywhere.” So says the opening line of the press release accompanying the album now firing its way across sundry electronic circuitry into the deeper recesses of my noggin. In handing the Gong [&am […]

AKKU Quintet seem to be part of a modern Swiss tradition of cyclical minimalist music, where the beginning is the end is the beginning. Or if you will, the departure of one theme transposes the arrival of another. Led by drummer Manuel Pasquinelli, who also occupies the drum stool for compatriots Sonar, they create perfect [&am […]

Perhaps I should post about my radio show on here. I never do it and it’s a reasonably well liked show. 2 hours of prog and I love doing themes. Tomorrow’s theme is “home.” Tune in at 10am EDT, 3pm … Continue reading &rarr […]

Intelligent Music is a Bulgarian production company, established and owned by Milen Vrabevski, MD – composer, musical producer, and patron of the arts. He has overseen the previous three albums of this ilk, which appear to have attracted some quite big names, to sing at least. On this album Sorcery Inside, their fourth, there is [&am […]

EartH, Hackney, London Monday, 27th May 2019 After an afternoon spent within the highly interesting confines of London Docklands Museum for the Lost Rivers of London exhibition, we arrive at the faded glamour of EartH (Evolutionary arts Hackney, in case you were wondering) in anticipation of what would be another band struck off my bucket [&am […]