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B.B. Blunder - Worker's Playtime
Review by Gary Hill
This is a new expanded and remastered version of a classic album from 1971. The music here is not precisely progressive rock, at least not from start to finish.

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Babal - Who Will I Be When I Leave?
Review by Gary Hill
It's a pretty safe bet that you have never heard a band quite like this one. Their mix of sounds is decidedly artsy and freaky weird.

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Babyflow - Oblivious (vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
I previously reviewed a set from Anthony W. Rogers. This release is from him, but this time under a band name.

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Bad Reed - Bad Reed
Review by Gary Hill
Perhaps this isn’t all progressive rock music.

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Badger - One Live Badger
Review by Gary Hill
Cherry Red Records is reissuing this album with a nice booklet and multi-layer digi-pack. 

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Clint Bahr - Puzzlebox
Review by Gary Hill
Clint Bahr has been covered at Music Street Journal previously as part of the group Tripod. This is his new solo album.

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Dave Bainbridge - Veil of Gossamer
Review by Gary Hill
Dave Bainbridge may not be a household name, even in the progressive rock world, but after listening to this CD, I think he should be. He has created with Veil of Gossamer one of the finest prog releases of the year.

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Dave Bainbridge - Celestial Fire
Review by Gary Hill
This new album from David Bainbridge is quite a satisfying progressive rock excursion. 

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Dave Bainbridge - To The Far Away
Review by Gary Hill
You just can't argue with the music of Dave Bainbridge. It's always so charming and high quality.

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Baker Gurvitz Army - Since Beginning: The Albums 1974-1976
Review by Gary Hill
This brand new three-CD set is all class. It gathers together the three studio albums from Baker Gurvitz Army released from 1974-1976, but you probably get that from the title.

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Baker Gurvitz Army - Elysian Encounter
Review by Gary Hill
I've reviewed a box set of this band in the current issue of Music Street Journal. In addition, I'm doing individual retro reviews of this album and the first one.

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Baker Gurvitz Army - The Baker Gurvitz Army
Review by Gary Hill
I've reviewed this album, and another from this group, in this issue of Music Street Journal. They are also both part of a box-set, reviewed in the same issue.

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Robert Lee Balderrama - The Great Hall of Smooth Jazz
Review by Gary Hill
You might not know the name Robert Lee Balderrama, but I bet you know one of his songs.

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Paolo Baltaro - Live Pillheads (Vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
This new vinyl release is classy stuff. First off the record itself is nice quality vinyl. Then it also includes a CD of the music (with two bonus tracks) to accompany it.

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Bandzilla - Bandzilla Rises!!!
Review by Gary Hill
Is this progressive rock? Probably it is not.

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Banging Colours - Hallucinogenic Treasures from the Convolution of an Imaginative Brain
Review by Gary Hill
This is pretty amazing. If you believe the story behind this (more about that shortly) this is a band that played famous clubs like the UFO in London on this 1960s.

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BangTower - With N With Out
Review by Gary Hill
The newest album from Bangtower,  this continues the fusion rock explorations of the act. 

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BangTower - The Road We Travel
Review by Gary Hill
This is the brand new disc from BangTower. While this is also released in digital form, this CD includes an EP titled “Hey, Where’d Everybody Go?,” which is not on the digital version.

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Peter Banks's Harmony in Diversity - The Complete Recordings
Review by Gary Hill
You might be familiar with Peter Banks from his time in the early incarnation of Yes or perhaps from his work in Flash. This was an improvisational band that he played with in the early parts of the 21st Century.

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Peter Banks - Two Sides of Peter Banks
Review by Steve Alspach
The initial string-slinger in Yes, Peter Banks appears to have been overlooked in progressive rock annals in favor of his successor, but his work in Flash has stood up quite well to the years.
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Peter Banks - Two Sides of Peter Banks
Review by Gary Hill
So, this solo album from Peter Banks was released on CD in 2009.

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Peter Banks - Instinct
Review by Gary Hill
I've always loved Peter Banks' guitar work. This album has a lot of great guitar work, but it doesn't stop there.

