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Anthony Phillips plays on one song and (John's brother) Steve Hackett is featured on several, bringing a Genesis reference to this.

This is an interesting double-CD set. The first is a studio album from John Hackett.

I was really surprised with this disc. I was expecting something instrumental and fusion-like.

I like this set a lot. It’s classy. First we get the two CD set.

Those expecting a typical Steve Hackett album will certainly be shocked by this.

Those expecting Genesis styled prog rock here are likely to be disappointed. This is much more of a fusion set with some world music built into it.

The mix of sounds here is wide.

We generally put fusion under progressive rock at Music Street Journal.

I previously reviewed another set from this act and loved it. Their blend of fusion with prog and space rock lands them under prog, and the quality of the music gets them a nod of approval.

Beto Hale lives in Mexico. It should be no surprise then, that some of the songs here are in Spanish.

This is cool stuff. It’s always left-of-center, but it’s amazing how mainstream these guys can often make that.

Here is another set that doesn’t fully land in progressive rock.

We generally put fusion under progressive rock at Music Street Journal. That's because it tends to be more artsy and is not far removed from jazz prog.

I have to admit that I'm not necessarily the target audience for this release. If you like your music adventurous to the point of things like Rock In Opposition, this is probably aimed at you.

Let's make this point abundantly clear, this is not progressive rock in traditional sense. Still, it is purely instrumental music, and often related to fusion.

This is a unique and special album. I love the blend of sounds here.

Let's get the obvious out of the way first - this is not progressive rock. It is, however, fusion, and we generally land fusion under prog.

I’ve never heard these guys before, but based on this performance, what an amazing band they were.

This is unusual music, but then again, that’s an unusual name for a band.

This disc has kind of weird mix of sounds. In some ways, it’s less a mix than a clash.

I've reviewed quite a bit of stuff from this act. This is their newest album. They generally tend to skirt between psychedelia and progressive rock, and this set is no exception to that rule.

I've reviewed quite a bit of stuff from this act, and you can always count on them for quality. This release is no exception.

The quick story is that this is an album with a lot of Hawkwind alums providing their talents. The longer tale is that it was assembled by Alan Davey with various parts coming from sessions recorded over the years.

Alan Davey is the man who is most responsible for Hawkestrel. It's basically his baby.

This was released last year, but I got it too late to review it in our December issue. So, I've been holding it until this one.

Hawkestrel is a project led by Alan Davey. Davey is probably best known as having been the bassist for Hawkwind for quite a few years.

Hawklords is made up of some great musicians, several of whom have been in Hawkwind in the past.

This is arguably the strangest album the Hawkwind catalogue.

When I got this single in line for review, I didn’t realize that I’ve already reviewed both songs from it on the original album, Blood of the Earth.

The old rule at Music Street Journal was that we didn’t review out of print items.

For a long time we didn’t do reviews of out of print items at Music Street Journal.

I reviewed the original release of this before. However, this reissue includes three bonus tracks.

This newly released special edition vinyl of the first Hawkwind album is gorgeous.

This is a new release of an older single from Hawkwind.

I have to admit that I’m a huge Hawkwind fan.

It's hard for me to pick favorite Hawkwind albums. I mean, I'm a big fan of the band, and I like pretty much all of their albums.

This a masterpiece of science fiction based space rock. It's hard-edged at times, and mellow at others, like an ebb and flow kind of composition.

I'm not sure when this double CD live set was recorded, but the bulk of the material comes from 1995's Alien 4, and it was released in 1996, so that narrows it down.

The new box set is a five disc collection of previously released Hawkwind albums. Each gets its own cardboard sleeve with the original cover art-work.

The music contained on this new double disc vinyl set has only previously been released on one fairly rare CD set. I don't own that release, so I'm glad to have this.

This is arguably one of the most divisive releases in Hawkwind's catalog. Let me lead off by saying that I land in the group of people really won over by it.

This new live disc from Hawkwind was recorded on their 50th Anniversary tour. Having seen Hawkwind live several times, I can tell you that I don't think there is ever a disappointing Hawkwind show.

I have to confess to being a Hawkwind fanatic. They are one of my three favorite acts, and I have so many albums from them.

Without question, Hawkwind is one of my all-time favorite bands. So, I can't possibly review any Hawkwind release without that bias coming into it.

I previously reviewed the two United Artists compilations from Hawkwind. I figured since those were the first two comps from the band, I should do the third, this one on Charisma.

Little by little, I've been making my way through these Hawkind compilation albums getting reviews up.

When it comes to a band that has been around since the 1960s and released somewhere in the neighborhood of three dozen studio albums, it seems natural that a trademark sound would emerge.

I've been a Hawkwind fanatic for a very long time. After a while you somewhat know what to expect from the band.

I reviewed a previous set from Hawkwind Light Orchestra. I wondered at the time why that one wasn't released under the Hawkwind banner.

I loved David Hayes’ previous two discs.

This is rather unusual. David Hayes took his album Epics and reworked all the songs, creating an acoustic version of the set. So, as I said that’s unusual.

This is quite an ambitious album.

This new single from He Is Me is stunning. It's also unsettling in a lot of ways.

Modern guitar based progressive rock is the order of business here. There are only three songs here, but this isn't a particularly short EP as none of the song are especially short.

