NUOVA ERA (ITALY) 20,000 Leghe Sotto I Mari

This veteran squad releases its sixth album ,a titanic adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” written in 1870 and made into a cinematic Walt Disney extravaganza in 1954 , featuring Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre and...

Massimo PIERETTI (ITALY) Things to Live

Putting on a recital is what musical art is all about and keyboardist/composer Massimo Pierreti gathered together a stellar crew of Germana Noage on lead vocals, electric guitarists Roberto Falcinelli and Simone Cozzetto, adding the rhythm section of Michele Raspanti...

BROERS-KLAZINGA (NETHERLANDS) Second Thoughts

The storied Dutch neo-prog band Knight Area surprised the Prog community with a few stellar opening releases, namely the debut The Sun Also Rises (2004), Under A New Sign (2007) and Realm of Shadows (2009), then hardening their sound on the subsequent albums Nine...

Brendan PERKINS (UK) Stories from the Old Church Lane

I particularly enjoyed this UK artist’s previous album, the splendid “Favourite Places” which found residence in my heart, being a fan of original and personal prog-rock with a strong hint of the rural universe which a city dweller like me dreams about often (and yet...

PATTERSON-MELBOURNE (UK) We’ve Been Expecting You

Once very blue moon, a song appears out of the mist and just permeates your mind, humming the darn chorus like a child in a candy store. ‘Come to me, my love’, as I am a full-fledged sucker for romantic emoting, being a lifelong and devoted Roxy fan. When I heard...

THE ADEKAEM (POLAND) Pictures from Sierra Morena

The Prog Rogue has been following this band since day one, and I am overwhelmed to admire their ongoing evolution, as each and every album has been a deliberate and well thought out upgrade, in more ways than one. The duo of guitarist /keyboardist Krzysztof Wala and...