Steve Vai – Vai/Gash (Favored Nations, 2023) After 30 long years of waiting, the long-awaited collaboration album between Steve Vai and Johnny “Gash” Sombretto, titled…
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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.
Bernhard Wöstheinrich Launches Ambient Album “Genre”
German electronic music artist Bernhard Wöstheinrich has released a studio album titled “Genre.” The recently released evocative ambient recording aims to captivate and mesmerize its…
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Remastered Boxed Set of Tangerine Dream at Their Best
Tangerine Dream – The Bootleg Box Vol. 2 (Esoteric Reactive/Cherry Red Records, 2023) Fans of Berlin-school electronic music will be able to experience the masterfully…
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Zopp’s Epic Second Album “Dominion” an Exceptional Achievement
Zopp – Dominion (Flat Circle Records, 2023) Zopp, the British progressive rock outfit, has released their second album ‘Dominion,’ a masterful progressive rock work that…
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Joy and Playfulness with Fusion
Fraudprophets – Poptosis (Fraudprophets , 2019) Fraudprophets is a musical partnership consisting of multi-instrumentalist/composer Sean Halley and percussionist Nate Morton, who is prominently featured on…
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Michael Whalen Breaks Free from Conventional Styles
Michael Whalen – Our April Tigers (2023) Michael Whalen, a composer who has won the Emmy Award and has gained international recognition as a recording…
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Jade Warrior Ahead of their Time: Eclipse and Fifth Element Remastered 2CD Edition
Jade Warrior – Eclipse / Fifth Element (Esoteric Recordings, 2023) Jade Warrior’s legendary 1973 recordings, ‘Eclipse’ and ‘Fifth Element’, have been given a new lease…
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M-Opus Master the Art of Progressive Rock
M-Opus – At The Mercy of Manannán (self-release, 2023) M-Opus is a superb Irish progressive rock band that is set to release one of the…
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John Irvine Band Inject Fusion into Sci-Fi Story, Scanning the Dark Horizon
John Irvine Band – Scanning the Dark Horizon (John Irvine, 2023) The John Irvine Band, a thrilling jazz-rock project with a symphonic progressive rock edge…
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Stephan Thelen, the Non-standard Guitar of the Future
Stephan Thelen – Fractal Guitar 3 (Moonjune, 2022) Fractal Guitar 3, is the sensational third installment in the Fractal Guitar series. Stephan Thelen is a…
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