Glass Hammer Perilous (Arion Records/Sound Resources SR3027, 2012) Veteran symphonic progressive rock band released a concept album titled Perilous a few weeks ago. “It should…
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Author: 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.
Psychedelic World Music
Various Artists Psychedelic World Music (Trail Records 013, 2012) Trail Records continues to surprise with a collection of psychedelic progressive rock from various parts of…
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Nektar A Spoonful Of Time (Cleopatra, 2012) At a first glance, the project looked really attractive. Great artwork by the Carmona brothers, pioneering progressive rock…
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Steve Roach & Dirk Serries Low Volume Music (Projekt PRO00277, 2012) Two of the masters of ambient electronic music get together again after 10 years…
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Focus X (2012) Dutch progressive rock band Focus has had a long and successful career. However, it’s not a very prolific band. As the title…
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The Beauty is Syndone
Syndone The Beauty is the Beast (2012) Italian band Syndone has released undoubtedly one of the finest progressive rock albums of the year. La Bella…
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Mars Hollow Live RoSFest 2011 (Fingerwoven Records, 2012) American progressive rock band Mars Hollow has just released a live album that captures their vitality and…
View More Mars Hollow at RoSFest 2011Compelling Four Pieces
Cailyn Four Pieces (Land of Oz Music, 2012) Four Pieces is an instrumental album by skilled rock and blues guitarist Cailyn Lloyd who is better…
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Unitopia Covered Mirror Vol.1, Smooth as Silk (Birds Robe Records, 2012) I like Unitopia’s positive attitude and philosophy, their beautiful artwork and their phenomenal vocals…
View More Smooth UnitopiaThe Wondrous World of Phideaux and Mogon
Phideaux Xavier is one of the most interesting and exciting characters in the current American progressive rock scene. Although he doesn’t get the attention he…
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