Prog Reviews, Prog Music Reviews
Jul 28 2015
I was very fortunate recently to meet with Gordon Baldwin of Stamford Audio recently which due to my very pleasant surprise unearthed an enchanting musical experience. Gordon and i were amidst conducting business when the subject of Prog came up during which he tantalized me with an album by a band he bet I’d never …
Jun 17 2015
Mmm, yes indeed. A title that does invoke a very Tolkein feel to it as does the art work of Yak’s latest production Quest For The Stones. A very humorous and what feels like a tongue in cheek jibe albeit a fond one at the older Prog idiom of which so many of us …
Apr 28 2015
I consider The Tangent to be a phenomenon. A band that should be far more successful than they are depending on how you measure success. Perhaps it’s the honest and matter of fact Yorkshire delivery of of Tangent boss Andy Tillison who not only pens thought provoking non fantasy derived lyrics, he’s one hell of …
Mar 26 2015
It’s great to see Steve Hackett returning to what he does best which is writing and recording great albums of original music. Especially after the grueling Genesis Revisited tours that must have been all consuming this past couple of years. Steve utilized the downtime in between the tours to write new material sometimes in the …
Mar 19 2015
There isn’t a lot i can say about this album that hasn’t already been said my Wilson disciples, reviewers, critics et al. Wilson’s new album Hand Cannot Erase is available in all of the usual Steven Wilson options and replicates the magic that has gone before. CD, MP3, special De-lux edition, vinyl and for a considerable …
Feb 27 2015
Following the myriad of remastered and reissued albums of late by Pink Floyd, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, et al i was starting to suffer a little from overkill. However, when i got wind that Esoteric Recordings were about to release one of my favourite seventies albums 24-bit digital remastering of Quantum Jump’s eponymous album Barracuda i …
Feb 24 2015
Ever been in a club and a band has taken to the stage which makes you put down your drink and sit in amazement? Or been to watch a major band and been blown away by the support act? Well, Glacier are one such band. It was so many years ago now that i first …
Feb 21 2015
During the down time of Progmeister i we received a few albums for review that could not for technical reasons be reported on, This allowed more time than normal to listen to those albums that are to make it onto the review page. The one one that became the most addictive is The Game Of …
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