Tag Archives: Michael Sadler

JOE DENINZON & STRATOSPHEERIUS – Impostor!

December 10, 2024

7D Media 2024 Six years in the making, intrepid sonic experimenters’ album number five brings their studio trip to the discovery of melodic dominance in their ensemble’s mindset. It seemed easy to assume that Joe Deninzon’s joining KANSAS – and … Continue reading →

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ALAN SIMON – Excalibur V: Move, Cry, Act, Clash!

January 6, 2022

Spirit Of Unicorn Music 2021 Producing aural imagery out of rage, stellar cast of ongoing rock opera deliver a lackluster tapestry. Having always felt more like franchise than a loose framework for songs that don’t fit Alan Simon’s stage-set projects … Continue reading →

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JJ CHARDEAU – In Terra Cognita?

January 22, 2020

The Right Honourable 2019 French composer brings rock opera down from the stage into a listener’s living room, losing some vital images in the globe-trotting transition. Jean-Jacques Chardeau has been applying his talents to pop idiom ever since 2005’s – … Continue reading →

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ALAN SIMON – Big Bang

November 1, 2018

The Right Honourable 2018 Out of Avalon and on to Andromeda, aural seer from Gallia travels back where it all began. Alan Simon may alternate between such sagas as “Excalibur” – its preceding “Big Bang” – or even large stage-bound … Continue reading →

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SAGA To Issue Live Document Of Their Anniversary Tour

August 9, 2018

Last year, Canadian legends SAGA celebrated their four-decade anniversary. It’s been a wonderful and glorious run that, sadly, also signaled the finale of the ensemble’s career, as this year the band announced their retirement. Still, to show fans of how … Continue reading →

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