AURORA LUNARE (ITALY) Terzo Luogo 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 […]

SHADOWS ON MERCURY (UK) Worlds Apart Things constantly change in our mad, mad world, often pulled apart by a wide variety of human attributes of the lesser kind, namely jealousy, […]

LOGOS (ITALY) Bokeh 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 Enigm […]

ELLESMERE (ITALY) Stranger Skies Bassist extraordinaire and multi-instrumentalist Roberto Vitelli has a celebrated career, having played with the likes of The Roman Pro(g)ject, […]

OVERWORLD DREAMS (USA) Geography Before anything, deep appreciation to Gabriel of French prog review site Prog Critique for his wonderful review of this new album, that steered me into […]

A SECRET RIVER (SWEDEN) Mirror Universe Ten years ago, I had the pleasure of discovering a new band from Sweden called A Secret River with an album entitled Colours of Solitude. Deeply […]

RED ZONE PLANET (ITALY) Asteria Another band that incorporates a mixture of spacy electronic pop with progressive flashes that can inject a great amount of fun into the […]

PALLAS (UK) The Messenger In the seemingly revolving door of original neo-prog bands, namely Marillion, IQ, Pendragon, and Pallas (you can throw in Arena as a later add-on), […]

MONARCH TRAIL (CANADA) Four Sides Canadian artist Ken Baird has sent another new prog butterfly into our progressive path, an always most appreciated gift for fans of melodic excursions […]

JOHN LÖNNMYR (SWEDEN) Aftonland This hyper talented Swedish keyboardist from Gothenburg made his name with my collection when I stumbled on his early career with a marvellous but […]

LIFE IN DIGITAL (UK) Signs to the Far Side Relentless research has landed me this unexpected jewel, totally left field pleasure in that I knew of John Beagley (I have a few of his albums) but […]

THE CHRONICLES OF FATHER ROBIN (NORWAY) Songs & Tales of Airoea Volume 2, Ocean Traveller This three-part epic musical tale from Wobbler frontman Andreas Wettergreen Prestmo has been certainly talked about in the progressive press with a […]

THIS WINTER MACHINE (UK) The Clockwork Man Back in 2017, a snowblower cleared off the dense white powder from the Neo-Prog highway and introduced a modern twist to the genre with a clever debut […]

PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS (USA) Spooky Action at a Distance Though I own and enjoy all their studio albums, this 2023 offering is my first review of this talented US band, often described as a Spock’s Beard o […]

OVRFWRD (USA) There Are No Ordinary Moments I am occasionally criticized for rarely being a proper music critic in that I never consider posting negative reviews and demolishing verbally some […]

MARK KELLY'S MARATHON (UK) Marathon After such a storied career manning the Marillion keyboard arsenal, I really had no expectations either way, fueled more by the smile-inducing presence […]

PACHA & PORSTI (SPAIN-FINLAND) Sea of Mirrors I always find it baffling when some prog musicians out there seem to have found an endless well of inspiration and dish out first-rate albums as if some […]

KID RAINBOW (USA) DataNoiseFloor           Dave Peña is an American musician whom I encountered on the Built For The Future’s latest release, the splendid 2084: Heretic album. While there is li […]

JOHN GREENWOOD (UK/AUSTRALIA) Dark Blue Many prog musicians have had day jobs as well as careers, and some are still toiling whilst including their musical talents as a passionate hobby or a […]

GLORIOUS WOLF (NETHERLANDS) Mysterious Traveler Back in 2019, I had reviewed his preceding album “Zodiac”, which I had enjoyed as it contained a vast amount of interesting progressive influences, mos […]