Pete Oxley & Nicolas Meier Chasing Tales (MGP Records, 2015) Chasing Tales is an exquisite guitar album by English-guitarist Pete Oxley and Swiss guitar player…
View More Pete Oxley and Nicolas Meier’s Guitar Sense of BeautyAuthor: Angel Romero
Angel Romero has been writing about progressive music and world music for many years. Publications include Eurock (USA), Marquee (Japan), and Nuevas Músicas (Spain). He founded the websites progressiverockcentral.com and worldmusiccentral.org. Angel also produced Musica NA, a music show for TVE (Spain) featuring fusion, avant-garde, world music, new age and electronic artists.
Utah’s Color Country
Kevin Stout and Brian Booth Color Country (Jazzed5 Records 794504407112, 2014) Color Country is jazz musical tribute to Utah’s landscapes developed by Las Vegas-based (Nevada)…
View More Utah’s Color CountryProgressive Music for Air Devices
Squonk Opera Pneumatica (Squonk Opera SO14003, 2014) The first thing you need to know about Squonk Opera is that it’s a multidisciplinary group of artists…
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State of the Art Indonesian Fusion Alchemy
simakDialog Live at Orion (MJR068, 2015) As I’ve said before in other reviews, MoonJune Records’ owner, Leonardo Pavkovic has stumbled upon a musical gold mine…
View More State of the Art Indonesian Fusion AlchemyMagma’s Wild Ride
Magma Slag Tanz (Jazz Village, 2015) Coinciding with its recent tour, French progressive band released this new mini album titled Slag Tanz (pronounced schlag tanz).…
View More Magma’s Wild RideGlass Hammer’s First-Class Prog
Glass Hammer The Breaking of the World (Arion, 2015) Glass Hammer has matured very well like a great wine. The Breaking of the World is…
View More Glass Hammer’s First-Class ProgRenaissance Keyboardist John Tout Passes Away
Progressive rock keyboard player John Tout passed away on May 1st, 2015 at 4:30pm from lung failure at The Royal Free Hospital in London, England.…
View More Renaissance Keyboardist John Tout Passes AwayProgressive Rock Keyboardist Guy LeBlanc Dies at 54
Celebrated progressive rock keyboardist Guy LeBlanc passed away April 27, 2015 of kidney cancer complications. Guy LeBlanc was the founder of two significant Canadian…
View More Progressive Rock Keyboardist Guy LeBlanc Dies at 54Fabulous Electric Guitar for Everyone
Scott Henderson Vibe Station (Scott Henderson, 2015) Get ready to enjoy a succulent electric guitar fest with Scott Henderson’s new album titled Vibe Station, scheduled…
View More Fabulous Electric Guitar for EveryoneECM Records Celebrates Keith Jarrett’s 70th birthday with Two Albums
To celebrate Keith Jarrett’s 70th birthday, ECM Records is releasing two albums, Creation and Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto op. 38 and Béla Bartók’s Piano Concerto…
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