CASTANARC (UK) Forged by the Sun

This is a band that started out from the same progressive revival gates that spawned IQ, Marillion, Pallas and Pendragon back in the early 80s when prog was considered buried and dead by the fussy musical media. 1984 ‘s “Journey to the East” had many interesting...

ARTESIA (France) Le Monde D’Hier

Another recent discovery has landed in my lap, as I was busy searching for some modern medieval tinged music, lo and behold, here is a neoclassical darkwave group (fine, labels are for pharmacies) from Brittany that I instantly purchased on Bandcamp within 10 seconds...

The SAMURAI of PROG (MULTI-NATIONAL) The 7 Voyages of Sinbad

The superlatively prolific warriors never seem to run out of ideas, not surprising as there are so many more subjects out there still needing a prog rock soundtrack! There is always a lot to like about this multi-national congregation of Prog luminaries : lots of...

John GREENWOOD (AUSTRALIA) First Day

Our favourite ex-surgeon is back with a third solo album that should cause shudders of joy across the progressive universe. With luminaries like Roger King and Sean Timms on keyboards and the amazing Chester Thompson on the drum kit, John delivers with guitar scalpel...

RIFFSTONE (UK) Great Journeys

The prolific multi-instrumentalist duo of Colin Powell and Dave Allen strike again, a fourth edition of the Riffstone saga, where progressive rock unites with historical premise, in order to both entertain and educate their audience, lest we become totally addictive...

AURORA CLARA (SPAIN) Seven Hills

This sublime group has rather rapidly taken over top spot as my favourite Spanish Prog band, a nudge beyond Rafael Pacha, only due to the impeccable quality throughout their 5-album discography, from 1997’s debut “Transformation” up to today’s subject matter, “Seven...