The Flower Kings – By Royal Decree (Inside Out Music, 2022) Aside from great musicianship and songwriting, another key aspect of The Flower Kings is…
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Jazz as Heavy as Metal
Dualistic – Dualistic (Losen Records, 2029) Dualistic presents an innovative form of jazz fusion. Pianist Bernt Moen and his colleagues brilliantly combine extended jazz harmonies…
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Charm and Creativity in the Valley
Needlepoint – Walking Up That Valley (BJK Music, 2021) Norwegian band Needlepoint released this delectable album in 2020. Needlepoint is the project of singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,…
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JPL – Sapiens, Chapitre 3/3: Actum
Jean Pierre Louveton is back with an epic new album of music, Sapiens, Chapitre 3/3: Actum; which was released March 11, 2022, on the Quadrifonic…
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Erewän – “How Will All This End?”
Erewän is a Nice-based, French progressive rock and Celtic rocker who released How Will All This End?, back on December 10, 2021. Erewän describes the…
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Bjørn Riis– “Everything to Everyone”
Bjørn Riis, Airbag co-founder, songwriter and lead guitarist, has returned in 2022, with a new studio album titled Everything to Everyone. And it is much…
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TriTone Asylum, Elegant Fusion and Funk from Los Angeles
TriTone Asylum – The Hideaway Sessions (2022) The Hideaway Sessions is the new album from southern California jazz fusion band TriTone Asylum. The excellent ensemble…
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Mini Symphony and Epic work from Silhouette
Silhouette – The World Is Flat and Other Alternative Facts (Progress Records, 2017) “The World Is Flat and Other Alternative Facts” is the 2017 album…
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Bach Lute Works Recreated with Exquisite Electric Guitar
Harvey Valdes – Novare: J.S. Bach Lute Works on Electric Guitar (Destiny Records, 2022) Acclaimed guitarist and composer Harvey Valdes has skillfully and lovingly recreated…
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Idiosyncratic Works inspired by Zappa
Zolder Ellipsis – Entropy Override (Open-Mind Lizard, 2022) Zolder Ellipsis is an avant-garde progressive rock project by keyboardist and composer Tom Aldrich. Although the album…
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