Amber Weekes: A Lady With A Song (2024) The latest album from Amber Weekes finds her paying tribute to Nancy Wilson, the singer discovered by Cannonball Adderley (with whom she made a classic […]

HAVEN OF ECHOES (UK-GERMANY) Memento Vivere Andreas Hack of Frequency Drift wasted little time in retooling his musical vision by releasing one of 2022’s finest albums, under the moniker Haven of […]

BRENDAN PERKINS (UK) Favourite Places My prog bestie LAZLAND did a lovely write up recently on this quintessential British multi-instrumentalist’s latest release, so it behooved me to follow […]

ARILD BROTER (NORWAY) A Spectre of Sounds James Bond music reimagined! When dreaming of progressive bucket list wishes, nothing can compare to reliving some of the greatest melodies from one of […]

STUCKFISH (UK) IV Here is another example of a melodic prog band that really deserves recognition, as I own all three previous albums, even though I have not reviewed them […]

PURE REASON REVOLUTION (UK) Coming Up to Consciousness The artistic world is a many splendored thing, where any particular talent has the latitude and ability to progress, regress, digress, repress and even […]

ANUBIS (AUSTRALIA) The Unforgivable The first four Anubis albums are quite revered in the Prog Rogue collection, with 2018’s Different Stories and and Homeless from 2020 being both very t […]

Paul Di'Anno's Warhorse: Paul Di'Anno's Warhorse (2024) In 1979 I was 16, and there is no doubt that NWOBHM was a major part of my daily listening. It was exciting and vibrant, and with bands like Iron Maiden, […]

Vain: Disintegrate Together (2024) Vain are probably one of those Eighties glam metal bands which many have heard of, but few have actually heard. Originally working as a producer, singer […]

U.K. Subs: The Last Will And Testament of UK Subs [Live] (2024) Apparently, the band announced that their 2022 studio album ‘Reverse Engineering’ would be their last and the 2023 tour in support of the album would be […]

Exodus: British Disaster. The Battle of '89 (Live At The Astoria) (2024) The full title of this album is ‘British Disaster! The Battle of ’89 Live At The Astoria’, from which one might guess this is a live recording from 35 ye […]

Sonata Arctica: Clear Cold Beyond (2024) Over the years there is no doubt that Sonata Arctica have released some really powerful melodic metal albums, but it is also true they have released some […]

Shawn Maxwell: J Town Suite (2023) On his twelfth album as band leader, Shawn Maxwell (alto & soprano saxophones, flute) takes us back to his hometown, Joliet, Illinois. It is not a very […]

Sebastian Bach: Child Within The Man (2024) I am not going to go over Sebastian Bach’s history, as he is quite a controversial figure in some ways, but no matter what anyone thinks about him t […]

Sarah Prodan: Little Bird (2023) One morning I was working through my emails and came across one from Play MPE informing me of an album by Sarah Prodan, someone I had not previously come […]

Riot V: Mean Streets (2024) Riot were a band who appeared in many ways to get more praise in the UK than they did in their home of New York, with both ‘Rock City’ and ‘Na […]

Randy Weinstein: HarmoniMonk (2024) Even before playing this album I was a little bit in love with it, as not only does it feature seven compositions by the mighty Thelonious Monk, but the […]