Gentle Knife II – Clock Unwound (Bajkal Records, 2017) Gentle Knife is a pretty large Norwegian ensemble described as a progressive rock collective. The album…
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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.
Experiments of the Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere
Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere – Theta Three (Discus Music, 2017) Theta Three is the third album by the Orchestra of the Upper Atmosphere. It’s…
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Traumhaus – Ausgeliefert (Progressive Promotion Records, 2014) On Ausgeliefert, German band Traumhaus delivers primarily hard rock, AOR and metal riffs with some neoprog moments. The…
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Avant-Garde Nirvana
Aranis – Smells Like (Homerecords, 2017) Aranis is one of those bands that is hard to classify. It’s an acoustic music ensemble that plays contemporary…
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Spellbinding Logical Drift
Logical Drift – “Sands of Time” (NYC Music, 2017) Logical Drift is the project of remarkable musician and composer John Matarazzo. His album “Sands of…
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Karibow – From Here to the Impossible (Progressive Promotion Records, 2017) Yet another album marketed as progressive rock that’s really not. Karibow is the project…
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Finely Crafted Cypriot Fusion
TriCoolOre – World Without Words (Garden Of Dreams Records, 2017) TriCoolOre is a great fusion band from Nicosia, Cyprus. The foundation of TriCoolOre is a…
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Hard Charging Dreadnaught
Dreadnaught – Hard Chargin’ (Red Fez, 2017) Dreadnaught is the band that regularly plays an unexpected mix of musical genres. In past albums, Dreadnaught has…
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In a career that has spanned over 4 years John McLaughlin has been part of or led some of the most important movements in jazz…
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Riveting International Genetics
You Bred Raptors? – International Genetics (2017) International Genetics is the instrumental rock album by New York band You Bred Raptors? The trio has an…
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