While this EP isn't a clear cut fit under progressive rock, it works reasonably well there. For one thing, the electronic sound is progressive music, if not progressive rock.

Heavy on loops and found sounds, this collection is artistic and electronic. Like the previous set I reviewed from this act I've included this under "progressive rock,"

Heaven & Earth are finally back with a solid line-up and a great follow up to their last release.

Let's get the classification question out of the way right at the start here.

This band is pretty fascinating.

This album is quite a ride. It’s more of less space rock start to finish, but there is a lot of room within that genre.

This act occupies an intriguing territory between space rock, folk prog and symphonic prog.

I know some will argue with me including Michael Hedges under progressive rock.

This is an unusual release. It's an instrumental set with a wide range. The opening track is a very sedate one, setting the expectations for one type of release.

I love this album. It’s got quite a wide range of sounds.

This album is an instrumental set. This quartet hails from Connecticut and create a brand of music that has plenty of fusion built into it, but also plenty of hard rock, pure prog, space rock and more.

This disc is quite interesting. It's perhaps not all progressive rock, but it's almost all jazz rock.

This is a cool set. It is clearly not for everyone, though.

I could see this getting placed in non-prog as jazz.

Scott Henderson is a great fusion guitar player. You might expect that his music, therefore, would be nothing but an excuse for guitar soloing.

If you like guitar-led fusion music, you probably know who Scott Henderson is.

I’ll admit it; I’m not the biggest fan of Rock In Opposition.

Ken Hensley is probably best known for his work with Uriah Heep. With that band he played several instruments, wrote a lot of the music during his tenure and leant his voice to a lot of the music.

Featuring Gayle Ellett of Djam Karet, this band is a great one.

This is a very unique and intriguing album. Let's just say at the outset that I've included this under progressive rock because of the experimental art music that makes it up.

This is an unusual album. It's decidedly progressive rock based. It's a series of shorter pieces, with both instrumental and vocal numbers.

This is such an intriguing album. This album includes jazz interpretations of folk songs.

Peter Hesslein is best known as the guitarist for Lucifer's Friend. This solo album is nearly all instrumental.

This outfit is from Portugal and if this set is any indication, they are pretty special.

I really like this album a lot. It’s modern, but seems closer to old school prog than to the modern variety.

This new live album is quite a cool one, both in terms of the music presented here and the full package.

I have to say that I like pretty much everything from Steve Hillage.

I really love this album.

I reviewed the first volume from this act when it was released. This is the new edition.

What an amazing set this is. It’s a collection of covers all delivered in an organic, soulful approach.

I am sure the prog purists will argue with this landing under progressive rock. I'm not sure they are entirely wrong.

There is definitely a lot of fusion in this album.

I'm reviewing several sets from Allan Holdsworth in this issue of Music Street Journal. This one is brand new, although the concert captured here was in 1997.

I am reviewing several live sets from Allan Holdsworth in this issue of Music Street Journal. Here is a bold statement I'd like to make.

This is one of a batch of albums from Allan Holdsworth that I'm reviewing for this issue of Music Street Journal.

This is one of four live albums from Allan Holdsworth that I've covered for this issue of Music Street Journal.

I'm not shy about the fact that I think Allan Holdsworth is the greatest guitarist to ever live. This new release captures a 2014 concert.

We generally land fusion under progressive rock. That's because often the line between jazz prog and fusion is all about how much rock is included.

I've reviewed Bob Holz in the past, and his music is consistently strong. We include him in progressive rock because that's where we usually put fusion.

This is a fusion album that leans on the mainstream jazz end of the equation. We generally land fusion under prog, though, so that's where this goes.

I've reviewed several releases from Bob Holz in the past. We land him under progressive rock at Music Street Journal largely because there is a lot of fusion in the mix.

I've pretty consistently put Bob Holz releases under progressive rock because that's where we land fusion.

I've reviewed the CD version of this album in this edition of Music Street Journal, but also want to look at this awesome double record set.

Hugh Hopper is probably best known as one of the founding members of Soft Machine.

Best known for his work as the bassist in Soft Machine, this is the first disc of a ten disc set of archival releases from Hopper.

This double CD set includes two rare albums from Hugh Hopper. For those who don't know, Hopper was at one time a member of Soft Machine.

Oh, the Horror prog rock purists will feel as they run screaming from this one. Sorry, I couldn't resist that pun.

To describe this in one word would be to say “weird.” That doesn’t really encompass all of it here.

First off, this is arguably a jazz rather than progressive rock release

This collection is a lot of literally “homebrewed” pieces by Steve Howe.

This is a pretty intriguing set.

This is Steve Howe’s first fully acoustic studio album.

Although this album is strictly instrumental, it’s one of the most “Yes-like” of Steve Howe’s solo catalog.

H+ is actually a guy named Malcolm Brian Swan. This new release has some intriguing sounds.

Based strictly on the music here, this probably wouldn't land under the progressive rock heading. Don't get me wrong.

Based on the title, the fact that Hunter is considered a blues guitarist and a couple little bits I heard, I thought this was going to be basically a blues rock album.

This live album is pretty great. .

Steve Hunter's music always seems to create a middle ground between blues rock, fusion and progressive rock. This disc is no exception.

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