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21/02/2017
A grand statement about a grand era; Tim Bowness revisits rock's most ambitious escapades...
19/02/2017
Photos and Memories from Cambridge Rock Festival ...
20/01/2017
Firewind sing about ancient Greece in the same way Scandinavian power metal acts sing about Vikings. Review...
05/01/2017
Touchstone's new frontwoman spreads her wings at London's Borderline...
22/12/2016
French medieval blacksmiths from the future Lazuli peer round the pillar at the Borderline...
13/12/2016
Folky reworks from the Heather Findlay band, and a brace of new songs to add a flourish...
29/11/2016
No filler. Rebecca Downes only has a couple of albums, but this live set sounds like a Greatest Hits...
26/11/2016
Recognisably Touchstone, but with a fresh take, Lights from the Sky introduces a new direction for the UK prog stalwarts...
01/11/2016
Forging on after the death of guitarist Piotr Grudziński, Riverside continue to intrigue...
11/10/2016
Prog rock, jazz and ambient sounscapes in an impressive debut album...
01/10/2016
Epic without being overblown, Unearthed Elf plunders the dungeon...
22/09/2016
Voodoo Vegas serve up hard-hitting no-frills rock, killer riffs and shredding solos. ...
19/09/2016
Photos from a pace-changing big band at the Cambridge Rock Festival 2016...
17/09/2016
Eclectic and Experimental, An Endless Sporadic's sonic space opera recalls the great Zappa...
05/09/2016
Space Elevator and their catsuited Duchess rock Cambridge. Photos...
03/09/2016
With forward-looking approach to progressive rock, Paradigm Shift avoid the cliches. Review...
25/08/2016
Photos of the exuberant 4th Labyrinth at Cambridge Rock Festival 2016...
19/08/2016
Blues, classic and progressive rock at another of Cambridge's fine festivals...
05/07/2016
Slow burning ballads to propulsive groove rock, Hinterland is worth the long wait...
25/05/2016
Heading up a supergroup of sorts, prog rock keyboardist Mike Kershaw releases What Lies Beneath. Review...
11/05/2016
o mark last year’s thirtieth anniversary of Marillion’s Misplaced Childhood, Fish played an extensive sold-out tour across Europe billed as “Farewell to Childhood”, playing...
04/05/2016
Eschewing the cliches of the genre, this is Progressive Rock reinvented for the twenty-first century...
19/04/2016
Unique as ever, Kavus Torabi's progressive rock outfit Knifeworld raise the bar...
12/04/2016
Mining a less-exploited seam of 70s rock than the usual, Wytch Hazel evoke Wishbone Ash and Jethro Tull with their Prelude LP...
10/04/2016
Launching a new album on an eager crowd, Purson lit up the stage at The 100 Club, London. Photos...
01/04/2016
Different but complementary, the progressive rock of Dave Kerzner and District 97 light up Soho's Borderline...
25/03/2016
Psych-rockers Purson treat the 100 Club to some oldies, as well as new material from their Desire's Magic Theatre album...
13/03/2016
Live at the 100 Club, Greg Coulson raged rampant across the stage at the iconic London venue. Photos...
02/03/2016
Showcasing her new album, Believe, British blues-rock powerhouse Rebecca Downes threw it down hard at London's 100 Club. Review ...
18/02/2016
Prying open the Mushroom Spirit Doors (of perception?), Hexvessel's newest album is a fuzzy and glorious psych-trip. Trebuchet examines it....
Mark Batty, Otherside 2020
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