“No pale rehash of former glories, but a genuine triumph in a state-of-the-art setting”: Jon Anderson And The Band Geeks’ True By Paul Ging published 13 September 24 Team player returns to prog with collaborators he discovered covering Yes songs
“Superbly-executed powerful songs with enjoyable instrumental showboating… it’s a shame they never toured”: Squackett’s A Life Within A Day reissue By Paul Ging published 4 June 24 The 2012 prog titans’ collab re-emerges with 5.1 Blu-ray surround mix included
“I didn’t know if Ross would be into this kind of music… I sent him an email and he was like, ‘Dude! You have no idea!’ It just fell into place”: How Haken’s Ross Jennings wound up making two albums in 18 months with Nick D’Virgilio and Neal Morse By Paul Ging published 20 February 24 The unlikely trio, with the same international make-up as Crosby, Stills and Nash, have a third record and live dates on their wish-list
“S for Saga, S for Saxon and it landed on Six By Six. Also, we have six arms, six legs, six eyes and and so on...” Welcome to the world of new prog supergroup Six By Six By Paul Ging published 21 January 24 In 2022 the surprise grouping of Robert Berry, Saga's Ian Crichton and Saxon drummer Nigel Glockler resulted in a fine melodic prog album
“Stately swathes of melodic guitar, stomping-goblin work-song chants, Rick Wakeman-riding-a-plesiosaur keyboard soloing:” Moon Safari’s Himlabacken Vol 2 is an epic complement to its predecessor By Paul Ging published 19 December 23 The level of care and attention to detail explains why it took the Swedish symphonic prog outfit 10 years to deliver their exploration of growing up
“There’s usually a pile of songs, some to use now and some years from now… On this album the first chords are from something I wrote 30 years ago”: The patience of The Flower Kings’ Roine Stolt By Paul Ging published 11 December 23 With Look At You Now on release, he’s looking forward to completing another project with Jon Anderson and maybe - just maybe - a Transatlantic reunion
The Roxy Music albums you should definitely own By Paul Ging published 15 November 23 With fluorescent art-rock, lounge-lizard crooning and lots in-between, Roxy Music's musical jewellery box contains some real gems
“It could become a slow-burn grower like Yes’ Talk album”: Trevor Rabin’s Rio By Paul Ging published 6 October 23 His first vocal release since 1989 is the long overdue answer to fans’ prayers
Why you should definitely own Fried by Julian Cope By Paul Ging published 16 March 23 Julian Cope's Fried is neo-psychedelic indie-prog of a completely unique hue, shot through with brains, wit and a little pop suss
Bruce Dickinson: Feeding The Soul By Paul Ging published 26 October 05 Bruce Dickinson celebrates his birthday on August 7. To mark the occasion, this is a review of his most recent solo album, from Classic Rock issue 86
