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Mark Murdock Pays Homage To Peter Banks On New Set Of Pieces

November 2, 2024

“The halls of faded figures”: this is the first line of the first song on the “Mark V” album by EMPIRE IN RUINS, a new project by Japan-based multi-instrumentalist Mark Murdock who once upon a time was a drummer in … Continue reading →

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FLASH – In The USA

September 6, 2022

Think Like A Key 2022 Crossing the Atlantic and conquering America: extensive reports of English progressors’ explorations wrap up their overseas itinerary. “They play heavy, loud and fast”: this is how Jerry Lee Lewis introduced FLASH to “The Midnight Special” … Continue reading →

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FLASH Live Tapes To Fly Off The Shelves

June 20, 2022

Five decades down the line from the release of their first record, FLASH remain criminally underrated and remembered mostly thanks to being formed by former YES guitarist Peter Banks, although the British band’s music also owed a lot to bassist … Continue reading →

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CLINT BAHR – Puzzlebox

June 8, 2022

MoonJune 2022 Begging for its secrets to be given an airing, progressively minded multi-instrumentalist’s treasure chest opens – at last, and it was worth the wait. If properly engineered, a puzzle box is a compact objet d’art which has moving … Continue reading →

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CLIVE NOLAN & OLIVER WAKEMAN – Tales By Gaslight

August 25, 2021

Elflock 2021 Striving to derive the most from tuneful storytelling, prog paragons hunt monsters and miss success. Their was a strange creative partnership, as and , two ivories virtuosi, occupy the same niche – not only style-wise, but also instrumentally, … Continue reading →

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