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Peter Banks - Self-Contained
Review by Gary Hill
This album from Peter Banks is perhaps not his strongest solo set. That said, it has some very strong material. At times it seems to lack direction and get a bit on the wandering side.

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Peter Banks - Reduction
Review by Gary Hill
This is the third (and final) album included in the new box set from Peter Banks titled "The Self-Contained Trilogy." This instrumental album is classy.

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Peter Banks - The Self-Contained Trilogy
Review by Gary Hill
This new three-CD set is a classy thing. It includes three full albums from Peter Banks (arguably best known for his time in both Yes and Flash).

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Peter Banks - Be Well, Be Safe, Be Lucky... The Anthology
Review by Gary Hill
This double disc set is quite cool. It includes a sampling of songs from several Peter Banks albums, but there are also a number of previously un-released or nearly un-released cuts, too.

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Peter Banks Empire - The Mars Tapes
Review by Gary Hill
This set is a rehearsal tape. That said, the band set up in a studio to start working on material that was to be an album.

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Tony Banks - Still
Review by Gary Hill
Featuring both progressive and pop leanings, this solo album from Genesis keysman Tony Banks is a strong effort. There are some wonderful moments here, and no real throw away tracks.
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Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling
Review by Gary Hill
I like this new Tony Banks solo album reissue. For one thing, it’s just a great album.

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Tony Banks - The Fugitive: Two Disc Hardback Deluxe Expanded Edition
Review by Gary Hill
This was Tony Banks’ second solo album. It’s a lot more pop oriented than the first one.

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Banned From Utopia - So Yuh Don't Like Modern Art
Review by Gary Hill
A strong debate rages among progressive rock fans as to whether or not Frank Zappa qualifies as prog. I know that I am in disagreement with my friend and prog authority Bill Martin over this matter, as I feel that FZ's music does fit under the banner.
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Richard Barbieri - Planets + Persona
Review by Gary Hill
Richard Barbieri is best known for his work with Porcupine Tree. This is his new solo album.

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Richard Barbieri - Under a Spell
Review by Gary Hill
Richard Barbieri is probably best known for his work in the bands Japan and Porcupine Tree. His keyboard skills definitely bring a lot to both acts.

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Barclay James Harvest - Welcome to the Show
Review by Gary Hill
This deluxe reissues is remastered and expanded.

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Barclay James Harvest - Caught in the Light
Review by Gary Hill
This is a remastered and expanded version of a Barclay James Harvest album.

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Barclay James Harvest - Everyone Is Everybody Else: Deluxe Expanded
Review by Gary Hill
It seems odd looking back that a few years ago I’d never heard this band. Now I’ve become quite familiar with them through multiple reviews.

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Barclay James Harvest - Gone to Earth
Review by Gary Hill
This is the latest in a new series of re-issues. These things are so cool.


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Barclay James Harvest - XII
Review by Gary Hill
This new edition of the classic album is a three disc set. The first two discs are CDs while the final one is a DVD.

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Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest
Review by Gary Hill
This new reissue of the first Barclay James Harvest has the full album along with a bunch of bonus tracks. This album was great by itself, but seems augmented with this extra material.

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Barclay James Harvest - Time Honoured Ghosts - Expanded & Remastered 1CD/1DVD
Review by Gary Hill
Here we have an interesting release of Barclay James Harvest's sixth studio album. The CD has a bonus track, and the whole thing sounds great.

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Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest 4CD/Blu-ray Edition
Review by Gary Hill
This 1972 album from Barclay James Harvest gets a major deluxe release here. This set includes four CDs and a Blu-Ray disc.

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Barnes & Barnes - Holidaze In Lumania
Review by Gary Hill

While this isn't precisely a tight fit under progressive rock, it is definitely "art" rock, in more ways than one.


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Baron Crâne - Commotions
Review by Gary Hill
This French act has produced an inventive and powerful album. Three of the five songs are instrumentals.

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Martin Barre - Back to Steel
Review by Gary Hill
Not everything here is progressive rock. .

