The Guildmaster – Gathering of Souls (Seacrest Oy – SCR-1047, 2025) With Gathering of Souls, their third release on Seacrest Oy, The Guildmaster delivers its…
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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.
Jeff Pearce Releases Haunting New Video
Electronic guitarist Jeff Pearce has unveiled a new music video for “And You Will Never Know,” a track from his Ethereal Night EP. The visual…
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Tune In, Wise Up: Anthony Phillips Revisits Radio Clyde
Anthony Phillips – Radio Clyde 1978 – Remastered & Expanded Edition (Cherry Red Records, 2025) Originally recorded in July 1978, Radio Clyde 1978 captures Anthony…
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MVI Invites Listeners to Pause, Reflect, and Stay Awhile
MVI – In the Rain Shadow (self-release, 2023) On In the Rain Shadow, composer, and guitarist Mark Vickness’ third album, delivers both a musical travelogue…
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Storm Warning: Soft Machine Unleashed on ‘Drop’
Soft Machine – Drop (remastered) (Moonjune, 2025) In late 1971, Soft Machine entered a period of intense stylistic flux. Following the departure of founding drummer…
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Shez Raja’s Spellbound, a Vivid Journey Through Global Jazz Terrain
Shez Raja – Spellbound (Gearbox Cut, 2025) With Spellbound, Shez Raja invites listeners into a world where cultures collide, not with clamor, but with coherence.…
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Burning Bright: A Futurist Descent into the “Tenth Circle”
I Sincopatici ft Claudio Milano – Decimo Cerchio (L’Inferno 1911 O.S.T.) (Snowdonia, 2024) With Decimo Cerchio (L’Inferno 1911 O.S.T.), the Italian trio I Sincopatici, joined…
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Old Roots, New Tricks: Lars Fredrik Frøislie Reaches Back to Move Forward on Gamle Mester
Lars Fredrik Frøislie – Gamle Mester (Karisma Records, 2025) On Gamle Mester (“Old Master”), his second solo album for Karisma Records, Norwegian composer and vintage…
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Hold the Sax: Soft Works Casts a Cool Spell on Abracadabra
Soft Works – Abracadabra (Moonjune, 2025 reissue) When Abracadabra first appeared in 2003, it arrived quietly but confidently, an elusive work from Soft Works, the…
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Darkness to Light Boxed Set Illuminates Judy Dyble’s Visionary Folk Legacy
Judy Dyble – Darkness to Light – The Recordings 2004-2006, Remastered 3CD Boxed Set (Esoteric/Cherry Red Records, 2025) By the time Judy Dyble (1949 –…
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