Stick Men with Gary Husband – Owari (MoonJune, 2020) The fantastic exploratory progressive rock geniuses Stick Men added the fabulous multi-instrumentalist Gary Husband to 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.
Dynamic Fusion Meets Imaginative Chamber Strings
Gavin Harrison and Antoine Fafard – Chemical Reactions (Harmonic Heresy, 2020) With bassist Antoine Fafard involved in a recording, you have the guarantee of a…
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Exquisite Fusion and Beyond from Russia
LRK Trio – Memory Moment (Losen, 2020) LRK Trio is a superb Russian contemporary jazz outfit. The Trio plays exquisite cutting edge instrumental music centered…
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The Flower Kings Successfully Rise from Isolation
The Flower Kings – Islands (Insideout Records, 2020) The Flower Kings continues its journey as one of the top progressive rock bands with a superb…
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Masterful Psychedelic Electronic Reconstruction of Shpongle Tracks
Cosmic Trigger – Shpongle Remixes (Twisted Records, 2020) Cosmic Trigger is the electronic music project of Jamie Grashion, a musician and producer that regularly works…
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Ut Gret’s Celebration of 25 Years of Improvisation
Ut Gret – Recent Fossils (ear X-tacy Records, 2006) Progressive music ensemble Ut Gret celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2006 with this 3-CD boxed set.…
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Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere, Masters of Improvised Rock
Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere – Theta Five (Discus, 2020) Theta Five is the fifth album from remarkable British band ensemble Orchestra of the Upper…
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Masterful Keyboard Tribute to Brazilian Pioneers
André Mehmari Trio – Na Esquina do Clube com o Sol na Cabeça (Tratore, 2019) Composer André Mehmari is one Brazil’s leading piano and keyboard…
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Shapeshifting Sound Explorations
Reuter Motzer Grohowski – Shapeshifters (Moonjune, 2020) Shapeshifters introduces the listener to a world of sound exploration. The album was recorded at Shapeshifter Labs and…
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Pastoral and Pulsing Electronica from AL_X
AL_X – Low Clouds (Fluttery Records, 2020) AL_X, the project of British musician and composer Alex Dunford, has a new album titled Low Clouds. The…
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