CODE 18 (CANADA) Two Places

From the province of Québec, and yes, still a hotbed of proggy activity what with the likes of Mystery, Huis, Red Sand, Angine de Poitrine, Jacob Roberge and my band Enigmatic Sound Machines, as well as many others, CODE 18 now releases its second album, after the...

MOONRISE (POLAND) No Rewind

Kamil Konieczniak just keeps on making his brand of prog, another proudly talented musician who refuses to conform to expectations or even endlessly dabble in flavor of the year trends.  After a lengthy seven year span of silence since “Travel Within” in 2019, which...

Brendan PERKINS (UK) Trading River Songs

Its not easy being objective when having to write a review of an artist whose two previous works I simply fell in love with and reviewed glowingly with oodles of praise! It’s just that this style of British folk-prog has always resonated with me, and Brendan is the...
Dave Stryker: Blue Fire [The Van Gelder Session] (2026)

Dave Stryker: Blue Fire [The Van Gelder Session] (2026)

Here we find guitarist Dave Stryker and his trio of Jared Gold on organ and McClenty Hunter on drums, recording at Rudy Van Gelder’s famous studio (Van Gelder recorded almost every session on Blue Note Records from 1953 to 1967, participating in literally thousands of...
Carolyn Trowbridge: Found Memories (2026)

Carolyn Trowbridge: Found Memories (2026)

The vibraphone is an instrument which has never gained as much popularity as one might expect and is certainly not something I come across a great deal which is something I have always thought is a shame. In my youth was I was in a marching band and played the bell...
Blake Carpenter: Out Of The Darkness (2025)

Blake Carpenter: Out Of The Darkness (2025)

Before I sat down to write this review I wondered what I had said when I reviewed his last album, ‘Roads’, so I checked it out and I gave a small smile when I saw I had said, “The result is something over which I am quite conflicted as while I enjoy the songs,...