BIG BIG TRAIN (UK) The Likes of Us I remember 20 years ago when I first bought a ticket on the Big Big Train, by purchasing “Gathering Speed”, a fantastic discovery that I had mos […]

DRIFTING SUN (UK) Veil It becomes quite daunting when the entire discography over the years of a band are all major winners, with nary a thought of any weaker one among the […]

RICK MILLER (CANADA) One of the Many Here is a consistently focused artist that just keeps on giving every year sterling musical adventures, that pay homage to the early glory years of […]

MANGROVE (NETHERLANDS) Bridge to Fiction Guitarist, vocalist, and keyboard player Roland Van der Horst is, after 15 long years, back in the prog game with a long-awaited new album, which I […]

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 […]