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Martin Barre - Roads Less Travelled
Review by Gary Hill
Martin Barre is probably best known as the long time guitarist for Jethro Tull. I reviewed his Back to Steel album when it came out, and loved it.

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Michael Barry-Rec - Continuum
Review by Gary Hill
I’m sure some will argue with this landing under progressive rock.

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Chris Bartels - Myths and Mold
Review by Gary Hill
There is a dense, lush texture to a lot of this music. It's quite trippy.

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The Basement Paintings - Antipodes
Review by Gary Hill

While perhaps not the tightest fit under progressive rock, at least in terms of the 70s definition, I'd argue that this belongs there.


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Bass Invaders - Bass Invaders
Review by Gary Hill
As you might guess, I hear a lot of new music. It takes a lot to really excite me.

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John Bassett - Unearth
Review by Gary Hill
John Bassett is from the band KingBathmat and I love that group.

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Peter Baumann - Transharmonic Nights
Review by Gary Hill
This is a reissue of a solo album from one of the founding members of Tangerine Dream. It was originally released in the last 70s.

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Peter Baumann - Romance 76
Review by Gary Hill
Peter Baumann was a founding member of Tangerine Dream. The music on this reissue shares a lot of territory with the sounds of that band.

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Peter Baumann - Phase By Phase: The Virgin Albums
Review by Gary Hill
Peter Baumann was a founding member of Tangerine Dream. This box set gathers up all his solo studio albums released on Virgin Records.

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Be-Bop Deluxe - Sunburnt Finish
Review by Gary Hill
This is a brand new two-CD edition of Be-Bop Deluxe's Sunburnt Finish album. The first CD is a new master of the original album.

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Be-Bop Deluxe - Futurama
Review by Gary Hill
This is an expanded and classy reissue of Be-Bop Deluxe's 1975 album Futurama. The disc was aptly titled as the sound was really futuristic in a lot of ways.

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Be-Bop Deluxe - Modern Music: Deluxe Edition
Review by Gary Hill

This new double-disc collection brings us the original mix of a classic Be-bop Deluxe album along with a new mix.


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Be-Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim (Deluxe Edition)
Review by Gary Hill

Be-Bop Deluxe is one of those bands that should have been much bigger than they were. From a point of view of being influential, these guys are huge, but to the general public, they are largely unknown.


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Be-Bop Deluxe - Drastic Plastic - Deluxe Edition
Review by Gary Hill
Drastic Plastic was the final album from Be Bop Deluxe. It was released in 1978.

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Beatallica - Abbey Load
Review by Gary Hill
I’ve loved Beatallica since I first heard them.

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Gustavo De Beauville - Volume 1
Review by Gary Hill
While some might disagree with putting this under progressive rock, I just don’t see where else it fits.

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Jef Bek - Distant Starlight
Review by Gary Hill
Jef Bek is a composer and musician from Chicago. He has created an album packed full of intriguing progressive rock music here.

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Beledo - Dreamland Mechanism
Review by Gary Hill
This is basically a fusion release. At Music Street Journal we generally include fusion under progressive rock.

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Beledo - Seriously Deep
Review by Gary Hill
This set features some strong music that focuses on the fusion end of the spectrum, but does work more toward pure prog at times.

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Adrian Belew - Side Two
Review by Gary Hill
This CD is the second in a trilogy axe-man extraordinaire Adrian Belew has on tap for release this year. While I find this one to be a very strong release, I don't like it as much as Side One.
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Adrian Belew - Side One
Review by Gary Hill
All right, I realize the year has just started, so this statement is probably premature, but this album may well be the best prog rock release of 2005. Yes, I like it that much.
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Bellaphon - Firefly
Review by Gary Hill
This Japanese release from 1987 is a very entertaining instrumental progressive rock album. Many influences are represented here including Yes, Genesis and jazz.
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Belling the Tiger - Lost
Review by Gary Hill
This new CD is an intriguing one. It's definitely progressive rock, but of the hard rocking, guitar oriented modern variety.

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Steve Benjamins - Sightlines
Review by Gary Hill
This is understated at times, but it’s also proggy.

