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John Hackett Explores Past And Present On New Classical Album

October 21, 2026

One of the most underrated British artists, inhabits two worlds at the same time: that of progressive rock, especially when he leads a band whose latest platter the light of day in 2025, and that of symphonic music – although … Continue reading →

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THE GIFT Channel The Spirit Of Shakespeare On Album Number Five

October 29, 2025

British proggers THE GIFT aren’t strangers to long pauses in their discography, yet while it’s easy to chalk up an eight-year gap between the band’s 2006 debut “Awake & Dreaming” and that record’s follow-up “Land Of Shadows” to the latter … Continue reading →

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JOHN HACKETT BAND Turn Red For Album Number Two

March 6, 2025

With their never far away from this or that project, it’s difficult to believe that, to date, JOHN HACKETT BAND issued but a single full-length offering and that almost eight years have passed since saw the light of day. Since … Continue reading →

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DUNCAN PARSONS – I’m Here, All Weak

December 15, 2023

Duncan Parsons 2023 Sheffield polymath takes stock of his last decade’s meandering between styles to reveal a secret path to its flaming method. Being simultaneously self-effacing and assertive is an art that Duncan Parsons mastered well enough to add humor … Continue reading →

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BEATRIX PLAYERS – Living & Alive

November 5, 2023

Beatrix Players 2023 Enchanting English group are back to find grandeur in the everyday grasping of empirical delights. With three graces on its cover, “Magnified” – a debut album by the London ensemble whose very name would suggest a combination … Continue reading →

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