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Volker Lankow - Into the Loop 2 cover artwork. A painting with blue, pink and white patterns.

Loop Dreams: Volker Lankow Returns With Recurring Electronics

After abandoning live looping in 2018 due to unsatisfying early experiments, electronic music artist Volker Lankow returned to the practice with renewed purpose in 2023.…

The album cover for The Book of Revelations: Chapter Two – Olympus Mons features a painted depiction of the Martian surface, dominated by the vast caldera of Olympus Mons, the solar system’s largest volcano. Set against a black star-speckled sky, the red-hued planet curves across the frame. The title appears at the top in serif font, with the chapter subtitle placed in the lower right corner.

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The Book of Revelations – “Olympus Mons”

Professor Mark July 26, 2025 No Comments "Olympus Mons"“The Plumes of Enceladus”Chris Millwater Daniel Monaghan Genesis Gerard Freeman Joe Donegan Mark Worledge Paul Blackwell Progressive rock The Book of Revelations

The Book of Revelations is a refreshing band, that knows how to memorialize and at the same time, give new life to classic Genesis sounds…

Joni Mitchell Joni’s Jazz box cover design. a photo of Joni accompanied by jazz musicians.

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Kind of Blue: Joni Mitchell Curates a Jazz-Flavored Retrospective

Prog News July 23, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz folk-rock jazz Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell will release Joni’s Jazz on September 5, a career-spanning anthology that traces her deep and evolving relationship with jazz. The 61-track collection arrives…

Song Yi Jeon - The Earthy Suites cover artwork. A black and white illustration of the artist.

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Song Yi Jeon Intertwines Jazz with Korean Rhythm

Prog News July 19, 2025 No Comments jazz Korean music Song Yi Jeon world jazz

Berlin-based vocalist and composer Song Yi Jeon has unveiled The Earthy Suites, the debut album of her nine-piece SYJ Nonet. The project fuses traditional Korean…

Ellesmere Mere On Stage! Cover artwork. A collage of live photos featuring band memebrs.

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Ellesmere, Italian Symphonic Prog Powerhouse Captured Live

Prog News July 10, 2025 No Comments Ellesmere Progressive rock symphonic rock

Italian multi-instrumentalist and composer Roberto Vitelli returns with Mere, On Stage! (AMS Records AMS355CD, 2025), the second live album from his progressive rock project Ellesmere.…

The album cover for Flying High at the Heart of It by Sandro Norton features a landscape bathed in warm, golden light. A small bird in mid-flight soars above classical architecture and palm trees, with a hazy, futuristic city skyline in the distance. The title is rendered in ornate lettering, while the artist’s name appears in modern font at the top.

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Sandro Norton Flying High at the Heart of It, Featuring Gary Burton

Prog News July 10, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazz fusion jazz jazz-rock Sandro Norton

Flying High at the Heart of It (distributed by CDX Records and The Orchard) is the latest album by Portuguese jazz guitarist and composer Sandro…

The album cover for Juho & The Jellyfish From Jupiter – Luna features a portrait of a teal-skinned, alien-like woman with glowing white eyes and elongated lashes resembling tentacles. A sequence of dark orbs traces a line across her face and neck. Behind her, a large planet or moon looms in soft pink and gray hues. The band's name appears at the top in a minimalist font, while the album title Luna is handwritten in glowing script at the bottom.

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Juho & The Jellyfish From Jupiter – Luna, Instrumental Space Rock from Finland

Prog News July 8, 2025 No Comments Juho & the Jellyfish from Jupiter Progressive rock psychedelic rock space rock

Luna, the third album by Juho & the Jellyfish from Jupiter, is a guitar-driven instrumental journey that moves from kafkaesque soundscapes to futuristic cyberpunk cities…

This album cover for Microphonic Soundbox Session by Bernhard Wöstheinrich & Merey Senocak (Materiaal Series Vol. 078) features a hand-drawn, collage-like illustration. A black-and-white dog labeled "she said" barks "ARF" at a whimsical analog sound machine, topped with a purple gramophone horn. The background bursts with neon yellow, green, and pink scribbles.

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Bernhard Wöstheinrich & Merey Senocak Roll Out ‘Materiaal 078’

Prog News July 7, 2025 No Comments Bernhard Wöstheinrich electronic music Merey Senocak

Electronic music artists Bernhard Wöstheinrich & Merey Senocak have just released Materiaal 078 – Microphonic Soundbox Session. This album includes an improvised session featuring the…

The album cover for New Life Dreaming (2024 Remaster) by Steve Roach features a landscape photograph of a vast, desolate plain with two distant figures walking along a narrow water path. A mountain range looms in the background under a pale sky.

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Steve Roach Reveals Remastered Edition of ‘New Life Dreaming’

Prog News July 2, 2025 No Comments ambient electronic music New Life Dreaming Steve Roach

Electronic music artist Steve Roach has released the 2024 remaster of New Life Dreaming. The album is now offered as individual pieces, with no crossfades.…

The album cover for Trollringen by Anders Buaas features a pastoral painting of a man and woman standing in a field at dusk, both with heads bowed in a gesture of reverence or reflection. A wheelbarrow, a basket, and a pitchfork lie nearby.

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Anders Buaas Weaves the Musical Story of Trollringen

Prog News July 2, 2025 No Comments Anders Buaas cinematic music Progressive rock Trollringen

Norwegian guitarist and composer Anders Buaas draws inspiration from Sigurd Hoel’s novel Trollringen for his latest release on Apollon Records (2025). Although the album was…