DarWin – “Origin of Species” (Origin of Species, 2019) This futuristic concept album presents a set of masterfully-produced tracks where outstanding fusion keyboard work, drums…
View More Origin of Species Concept Album by DarWinAuthor: 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.
Gracefully Elegant Big Big Train
Big Big Train – Grand Tour (English Electric Recordings, 2019) On the album Grand Tour, British progressive rock band Big Big Train provides a musical…
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Big Big Train is a British progressive rock band formed in Bournemouth in 1990. Until 2009, Big Big Train was active primarily as a studio…
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Live Reunion of Pioneering American Band Utopia
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia – Live At The Chicago Theatre (Purple Pyramid, 2019) Multifaceted musician and singer Todd Rundgren is known for crossing over into various…
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Todd Rundgren was born June 22, 1948, in Philadelphia, USA. He began playing guitar as a teenager, going on to found and lead Nazz, a…
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The Masterful Craft of IZZ
IZZ – Don’t Panic (Doone Records, 2019) American progressive rock band IZZ has released one of its finest albums in recent years. Don’t Panic makes…
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Interview with Rising Norwegian Band Jordsjø
Norwegian progressive rock band Jordsjø has released one of the finest albums so far this year. Nattfiolen is progressive symphonic rock at its best. Although…
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Andalusian rock band Alameda was born in Seville. The group fused flamenco and progressive rock, featuring two keyboardists, the Marinelli brothers. The lineup included Rafael…
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Illustrated Lunar Folk Tales
Lunar Cape band – Lunar Folk Tales (ArtBeat Music, 2019) Russian act Lunar Cape band has released a beautifully-packaged album titled “Lunar Folk Tales.” The…
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The seeds of Guadalquivir emerged from the idea of Seville guitarists Andrés Olaegui and Luis Cobo “Manglis.” The two musicians coincided while serving together in…
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