What a year eh? In the music world it’s been a bloody awful one loosing as we have my all time hero Keith Emerson as well as legends David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Roye Albrighton, Prince, Rod Temperton, James Woolley, Gilli Smith Greg Lake and most recently Rick Parfitt. This short list only scratches the surface …
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Nov 13 2016
Kaipa Da Capo | Darskapens Monotoni.
Forerunners to Swedish Prog legends The Flower Kings, Kaipa recently reformed with the extended moniker Kaipa Da Capo. This if my understanding is correct differentiates between Kaipa who are still a going concern. The incarnation under scrutiny here formed in 2014 for a festival and decided to stay together in their present to produce a …
Oct 17 2016
Marillion | Fuck Everything And Run (FEAR)
Marillion aren’t a band i follow on an obsessive basis as some ardent followers do and i will admit to cherry picking from their now not unsubstantial repertoire for the things that really appeal to me. The bands latest album FEAR or Fuck Everyone And Run to give the album it’s full title grabbed my …
Sep 27 2016
Airbag | Disconnected
Airbag represent good advice once given to me that i never took. Having listened to sound-bites via the airwaves i was always suitably impressed though i totally forgot to follow up. Having recently received a batch of albums from Karisma Records based in Norway i spied the brand new album by none other than Airbag. …
Sep 11 2016
Ray Wilson | Makes Me Think Of Home
Ray Wilson known to many Prog fans as the singer on the Genesis album Calling All Stations seems to be having a productive year creatively with the release on October 7th of his second album of 2016. Hot on the heels of his melancholy Song For A Friend album, Ray continues his life journey and …
Sep 08 2016
The Pineapple Thief | Your Wilderness
The Pineapple Thief are one of those bands that have managed to elude me. That was however until their new album Your Wilderness Landed at Progmeister towers for review, I found myself intrigued from the outset having taken the album from it’s jiffy bag along with another disc to find a beautifully presented album with …
Sep 01 2016
Announcement
To say that i am thrilled to bits is an understatement to announce that The Progmeister’s PROGCAST is now to be hosted by the very splendid ARFM rock radio. It has been my pleasure to listen to ARFM rock radio for many years so becoming part of the team there is for me an …
Aug 07 2016
Freedom To Glide | Fall
Freedom To Glide are the produce of a Pink Floyd tribute band (Dark Side Of The Wall) and consist of keyboard player Pete Riley and guitarist/singer Andy Nixon. This is the duo’s second album the first being as simply titled “Rain” . My review of Rain was a favourable one sighting that obvious influences were …