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Echolyn – "Time Silent Radio II cover artwork. Blue, red and yellow patterns over a black background.

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Echolyn – “Time Silent Radio II” and “Time Silent Radio vii”

Echolyn is Back! With maybe the best progressive rock album(s) of the year, Time Silent Radio; which will be released on the 7th of March…

This album cover features a surreal and fantastical landscape, painted in vibrant blues, greens, and purples. It depicts floating rock islands with trees growing on them, set against a tranquil horizon of water and sky. The foreground includes a twisting, ancient-looking tree, with its branches framing the scene. The typography of the album title and band name has a stylized, fantasy-like aesthetic.

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Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe’s ‘An Evening of Yes Music Plus’ Shines in a New 4-Disc Boxed Set

Angel Romero January 22, 2025 No Comments Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Bill Bruford Jon Anderson Progressive rock Rick Wakeman Steve Howe symphonic rock

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe – An Evening of Yes Music Plus (Esoteric, 2025) Fragile Records, in collaboration with Esoteric Recordings is releasing a 4-disc clamshell…

Ginetta's Vendetta - Fun Size cover artwork. A photo of the artist holding a pocket trumpet, wearing a yellow dress with a red background.

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Ginetta’s Vendetta: Pocket-Sized Powerhouse Delivers “Fun Size” Jazz

Charlie Melville January 22, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz Ginetta's Vendetta pocket trumpet trumpet

Ginetta’s Vendetta – Fun Size (Kickin’ Wiccan Music, 2024) Ginetta M., a multi-talented musician, composer, and bandleader, shines on Fun Size, her sixth album with…

Days Between Stations -Perpetual Motion Machines cover artwork. Two naked bodies painted red lying face up in shallow graves in a flat field.

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From Film Score to Album, Days Between Stations’ Perpetual Motion Machines

Kevin Baker January 18, 2025 No Comments

Days Between Stations – Perpetual Motion Machines (self-release, 2024) Days Between Stations’ fourth album, Perpetual Motion Machines (Music for a Film), is a compelling fusion…

This Lay of the Autumn album cover features a warm, autumnal theme with rich golden and earthy tones. A woman in a flowing yellow dress walks through a forest path, her dress transforming into swirling leaves.

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Lay of the Autumn – “Of Love and Sorrow”

Professor Mark January 14, 2025 No Comments "Of Love and Sorrow"Andrea Gambaro Cesare Ferrari Davide Lovecchio Davide Scuteri Female fronted progressive metal Iryna ERIA Boyarkina lay of autumn Lay of the Autumn – "Of Love and Sorrow"Michele Olmi symphonic progressive metal

Lay Of The Autumn is going to be the first metal symphonic band I review for 2025. Lay Of The Autumn is an exciting new…

This album cover for Beyond the Sleepy Hills by Rudy Adrian features a breathtaking landscape with a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere. A vivid red foreground contrasts with a misty expanse of rolling hills, where fog flows like cascading waves under a soft, glowing sunset or sunrise.

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Rudy Adrian Explores Serenity with “Beyond the Sleepy Hills”

Stefan Bruno January 13, 2025 No Comments ambient electronic music Rudy Adrian

Rudy Adrian – Beyond the Sleepy Hills (Spotted Peccary, 2024) New Zealand-based electronic music artist Rudy Adrian has unveiled his latest album, Beyond the Sleepy…

The album cover for Matias Bacoñsky's New World features a post-apocalyptic yet hopeful urban scene divided into two contrasting halves. On the left, decayed buildings and a collapsed environment. On the right, a greener and more vibrant side suggests renewal, with lush vegetation overtaking the structures and a brighter atmosphere. A glowing sunrise or sunset sits in the background. Subtle details like butterflies and a lone horse in the foreground. The title "New World" floats prominently.

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Matias Bacoñsky – “New World”

Professor Mark January 12, 2025 No Comments Ambre Vourvahis Manuella Kraller Marcela Bovio Matias Bacoñsky Matias Bacoñsky – "New World"Munay Anaya Ulli Perhonen Zuberoa Aznarez

Matias Bacoñsky, surprised us all, with a new release that includes some of the best female metal voices of the last 40 years. That new…

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Imperial Measures – “The Promise of Morning”

Professor Mark January 11, 2025 2 Comments Imperial Measures Kevin Hartnell Peter Rand Stefanie Kisamore

Peter Rand, one of the composers and leaders of Imperial Measures, was nice enough to attend my 2024 Holiday Show on Zoom, and mentioned to…

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PAKT’s “No Steps Left to Trace” – A Bold Dive into Improvised Fusion

Angel Romero January 10, 2025 No Comments fusion jazz-rock PAKT Progressive rock

PAKT – No Steps Left to Trace (MoonJune Records, 2024) PAKT’s double album, No Steps Left to Trace, presents an electrifying mix of studio and…

Nektar - Mission to Mars cover artwork. A psychedelic design. An illustration of a purple young man or boy holding a pad with cables connected to an upside down head of a blue bearded man floating in space.

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Nektar Takes Off: A Solid Rock Voyage with “Mission to Mars”

Kevin Baker January 3, 2025 No Comments classic rock Nektar Progressive rock psychedelic rock

Nektar – Mission to Mars (Deko Entertainment, 2024) Nektar’s Mission to Mars delivers a nostalgic yet fresh mix of classic rock and limited progressive elements.…