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Ray Bennett - Angels and Ghosts
Review by Gary Hill
Ray Bennett is probably best known in progressive rock circles as part of the band Flash, Peter Bank's first post-Yes band. It really does not do Bennett justice to refer to him in that manner, though.

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Ray Bennett - Whatever Falls
Review by Gary Hill
Ray Bennett has released what is very close to a masterpiece with this album.

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Brooke Benson - I Am the Sun
Review by Gary Hill
I am landing this under progressive rock more as art rock than real prog. There is a definite artistic edge to this music.

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Jeff Berlin - Low Standards
Review by Gary Hill
I always put Jeff Berlin under progressive rock.

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Jeff Berlin - Jack Songs
Review by Gary Hill
This album from Jeff Berlin is a tribute to Jack Bruce.

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Robert Berry's 3.2 - Alive at Progstock
Review by Gary Hill
This new set is a double CD with bonus DVD. It captures a concert that feels more like an event than just a gig.

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Robert Berry - A Soundtrack To The Wheel of Time
Review by Gary Hill
A Soundtrack To The Wheel of Time is an album created not as a soundtrack to a film, but rather to a series of books. The fantasy books are written by Robert Jordan who has officially endorsed this album.
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Alessandro Bertoni - Keystone
Review by Gary Hill
This instrumental album is quite strong. One might quibble with the progressive rock heading, but if it fits anywhere else it would be under fusion.

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Bethlehem Asylum - Commit Yourself to Bethlehem Asylum
Review by Gary Hill
This CD collects the two albums released by Bethlehem Asylum onto one CD.

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The Bevis Frond - Miasma
Review by Gary Hill
At the time this album was recorded in 1988, The Bevis Frond was one guy: Nick Saloman.

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The Bevis Frond - Inner Marshland
Review by Gary Hill
Here we get another in a series of Bevis Frond reissues.

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Big Big Train - Grimspound
Review by Larry Toering
Big Big Train are considered a prog-folk band with a pop essence to their sound, and a stronger case can simply be made for the prog side of what they do on Grimspound.
Big Dust - Big Dust
Review by Gary Hill
This is definitely not progressive rock in the traditional sense of the word.

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Bike Thief - Stuck in a Dream
Review by Gary Hill
Shoegaze, psychedelic rock, space rock and prog all seem to merge on this beast.

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Bird Mancini - Year of Change
Review by Josh Turner
The name is taken from the two lead musicians of the band. This would be Ruby Bird (accordion, harmonica, melodica, lead & back up vocals) and Billy Carl Mancini (guitars, percussion, lead & back up vocals).

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Birds and Buildings - Multipurpose Trap
Review by Gary Hill
Music this strange shouldn’t be this compelling.

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Birdsong At Morning - Signs and Wonders
Review by Gary Hill
This is a music CD. It's also a video album. The double disc set includes both an audio CD and a BluRay disc.



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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Petrophonics
Review by Gary Hill
If you are a fan of off kilter, instrumental prog with jazzy overtones; do yourself a favor and check out this band. The sound is really all their own, although comparisons to early King Crimson are justified.
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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Dancing on A'A
Review by Gary Hill
I got this disc after having heard quite a few other Birdsongs albums from the catalog. Yes, the music here is consistent with the rest of their material; jazzy free form progressive rock excursions that are often hard to classify.
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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Faultline
Review by Gary Hill
This is arguably the most accessible disc from Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. That said, don't expect to hear the latest pop or rock sounds here.
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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Pyroclastics
Review by Gary Hill
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic is an unusual band. While they practice an adventurous form of progressive instrumental rock - at times closer to jazz or classical - they still manage to come across as playful and catchy.
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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - The Iridium Controversy
Review by Gary Hill
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic definitely have class. The group has always combined classical instrumentation with more rock and jazz oriented compositions into a musical style that is nearly impossible to pigeon hole.
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Black Moon Circle - Flowing into the Third Dimension (vinyl LP)
Review by Gary Hill
This album is made up of two epic length pieces of instrumental space rock.

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Black Moon Circle - Psychedelic Spacelord (Vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
This is such a classy release. First off, the heavy red vinyl record is just a particularly nice product.

