Various Artists – “Cherry Stars Collide – Dream Pop, Shoegaze & Ethereal Rock 1986-1995” (Cherry Red Records, 2023) “Cherry Stars Collide” is a detailed 4CD…
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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.
Jan Rivera’s Dazzling Exhibition of Electric Guitar Fusion
Jan Rivera – Existential Paranoia (2022) Jan Rivera, the electric guitar virtuoso from Puerto Rico, presents us with the magnificent album, “Existential Paranoia.” This musical…
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The Phenomenal World of Jazz-Rock Fusion
Jazz-rock fusion, a genre that combines the improvisational spirit of jazz with the hard-hitting beats and electric energy of rock music, emerged in the late…
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Josh Nelson’s Engaging Musical Musings About the Red Planet
Josh Nelson – Exploring Mars (Origin Records, 2015) Composer, keyboardist, and trumpeter Josh Nelson delves into the mysteries of the red planet on “Exploring Mars.”…
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Reissue of Kalevala Orchestra’s Abraham’s Blue Refrain
Kalevala Orchestra – Abraham’s Blue Refrain (1977/Svart Records, 2022) Kalevala Orchestra, formerly known as Kalevala, released their third album “Abraham’s Blue Refrain” in 1977. Recently,…
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Strange Gravity, the Second Alluring Collaboration from Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen
Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen – Strange Gravity (Spotted Peccary Music, 2021) Craig Padilla, an experienced electronic music artist, and Marvin Allen, a talented electric…
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RPWL’s Melancholic Progressive Rock
RPWL – Crime Scene (2023) Bavarian art rock band RPWL tackles the theme of human behavior and its dark side on their new album “Crime…
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Anchor and Burden’s Unwavering Spontaneous Creations
Anchor and Burden – Kosmonautik Pilgrimage (Moonjune, 2023) Markus Reuter leads Anchor and Burden, a contemporary band that sets an example of improvised live studio…
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Ten Instrumentals to Illustrate the Lasseter paintings
Ashley Davies – Gold (2022) Composer and multi-instrumentalist Ashley Davies has released his latest album, “Gold.” The recording features 10 tracks, each blending a 1960s…
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Music For Boring Times, Part 3
German electronic music artists Volker Lankow has released the third episode of the “Music For Boring Times” series. Lankow: says: “To speak with the words…
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