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The Beginnings cover shows a dimly lit corner filled with vintage gear, including an amplifier, keyboards, and small plants arranged on and around the equipment.

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Penaguin Digs Into His Archives With A Playful Prog Time Capsule

Tom Penaguin – Beginnings (áMARXE, 2025) The fantastic multi-instrumentalist and composer Tom Penaguin returns with Beginnings, a captivating collection of early material that traces his…

The Caravan album cover features a bright yellow background with an ornate blue and turquoise illustration in the center. The artwork depicts a stylized figure surrounded by flowing lines, decorative elements, and an old-fashioned hookah. The band’s name, Caravan, appears in large, artistic lettering with “From” subtly integrated beneath it. Below the illustration, the album title The Shows Of Ours... Live is written in small blue text with an arrow extending from it.

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Echoes of Canterbury: Caravan’s Enduring Spirit in Giant Boxed Set ‘The Shows Of Ours’

Angel Romero October 21, 2025 No Comments Canterbury Caravan jazz-rock Progressive rock

Caravan – The Shows Of Ours… Live (Madfish, 2025) This mammoth vinyl boxed set of live recordings from Caravan spans nearly four decades and serves…

The cover depicts a hillside village with terracotta-roofed houses under a pale green sky and distant mountains. In the foreground, two figures sit on a bench beneath a tree with golden leaves.

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Rumor Has It: Panzerpappa’s “Landsbysladder” Speaks Volumes

Aiden Robinson August 22, 2025 No Comments Canterbury jazz-rock Panzerpappa Progressive rock symphonic rock

Panzerpappa – Landsbysladder (Apollon Records Prog, 2025) The Norwegian avant-progressive rock group Panzerpappa has just released its eighth studio work, a fine concept album named…

The cover for The Black Albumen by Overegginnit features a collage: black-and-white industrial skyline beneath dramatic clouds, overlaid with vivid geometric shapes and hypnotic stripes. A central red-and-black circular form with a yellow wavy core draws the eye, framed by teal and black patterns.

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Shell Games: Overegginnit Cracks Prog’s Past On “The Black Albumen”

Angel Romero August 15, 2025 No Comments Canterbury experimental minimalism Overegginnit Progressive rock Tropicalia world music

Overegginnit — The Black Albumen (Buried Treasure, 2025) Glyn “Bigga” Bush, the veteran of Rockers Hi Fi, Dandelion Set, Magic Drum Orchestra, and Lightning Head,…

The album cover for Happy Family – 4037 features a handmade twisted blue wire that spells out “Happy Family” on a worn, yellow-orange cardboard backdrop. Stylized wire flowers accent the design. In the foreground, a yellow apple marked with the red number “4037” sits atop a woven surface.

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Happy Returns: Happy Family’s “4037” Marks a Grateful Reawakening

Angel Romero April 7, 2025 No Comments avant-garde rock Canterbury Happy Family Progressive rock

Happy Family – 4037 (Cuneiform Rune 4037, 2025) After more than a decade of inactivity, Japanese progressive rock group Happy Family returns with 4037, a…

The album cover for Remnants of Light by Needlepoint features a black-and-white hand-drawn illustration with a folk-art aesthetic. A barefoot figure, dressed in loose clothing, sits on the ground surrounded by scattered leaves, resting their head on one hand in a contemplative pose. Around them, several crows gather, seemingly engaged in an interaction with the leaves. Behind them, bare trees, a stone wall, and a distant village. Above, a vast flock of birds forms a flowing pattern in the sky.

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A Fine Needle in the Prog Haystack

Angel Romero February 17, 2025 No Comments Canterbury Needlepoint pastoral folk Progressive rock psychedelic rock

Needlepoint – Remnants of Light (BJK Music, 2024) With Remnants of Light, their sixth album, Needlepoint continue to carve out a singular space within Norway’s…

Egg - Egg cover artwork. A black background with a wooden frame in the middle that features a whole egg on top and a cracked egg below and then some egg yolks underneath.

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Vinyl Reissue of Egg’s Classic Debut Album: A Prog Rock Essential

Angel Romero October 24, 2024 No Comments Canterbury jazz-rock Progressive rock

Egg – Egg (Esoteric Recordings reissue, 2024/originally released in 1970 on Deram) Esoteric Recordings is set to release a new vinyl edition of Egg, the…

Zolder Ellipsis - Il Libro dei Tropi cover artwork. An image of a humanoid person sitting cross-legged, covered with flowers of various colors.

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Zolder Ellipsis Takes You Into the World of Troping

Kevin Baker September 16, 2024 No Comments avant-garde rock Canterbury jazz-rock Progressive rock Zolder Ellipsis

Zolder Ellipsis – Il Libro dei Tropi (Lizard Records, 2024) Zolder Ellipsis’ second album, Il Libro dei Tropi, explores a diverse range of musical styles,…

Rascal Reporters - Dux In A Row cover artwork. an illustration of a giant robot.

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Rascal Reporters: The Evolution Continues with ‘Dux In A Row’

Angel Romero June 20, 2024 No Comments Canterbury experimental jazz-rock Progressive rock Rascal Reporters

Rascal Reporters – Dux In A Row (áMARXE Records, 2024) In 2019, Rascal Reporters released Redux, Vol. 1, featuring unfinished archival recordings from the 70s…

Tom Penaguin - Tom Penaguin cover artwork. The artist in a garden or forest playing electric guitar.

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Tom Penaguin’s Dazzling Debut, Deeply Steeped in the Canterbury Tradition

Angel Romero April 18, 2024 No Comments Canterbury jazz-rock Progressive rock Tom Penaguin

Tom Penaguin – Tom Penaguin (Amarxe, 2024) Tom Penaguin, a multi-instrumentalist and composer from France, rolled out his remarkable eponymous debut album, Tom Penaguin, earlier…