Tag Archives: prog rock

TEN YEARS AFTER – A Space In Time: 50th Anniversary Edition

March 27, 2023

Chrysalis 1971 / 2023 Locating its place in the grand scheme of things, a seminal album celebrates a jubilee. No matter how pretentious it may seem to attempt and embrace an existential continuum, once in a while an ensemble emerge … Continue reading →

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JOHN MARTYN BAND – The Smiling Stranger In Bremen

March 23, 2023

MiG Music 2023 Subtitled “Live at Schauburg 1983” and shedding light on a single night in the life of one intrepid journeyman, here’s the double album to capture him in a full on-stage glory. Imposing and charming even when inebriated, … Continue reading →

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JASON BLAKE – Subsequent Ruins

March 9, 2023

7D Media 2023 If the piper can’t lead us to reason, Chicagoan twelve-stringer will color the rhyme. The story of The Rat-Catcher from Hamelin is a grim one, the tale in which children fall victim to a strife between adults … Continue reading →

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ECHO US – Inland Empire

March 7, 2023

Absolute Probability 2023 Emerging from a mirage-like past, Portland denizen projects his progressive ephemera onto a tangible reality. Ethan Matthews has always thrived on understatement, although there was never a suspicion that the American artist was withholding a few threads … Continue reading →

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MATT DORSEY – Let Go

March 1, 2023

Random Disturbance 2023 Dulcet surrender of progressive adventures’ veteran who abandons grief for a sad smile and warm embrace. Forming a significant fiber in the sonic fabric of such ensembles as SOUND OF CONTACT, which he co-founded, and PROGJECT, which … Continue reading →

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