Gonna do something a little different and step outside the box on this one. The prog box, that is. Don’t worry, this page is still prog. But thought I would highlight a non-prog band just to show that there is … Continue reading →

Latest Prog News from across the progressive music spectrum & updated throughout April 2020. 01/04/2020: Devin Townsend Announces Empath – The Ultimate Edition for 5th June 2020 Release Devin Townsend has announced the forthcoming release of Empath – The Ultimate Edition on 5th June 2020. This comprehensive version of the 2019 album contains the original [&hellip

Here at TPA we have a decent, but not quite incestuous relationship with Bad Elephant Music, who send us their releases, a good proportion of which we have reviewed over the years. A fine label who promote independent music in all its many forms, with an obvious leaning towards the vaguely progressive. Nowt wrong with [&hellip

Lazuli have, over the last decade and more, become one of the finest live bands in the world, thrilling audiences across Europe with their dazzling and accessible mix of melodic prog, industrial tones and ethnic musical influences. It’s a melting pot that provides a unique experience, and on stage is where they really shine, their [&hellip

There’s an expression a lot of my musicals friends use that explains well what happens when one is introduced to something new: ‘the rabbit hole’. For when you first find yourself listening to something new and exciting, it’s only natural to want to hear more, or similar, and so you find yourself falling down that [&hellip

An album that forms an interesting stitch in Rock’s Rich Tapestry™ is the sole album recorded by Brian Davison and the group he assembled after being cast aside by Keith Emerson as the latter strove to find musical egos as big as his in his quest for world dominance. I was going to speculate as [&hellip

First things first. This is an absolutely glorious and gorgeous prog pop album. If you’re one of those who think that’s an oxymoron, you may as well stop reading now. If, like me, you believe prog is not, and has never been, a genre unto itself, read on. Prog can exist within a genre, and [&hellip

People who go to gigs and deliberately choose to miss the support bands are very silly. Yes, some supports can be dire, but the opposite is also true and over the years I’ve been startled by many bands I’d never heard of previously, even to the point of having to find out their names afterwards. [&hellip

One of the best things about following a label is being introduced to new bands. Metempsychosis is not the first album hubris. have released, but it is the first I have heard – and I’d likely never have heard it were it not released on Art As Catharsis. That was its first tick of my [&hellip

The Court Theatre, Tring Saturday, 7th March 2020 This showcase at the Court Theatre in Tring is effectively the launch of That Joe Payne’s solo career. Although he has played a few shows since his time in The Enid, this is the real deal, a fully realised production with a full band. The few solo [&hellip