Category: CD Reviews

Landmarq Entertaining Angels – Special Edition (Synergy, 2012) This band is described as neoprog, but what I heard on this double album special edition is…

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Kompendium Beneath The Waves (7Stones/Tigermoth Records TMRCD, 2012) Kompendium is an ambitious musical project spearheaded by keyboardist and composer Rob Reed (Magenta and Cyan). Although…

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Big Big Train English Electric, Part Two (English Electric Records, 2013) Big Big Train’s 2012 album, English Electric, Part One, was one of the highest…

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Steven Wilson The Raven That Refused to Sing and other stories (Kscope Music 242, 2013) It’s going to be extremely difficult to beat this recording…

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Al Berkowitz A Long Hereafter / Nothing beyond (2012) Al Berkowitz is the name of a Spanish psychedelic music band with a tasteful laid back…

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Ukab Maerd The Waiting Room (Djam Karet / HC Productions, 2010) Ukab Maerd is the electronic music project of Chuck Oken, Jr and Gayle Ellett,…

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John McLaughlin The Promise (Universal, 1996) This is a terrific sampling of guitarist John McLaughlin’s wide range of collaborations. It includes the jam ‘Django’ with…

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Dewa Budjana Dawai in Paradise (MoonJune Records, 2013) Dawai in Paradise is the fifth album by Indonesian guitar sensation Dewa Budjana, who hails from the…

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Dave Haskell Pivot Point (Coastal Sky Productions CSP001, 2013) Pivot Point is the first album by seasoned jazz guitarist Dave Haskell. Although Haskell has been…

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Shadow Circus On a Dark and Stormy Night (10T Records , 2012) The latest album by New Jersey band Shadow Circus is a concept album…

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