MYSTERY (CANADA) Redemption The foremost attribute to success and glory, whether in sports, academics, culinary arts, business, relationships and of course music, is […]

VAMOOSERY (UK) Moving Forward First set of applause: Love that band name, so original! Mind you, it could have been M-elk Away the Ice, Bullwinkle’s Rock or Caribou-ya! Based in C […]

ESPRIT D’ESCALIER (FRANCE) Thresholds This French quartet from lovely Orléans has just released an EP in preparation for a full-blown album (their third) slated for 2025, showing an […]

RESIDUOS MENTALES (GREECE) A Temporary State of Bliss Alexandros Mantas reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in taking an ear to their music, and since I had heard their rather odd Spanish […]

THE EMERALD DAWN (UK) In Time The Emerald Dawn are back with their fifth album, on the heels of 2021’s crowning achievement, the highly acclaimed “To Touch the Sky”. The bar is se […]

RUBY DAWN (UK) Beyond Tomorrow It is the prerogative of youth to believe in coincidence. As one grows older and perhaps even wiser through experience, pain, elation, suffering and […]

FLAME DROP (SWITZERLAND) Flow I found this delightful little surprise whilst hunting high and low for some new discovery and it happen to be their videos that got me heading […]

TOM(USA) The Last Outpost Well this was quite the discovery , an unexpected surprise from the USA that I found on my main French language […]

LIFESIGNS (UK) Live in the Netherlands No disrespect to powerhouses Transatlantic, The Flower Kings and whomever the prog audience deem fit to be called a super group, my choice for a group […]

GALAHAD (UK) The Long Goodbye Receiving a new Galahad album is like being a parent to a newborn child, each one a joy to behold and lately, the band has been as timely as any […]

Ian HILL (UK) Arik's Journey For some fans, its the World Cup, the Stanley Cup, or the World Series. For others, its Michelin starred restaurants. Back once long ago, there was […]

CONFUSION FIELD (FINLAND) Future Impact of Past Diversions Tomi Kankainen is a veteran lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from Finland whose 2021 debut “Disconnection Complete” attracted my attention as a p […]

GEOFF PROUDLEY (UK) K of A There are many among us who consider Rick Wakeman’s debut solo album, the Six Wives of Henry VIII to be a scintillating masterpiece and rightly so, a […]

Yuval RON (GERMANY) Somewhere in this Universe, Somebody Hits a Drum Yuval Ron is a talented guitarist, vocalist and composer based out of Berlin, juggling a myriad of styles that span the rock and jazz spectrum, and […]

IO EARTH (UK) Sanctuary This consistently first-rate Birmingham UK prog band is back again with a new 2023 release called Sanctuary, featuring drop-dead beautiful cover art, […]

HACKBERRY (NETHERLANDS) Breathing Space Fast on the heels of their sumptuous debut, I simply had to comply with my urge to see if the follow-up is of the same exceptional level and provide […]

Gayle ELLETT & the ELECTROMAGS (USA) Friends Gayle needs no introduction to prog fans as his prolific career has spanned well over 40 years with the consistently illustrious Djam Karet, keeping both […]

RETREAT FROM MOSCOW (UK) Dreams, Myths and Machines Patience is often regarded as one of the loftiest virtues that a human can wish to attain in its lifetime. From our drool dripping early days […]

BUILT FOR THE FUTURE (USA) 2084:Heretic Back in the heady early days of prog, it was common practice for any band to choose a great name as well as some mind-blowing artwork, in order to […]

Steve WILSON (UK) The Harmony Codex Damned if you do and damned if you don’t, whilst contemplating the sad reality of how negative news, comments and opinions seem to garner more favour ( […]