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Blackfield - Blackfield
Review by Gary Hill
When I first got this CD I hadn't heard of it, but knowing that Steve Wilson of Porcupine Tree was involved in the project was enough to get my attention. As it turns out the album is a duo between Wilson and Israeli avant-garde hero Aviv Geffen.
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Blackmore's Night - Past Times With Good Company
Review by Gary Hill
Ritchie Blackmore is certainly best known for his work in hard rocking bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. He has been showing a different face with his new band Blackmore's Night.
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Blackmore's Night - Dancer and the Moon
Review by Gary Hill
I have followed Blackmore’s Night a little over the years.

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Blackmore's Night - All Our Yesterdays
Review by Gary Hill
I have never heard a Blackmore’s Night album I didn’t like.

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Blackmore's Night - To the Moon and Back - 20 Years and Beyond
Review by Gary Hill
This new collection from Blackmore's Night continues their tradition of classy music.

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Blackmore's Night - Winter Carols (2017 Edition)
Review by Gary Hill
Tis the season for holiday music. You can't go wrong with Blackmore's Night. This is a newly remastered version of their classic Winter Carols album.

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Blackmore's Night - Nature's Light
Review by Gary Hill
You really can't go wrong with Blackmore's Night. I have a tendency to think that they just keep getting better with each successive release.

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Blackmore's Night - Winter Carols 2021 Edition
Review by Gary Hill
I previously reviewed an edition of this album that came out in 2017. They have released this new version with a few new songs added.

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Jason Blake - Fictional Mirrors
Review by Gary Hill
I've covered Jason Blake previously as part of the band Aziola Cry. In fact, I reviewed their most recent disc in the last issue of MSJ.

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Jason Blake - The Darkness Found in Shadows
Review by Gary Hill
This was the first of two solo albums from Jason Blake in the last year or so. I've reviewed the other one in this issue, as well.

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Jason Blake - Imaginary Cages
Review by Gary Hill
The latest solo release from Jason Blake, this is made up of Warr Guitar solo pieces. There is a good range of sound within this set.

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Jason Blake - The Compromise Rationale
Review by Gary Hill
Jason Blake is really building up quite an admirable catalog of solo music. Blake is a Warr guitarist hailing from my regional backyard, in his case, Chicago.

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Jason Blake - Subsequent Ruins
Review by Gary Hill
Jason Blake has built up quite a catalog of killer Warr Guitar instrumental music. He's joined on this latest release by Marco Minnemann on drums.

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Jason Blake - Radiant Dusk
Review by Gary Hill
I have covered a lot of music from Jason Blake. The Warr guitar player delivers quality music.

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Jason Blake - Seemingly Quixotic
Review by Gary Hill
Jason Blake puts out consistently strong music.

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Jason Blake - featuring Raphael Weinroth-Browne - Candles Burn
Review by Gary Hill
I usually mention in these reviews that Warr guitarist Jason Blake is best known for his work in Aziola Cry.

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Tim Blake - Magick
Review by Gary Hill
According to the liner notes, this album was recorded live.

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Tim Blake - Crystal Machine
Review by Gary Hill
While Tim Blake is best known for his work with Gong and Hawkwind, don't expect that type of music here.

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Tim Blake - Blake's New Jerusalem
Review by Gary Hill
I've reviewed two other discs from Tim Blake for this issue. Each of them has a distinct flavor.

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Tim Blake - Caldea Music II
Review by Gary Hill
This is a new reissue of an album from Tim Blake. Blake is best known for his work in Gong and Hawkwind, but he also built a name for himself with a series of keyboard albums.

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Tim Blake - Lighthouse: An Anthology 1973-2012
Review by Gary Hill
This new anthology from Tim Blake is quite a nice release. You get three CDs of music, some of which is previously unreleased along with a DVD of a French TV special.

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Tim Blake - Crystal Presence: The Albums 1977-1991
Review by Gary Hill
This new collection gathers up three albums by Tim Blake. Blake is best known for his work in Gong and Hawkwind.

