Per Mathisen, Jan Gunnar Hoff and Horacio “El Negro” Hernández – Barxeta II (Losen Records, 2018) The Barxeta series revolves around two exceptional instrumentalists and…
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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.
New Editions of All Three “Phenomena” AOR Rock Concept Albums
Phenomena, an easy listening rock and pop music concept album series envisioned by record producer Tom Galley and his brother, guitarist Mel Galley, is now…
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Dina El Wedidi Explores Ambience and the Sounds of Trains
Dina El Wedidi – Slumber (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2018) Egyptian artist Dina El Wedidi is known as a vocalist, composer and percussionist who performs world music…
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Monumental Yes Film Restored on Blu-ray
Yes – Yessongs – 40th Anniversary Special Edition (MVD Visual, 2018) Yessongs – 40th Anniversary Special Edition is the Blu-ray release of the iconic movie…
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Entrancing Ambience from Laraaji, Arji OceAnanda and Dallas Acid
Laraaji • Arji OceAnanda • Dallas Acid – Arrive Without Leaving (2018) Arrive Without Leaving is a fascinating collaboration that brings together various artists involved…
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Vasil Hadzimanov Band – Lines In Sand (Moonjune Records, 2018) Vasil Hadzimanov Band is one of the most fascinating progressive jazz fusion acts in the…
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Thought-provoking Psychoyogi
Psychoyogi – Accident Prone (Psychoyogi, 2018) Accident Prone is the latest recording by British progressive act Psychoyogi. The band’s style cuts across various musical genres,…
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Hungarian Folk Transformed Through Progressive Rock
Yesterdays – Senki Madara (Author’s Edition, 2018) Senki madara is the third album by Hungarian progressive rock band Yesterdays. On this new recording, Yesterdays delivers…
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Formidable Italian Band Syndone Addresses Misogyny in Concept Album
Syndone – Mysoginia (Maracash Records, 2018) Italian progressive symphonic rock band Syndone has matured into one of the finest acts in the European scene. The…
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Groundbreaking Band Dead Can Dance Releases Dionysus
Dead Can Dance, an acclaimed genre-defying duo has a new album titled Dionysus. The recording is the duo’s first album in six years and consists…
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