Glasys – Defective Humanity 2019, will be remembered, by me, as the year Pacific Northwest progressive rock artists emerged and became recognized by the world.…
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Art in America – “Cloud Born”
Art in America – Cloud Born It all started in 1983, on MTV. I first saw Shishonee Flynn play that wonderful golden harp that cascades…
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Jamey Arent – The Back Burner (Jamey Arent, 2019) Guitarist and composer Jamey Arent delivers a tasty mix of funk jazz, blues, neo-soul, rock and…
View More Jamey Arent Finds His BluesRichard Henshall Ventures into More Progressive Territory
Richard Henshall – The Cocoon (The Burning Shed, 2019) Richard Henshall is one of the best known guitarists in the prog metal field. He is…
View More Richard Henshall Ventures into More Progressive TerritoryDarrel Treece-Birch – “No More Time”
Darrel Treece-Birch No More Time Darrel Treece-Birch is the keyboardist for Nth Ascension. He offered to let me listen to a couple of his solo…
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Darrel Treece-Birch Celestial After completing the review of Nth Ascension’s new album, Stranger Than Fiction, I was invited to Darrel, to listen to keyboard player…
View More Darrel Treece-Birch CelestialA Finely-crafted Contemporary Celebration of Early Progressive Music
Maurizio Brunod, Giorgio Li Calzi, Boris Savoldelli – Nostalgia Progressiva (distributed by MoonJune Records, 2019) Three forward-thinking Italian musicians celebrate the progressive music of the…
View More A Finely-crafted Contemporary Celebration of Early Progressive MusicRicochet, At the Early Edge of Electronica and Rock
Tangerine Dream – Ricochet (Virgin RecordsUniversal, 2019 reissue) Ricochet was the first live album released by trailblazing German electronic music band Tangerine Dream. The release…
View More Ricochet, At the Early Edge of Electronica and RockTwo Sides of Brighteye Brison
Brighteye Brison – V (Bad Elephant Music, 2019) This Scandinavian act is marketed as a progressive rock band. However, when you listen to the first…
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Intelligent Music Project IV – Sorcery Inside (Intelligent Music, 2019) The Intelligent Music project goes back to the golden era of AOR (Adult Oriented Rock)…
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