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Blast Unicorn - Van Halo
Review by Gary Hill
This is quite experimental. Not everything works completely for my ears.

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The Blessed Beat - MIV
Review by Gary Hill
This is definitely progressive music.

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Lena Bloch & Feathery - Rose Of Lifta
Review by Gary Hill
At MSJ we put fusion under progressive rock. It just seems to fit. So, the question becomes "what is fusion?"

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Blodwyn Pig - Pigthology
Review by Gary Hill
This compilation album from Blodwyn Pig is interesting.

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Blonde on Blonde - Rebirth
Review by Gary Hill
There was a time when progressive rock sort of emerged from psychedelic rock. In the early days, the two shared a lot of territory.

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Blonde on Blonde - Reflections on a Life
Review by Gary Hill
This is one of two reissues I'm reviewing in this issue from this band. Of the two, I think I like this one better.

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#Bloomerangs - Moments and Fragments
Review by Gary Hill

This is a strong set. While the bulk of this is fusion, there are a few exceptions.


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Blues Image - Timeless
Review by Gary Hill
You probably remember Blues Image from their hit "Ride Captain Ride." There is a brand new version of that tune here.

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Blues Image - Next Voyage
Review by Gary Hill
Blues Image are probably most famous for their hit song "Ride Captain Ride." Mike Pinera was not only the founder of the band, but also wrote that song and played guitar on it and sang it.

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Blunda - Messages
Review by Gary Hill
This is great stuff. It’s basically a one man creation, that man being Andy Blunda.

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Blunda - Pulling for You
Review by Gary Hill

This is not really a band, but rather a one-man show. That one person is Andy Blunda.


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Blurred Vision - Organized Insanity
Review by Gary Hill
There is a lot of retro tinge to the sound of this album.

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Wolfgang Bock - Cycles
Review by Gary Hill
This masterpiece of electronic music is getting its first release on CD with this edition. It was originally released on vinyl in 1981.

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Bodast - Towards Utopia
Review by Gary Hill
Before Steve Howe joined Yes he had played in a number of bands. Bodast was one of those groups.

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Tomas Bodin - I Am
Review by Josh Turner
This concept comes from the fantasies of Flower King's keyboardist Tomas Bodin. Right from the get go, you know I Am is going to grow on you.
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Tomas Bodin - Sonic Boulevard
Review by Josh Turner
This album features ten blissful songs from the masterful Tomas Bodin. As his third solo attempt, he has really hit a homerun.
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Bodragaz - 20
Review by Gary Hill

It seems hard to believe that Bodgragaz has been at it for twenty years now.


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Ximena Borges - Joyful Noise
Review by Gary Hill
Is this album progressive rock? Probably not. It’s definitely progressive music, though.

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Xavier Boscher - Embryogenesis
Review by Gary Hill
Xavier Boxcher can always be counted on for some killer progressive rock music. This is a fine example.

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Xavier Boscher - Waterscapes
Review by Gary Hill
The latest set from Xavier Boscher, this is truly a solo effort as he does everything here.

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Boud Deun - The Stolen Bicycle
Review by Gary Hill
The Stolen Bicycle is a very entertaining prog rock instrumental work that has much in common with the music of King Crimson. The musicianship here is very solid and this is a very well conceived album.
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Alan J. Bound - Deep Space: The Alan J. Bound Retrospective 2005 to 2014
Review by Gary Hill
This CD features guitar heavy instrumental music.

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Bozzio, Levin, Stevens - Black Light Syndrome
Review by Gary Hill
This album by Terry Bozzio, Tony Levin and Steve Stevens is a very wonderful work. Combining elements of Red era King Crimson, jazz, and other sources,the musicianship is impeccable.
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Bozzio, Levin, Stevens - Situation Dangerous
Review by Steve Alspach
 Red-era King Crimson's may claim to being the best guitar-bass-drums setup in progressive rock, but Terry Bozzio, Tony Levin, and Steve Stevens are more than willing to challenge that assumption with their latest work, "Situation Dangerous". The album shows three musicians at the top of their games.
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Terry Bozzio - Prime Cuts
Review by Gary Hill
This disc by drum great Terry Bozzio is by definition a compilation album. Still it does include two previously unreleased numbers, one of which was recorded specifically for this CD.
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Terry Bozzio & Billy Sheehan - Nine Short Films
Review by Gary Hill
Terry Bozzio wrote the lyrics to this and provides all the percussion and keyboard textures. The majority of the guitar sounds on this CD are not truly guitar but keys that sound like guitar provided by Bozzio.
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Bradford - You're Doing It Wrong
Review by Gary Hill
This is guitar dominated instrumental rock. That said, it's not noodly or repetitive.

