RICK MILLER (CANADA) One of the Many

by | Mar 9, 2024 | Latest News

Here is a consistently focused artist that just keeps on giving every year sterling musical adventures, that pay homage to the early glory years of Progressive rock. Yes, there is an obvious Floyd reference, as well as the Moody Blues and early Alan Parsons Project,...

MANGROVE (NETHERLANDS) Bridge to Fiction

by | Mar 3, 2024 | Latest News

Guitarist, vocalist, and keyboard player Roland Van der Horst is, after 15 long years, back in the prog game with a long-awaited new album, which I happily jumped on as I really enjoyed all their previous recordings.  Longtime bassist Pieter Drost and new drummer Lex...

AURORA LUNARE (ITALY) Terzo Luogo

by | Feb 10, 2024 | Latest News

The second album comes a decade later, after the well received and critically acclaimed self titled debut from the Livorno band, proving that patience is definitely a virtue, especially when the end result is so satisfying. They did however put out a covers tribute of...

SHADOWS ON MERCURY (UK) Worlds Apart

by | Feb 4, 2024 | Latest News

Things constantly change in our mad, mad world, often pulled apart by a wide variety of human attributes of the lesser kind, namely jealousy, conflicting egos, falsehoods, mood swings (natural or externally ingested), and of course, the grand daddy of them all...

LOGOS (ITALY) Bokeh

by | Feb 3, 2024 | Latest News

In 2014, I took a chance on a Verona based band Logos and their majestic “L’Enigma della Vita” release, presumably because the title (The Enigma of Life) has always been a source of personal inspiration. The fact that the cover was extremely appealing also contributed...