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Rebecca Vasmant Finds Her Voice

Charlie Melville June 3, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz Rebecca Vasmant

Rebecca Vasmant – Who We Are, Becoming (2025) Rebecca Vasmant’s second album, Who We Are, Becoming, marks a pivotal moment in the Glasgow-based producer and…

The album cover for Bill Laurance & Michael League – Keeping Company features a painting of two shadowy, humanoid figures blending into a greenish, misty background.

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Doubling Down on Dialog: Laurance & League Keep Company

Bill Laurance & Michael League – Keeping Company (ACT, 2024) Bill Laurance and Michael League’s duo collaboration, Keeping Company, is a continuation of their exploration…

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Pythia – “V PT.1: Unhallowed”

Professor Mark May 31, 2025 No Comments Ash Porter Jacob Hansen Jamie Hunt Marc Dyos Marcus Matusiak metal Metal Cinematic metal core metal melodic Metal Progressive Ollie Roberts Pythia - "V PT.1: Unhallowed"Remy Cooper Ross White Sophie Dorman UK

2025 has been an incredible year of music, already! I am finding so many metal bands, it’s like they are growing on trees, abundantly. My…

The album cover for Anthony Phillips – Radio Clyde 1978 features a bright red vintage radio illustration with a stylized antenna and a tuning dial that lists track titles. The artist’s name appears in red cursive at the top, while “Radio Clyde 1978” is written in retro script on the radio body.

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Tune In, Wise Up: Anthony Phillips Revisits Radio Clyde

Angel Romero May 31, 2025 No Comments Anthony Phillips Progressive rock symphonic rock

Anthony Phillips – Radio Clyde 1978 – Remastered & Expanded Edition (Cherry Red Records, 2025) Originally recorded in July 1978, Radio Clyde 1978 captures Anthony…

A soft, painterly landscape shows arid hills and brush under a swirling sky, with bold red lettering reading In The Rain Shadow.

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MVI Invites Listeners to Pause, Reflect, and Stay Awhile

Angel Romero May 29, 2025 No Comments classical crossover contemporary jazz Mark Vickness MVI western classical music world fusion

MVI – In the Rain Shadow (self-release, 2023) On In the Rain Shadow, composer, and guitarist Mark Vickness’ third album, delivers both a musical travelogue…

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No Sound – “To the Core”

Professor Mark May 29, 2025 No Comments Daniele Michelacci electronic music Giancarlo Erra Italy Marco Berni No Sound – "To the Core"Orazio Fabbri Paolo Vigliarolo Progressive rock rock progresivo italiano

…And then…out of nowhere, NoSound is back! And with a new epic and impassioned EP, To the Core. The EP will be released June 27,…

The album cover for Drop (Remastered) by Soft Machine features a black-and-white photo of the band members—Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper, Phil Howard, and Elton Dean—leaning over a pool table. The band's name appears at the top in bold lettering, with each member's name below it. The title Drop is centered in a minimalist font, while a red "Remastered" stamp appears below.

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Storm Warning: Soft Machine Unleashed on ‘Drop’

Angel Romero May 27, 2025 No Comments free jazz jazz-rock Soft Machine

Soft Machine – Drop (remastered) (Moonjune, 2025) In late 1971, Soft Machine entered a period of intense stylistic flux. Following the departure of founding drummer…

The album cover for Monumentata by Nad Sylvan features a grayscale, close-up photo of Sylvan’s face, obscured by a grid or mesh overlay. The artist's name appears in small white text in the top left, while the album title is rotated vertically in the bottom right.

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Nad Sylvan Ponders Mortality on a Less-than-Monumental “Monumentata”

Kevin Baker May 27, 2025 1 Comment classic rock hard rock Nad Sylvan soft rock

Nad Sylvan – Monumentata (InsideOutMusic, 2025) For those of us who’ve followed Nad Sylvan’s theatrical arc, from his captivating vampiric persona in The Vampirate Trilogy…

The album cover for Life Force by Darkyra features an illustration of a white dove and a black raven locked in a dynamic, circular dance. Set against a radiant background that shifts from soft pinks to deep purples and reds, the imagery is framed by intertwining branches and cosmic elements. The band’s name appears in a bold, calligraphic script in the top right, while the album title is written below in cursive.

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Darkyra – “Life Force”

Professor Mark May 26, 2025 2 Comments Australia Darkyra Fab Jablonski Garry King Gina Bafile Gus Mansur Life Force Lucio Manca Maaz Manik metal symphonic Perth Progressive rock symphonic rock

I found out about Darkyra because of their concert with one of my favorite metal bands Ammify. Ammify and Darkyra will be playing a concert…

The album cover for Age of Fragility by Marco Mattei features a young boy standing in shallow water, facing a futuristic city skyline in the distance. The waterline cuts through the middle of the image, symbolically dividing nature (grass beneath his feet) and urbanization.

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Fragile Times: Marco Mattei’s Age of Fragility

Aiden Robinson May 26, 2025 No Comments classic rock Marco Mattei Progressive rock

Marco Mattei – Age of Fragility (M.P. & Records, 2025) Italian composer and singer-songwriter Marco Mattei returns with Age of Fragility, a concept album that…