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Brainticket - Cottonwood Hill
Review by Gary Hill
Although this is rather weird at times, it’s also quite cool.

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Brainticket - Past, Present and Future
Review by Gary Hill
Psychedelia and a lot more show up on this release.

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Brainticket - Celestial Ocean
Review by Gary Hill
This is a new edition of a classic Brainticket album from the 1970s.

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Brainticket - Zurich / Lausanne
Review by Gary Hill
This set features two different recordings, one from 1983 and from 1984. It's all instrumental and quite electronic in nature.

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Brand X - Missing Period
Review by Gary Hill
Associated with the prog musical style both because of their imaginative and virtuosic fusion approach to music and the sometime presence of Genesis man Phil Collins, Brand X have always been a great largely unknown musical treasure.
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Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour
Review by Steve Alspach
Those fans of progressive music who stick their fingers down their throat at the mention of the name "Phil Collins" may not be familiar with this piece of work. If they were, they may think that Phil may deserve a bit of redemption before being cast to purgatory.
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Brand X - Missing Period (Reissue)
Review by Gary Hill
This is a new edition of this Brand X album.

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Brand X - Live at the Roxy LA
Review by Gary Hill
This is a newly reissued live album from Brand X.

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Brand X - Is There Anything About?
Review by Gary Hill
I like this album a lot. It seems to be more diverse than some of the rest of Brand X’s catalog.

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The Brilliance - Suite No. 2 World Keeps Spinning: An Antidote to Modern Anxiety
Review by Gary Hill

This is actually a pretty hard album to classify. There are songs here that are full classical music excursions.


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Eddie Brnabic & the Cosmic Fellowship - Subtle Realms
Review by Gary Hill
This isn’t the easiest thing in the world to classify.

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Patrick Broguière - A Secret World
Review by Gary Hill
This is the latest album from French artist Patrick Broguière. The music is definitely progressive rock, but perhaps not always a completely tight fit.

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Bröselmaschine - Indian Camel
Review by Gary Hill
I really like this album a lot. It's obviously not pure progressive rock, but there are a number of pieces that definitely qualify.

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Bröselmaschine - Live at Rockpalast
Review by Gary Hill
This band dates back all the way to the 1960s. This recording is from 2021.

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Edgar Broughton Band - Speak Down The Wire: Recordings 1975-1982
Review by Gary Hill
The new set of Edgar Broughton Band music features four albums across four CDs. One of the albums has a bonus track, the other three do not.

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Arthur Brown - Monster’s Ball
Review by Gary Hill
I really wish I'd gotten this CD a month or so earlier. It would have been a perfect fit in our October issue because it definitely has a spooky angle to it.

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Arthur Brown - Dance
Review by Gary Hill
This is a reissue of an Arthur Brown album from 1974. I generally include Brown under progressive rock in general, but most of this album fits there to some degree, either way.

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Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come - Eternal Messenger An Anthology 1970-1973: Remastered & Expanded
Review by Gary Hill
I have to admit to not being all that familiar with Arthur Brown's work. Sure, I know about the stuff he did with Hawkwind and Robert Calvert and things like that.

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Brown Eyed Blue - Point of View (digital single)
Review by Gary Hill
One of two singles from this new Canadian prog band I'm reviewing in this issue, I like this quite a bit.


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Brown Eyed Blue - The City on the Hill (digital single)
Review by Gary Hill
While both songs I've reviewed from this act for this issue are dynamic, I'd say this is the further reaching of the two.

