Monthly Archives: November 2023

DAYS BEFORE TOMORROW – Now And Then Part II: Stories And Dreams

November 19, 2023

Days Before Tomorrow 2023 When reveries get ahead of reality, American art types return to tie loose ends and start and take off once again with sunrise and sunset aligned. If one of prog rock’s auxiliary tasks must be to … Continue reading →

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CLASSIX NOUVEAUX Return To The Fray

November 18, 2023

Supergroups are not destined to last long, and CLASSIX NOUVEAUX were a supergroup of sorts – a supergroup in reverse, with roots in X-RAY SPEX and branches in ICEHOUSE and other prominent collectives – so the quartet’s career, having spun … Continue reading →

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Gavin Friday Scores Prokofiev’s Classic As Imagined By Bono

November 17, 2023

Ever-popular, Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonic suite “Peter And The Wolf” has long been part of art-rock vocabulary, most prominently manifested on and Robin Lumley’s 1975 reading of the perennial in the stellar company of elite players, and recently, when a new … Continue reading →

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CARLA OLSON – Have Harmony, Will Travel 3

November 17, 2023

Have Harmony, Will Travel 2023 Country-rock doyenne carries on riding – graceful and rebellious, and with kindred spirits in tow – towards the glory of timelessness. It’s hard to believe but this lady’s individual discography started only in 1987 – … Continue reading →

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MANDALABAND Melodies To Shine Afresh

November 16, 2023

It’s rare, if not unique, to encounter an ensemble whose oeuvre is steeped in mythology to be led by a genuine historian, yet MANDALABAND are such an entity whose very existence has a scent of myth to it too. Devised … Continue reading →

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