In the infancy of the internet era there were dial-up / email service providers, including my chosen supplier AOL. What has ...

The progressive scene in Italy took slightly longer to catch on than it did in the UK, with PFM and Banco’s stunning debuts and sophomores only showing up in 1972, by the time Yes and many other ...

Kraanerg is the title of a ballet written by Iannis Xenakis in 1969. It is derived from the Greek and translates as ‘accomplished action’. It seems like an apt name for Nat Bergrin’s outfit, as ...

Whilst Shaun Geraghty was busy at Buckingham Palace (no kidding!) he usurped his Prog Radio throne for one week with a Special based on Peter Gabriel music at the ...

Dedicated to finding new and innovative music in all its guises, whilst acknowledging its long and rich history. Includes Album Reviews, Interviews, Concert Reviews, UK Gig Guide, UK Festival Page and ...

The Syntax of Things is the sophomore album from Galasphere 347, a band named after a spacecraft from the early sixties puppet series Space Patrol. Despite my ...

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In a recent interview during the launch gig for Music Is Art Vol.1 Steve Balsamo and Rob Reed of Chimpan A shared their approach to writing music for this new album: ‘There are no rules – the only ...

Enormo-gigs have not featured largely on my radar for a long time now. I haven’t been to an arena show either since early 2019, so it was quite a surprise to be offered a chance to see Muse play one ...

1984’s Fugazi, Marillion’s second album, is the latest of the band’s ‘EMI era’ albums to be re-released as an impressive deluxe edition. There are albums which stand the test of time, some ‘deluxe’ ...

This time last year I decided to mark the 50 th anniversary of the ‘Goodbye Summer’ festival, the first of three similar events held at the Oval Cricket Ground in the early ’70s. There were two ...

I thought it might be interesting to mark the 50th anniversary of the ‘Goodbye Summer’ festival, my first festival and the first of what would be three such events held at the Oval Cricket Ground in ...