John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 2022 (earMUSIC, 2025) Fusion jazz pioneer John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension…
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Doris Brendel and Lee Dunham – “Big Blue Sky” – Interview
Welcome to The Noble Shire for Progressive Discussion! Today we will be talking with Doris Brendel and Lee Dunham – “Big Blue Sky”Thank you Doris…
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Sanctuary Swings: Mitch Towne Finds His Voice on the B3
Mitch Towne – Refuge (Cross Towne Records, 2025) With Refuge, Mitch Towne grooves with a commanding presence, planting his flag firmly in the lineage of…
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Doris Brendel and Lee Dunham – “Big Blue Sky”
Last year I wrote my first review for Doris Brendel and Lee Dunham. It was for their album, Pigs Might Fly. It was a fascinating…
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Zac Bauman – “Bell Jar”
When a good friend recommends that you listen to music, you should always follow their lead. Michael Trew, from the Seattle, progressive band Moon Letters…
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Orianthi – “Rock Candy”
I reviewed Orianthi’s Live from Hollywood, CD, released on July 15, 2022, this summer. But Orianthi is back, with a new studio album, Rock Candy,…
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Orianthi – “Live from Hollywood”
When Gene Simmons said, “Rock N’ Roll is dead”, he must have forgotten about a lot of musicians making powerful rock music today. One of…
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Humorous and Exploratory Songs from City Weezle
City Weezle – No.2 (City Weezle, 2021) The sound of Irish multinational band City Weezle is hard to describe. It has hard rock, progressive rock,…
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Jazz and Rock Standards Through the Prism of the Pedal Steel Guitar
Dave Easley – Byways of the Moon (2021) “Byways of the Moon” presents a set of exquisite instrumental pieces performed by pedal steel guitar maestro…
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Guitarist Carl Verheyen Releases New Album “Sundial”
Electric guitar virtuoso Carl Verheyen has a new album titled “Sundial.” The genre-defying album includes various forms of rock (jazz-rock, progressive rock, folk-rock), funk, blues,…
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