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Charles Brown - Light of the Dawn
Review by Gary Hill
This instrumental album is pretty good.

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Charles Brown - Wind of the Eastern Sea
Review by Gary Hill
I really love this album. It’s instrumental and powerful.

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Charles Brown - Explorer of Life
Review by Gary Hill
Charles Brown never fails to deliver some classy music. This fully instrumental album has a real focus on guitar oriented AOR prog rock.

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Charles Brown - A New Awakening
Review by Gary Hill
This instrumental album is truly a solo release, with Charles Brown doing everything here. There is a decent range, and this lands well in the progressive rock zone.

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Brücken Froese - Beginn
Review by Gary Hill
This is a joint disc from Claudia Brücken and Jerome Froese. Brücken (who provides the vocals - except for a few that are provided by a couple guest vocalists and just a couple songs) was best known as the lead singer of the group Propaganda in the 80s.

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Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
Review by Gary Hill
The musicians on this disc are Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson), Tony Levin (King Crimson; Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe; Bozzio, Levin, Stevens; Liquid Tension Experiment), David Torn (Mark Isham, Bill Bruford), and Chris Botti(Paul Simon, Blue Nile).
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Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - BLUE Nights
Review by Gary Hill
This recording chronicles the live performances of Bruford Levin Upper Extremities from 1998. The disc showcases the band's unique blend of jazzy modes with Crimsonesque textures and, occassionally, just plain weirdness.
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Bruford - One of A Kind
Review by Steve Alspach
I remember buying this album in 1979 and the woman who sold me this album said, "Oh, you'll love this album. It is so much fun!" I had heard albums described in a number of ways, but "fun"?

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Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado (original vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
This 1980 release from Bruford features Bill Bruford (obvious, right?), Dave Stewart, Jeff Berlin and The Unknown John Clark. It has a number of instrumentals along with some songs with vocals.

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Bruford - One of a Kind - Remastered Vinyl Edition
Review by Gary Hill
This album, the second from Bill Bruford's solo project that went by his last name, is just getting a great remastered vinyl release from his own Winterfold Records.

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Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Heavenly Bodies
Review by Gary Hill

This newly released double CD compilation gathers up a number of studio and live recordings from Bill Bruford's Earthworks in a nice re-mastered package.


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Brunod / Li Calzi / Savoldelli - Nostalgia Progressiva
Review by Gary Hill
This is an intriguing set. It features new rendition of various progressive rock based pieces, hence the title. These guys don't play it straight, though.

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Gary Paul Bryant - Imaginary Piano
Review by Gary Hill
Fans of keyboard instrumental music, rejoice, there is a new name in town and the man can play. Gary Paul Bryant's take on this medium touches on the sounds of such prog heroes and Rick Wakeman, Vangelis and Keith Emerson.
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Bubblemath - Edit Peptide
Review by Gary Hill
This is quite an intriguing set. It has a lot of modern, crunchy, crazed prog rock in the mix.

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Bud Collins Trio - No 5uch Th1ng
Review by Gary Hill
I guess I should mention at the start that this band is not a trio, and none of them is named "Bud Collins." It's a band name rather than a description.

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Dewa Budjana - Dawai In Paradise
Review by Gary Hill
Perhaps this doesn’t fit as progressive rock.

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Dewa Budjana - Joged Kahyangan
Review by Gary Hill
I can see some people arguing about this landing under progressive rock.

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Dewa Budjana - and Jimmy Johnson & Vinnie Colaiuta - Surya Namaskar
Review by Gary Hill
This is a purely instrumental disc.

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Dewa Budjana - and Jimmy Johnson & Vinnie Colaiuta - Surya Namaskar (Vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
There is something to be said for the tactile experience of opening up a new vinyl LP, pulling out the disc and feeling that heft in your hand.

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Dewa Budjana - Hasta Karma
Review by Gary Hill
In a lot of ways you know what you will get with a new Dewa Budjana album. It’s going to be a mix of fusion and progressive rock.

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Dewa Budjana - Zentuary
Review by Gary Hill
This album has some vocals, but they are world type things, more as instruments. 

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Dewa Budjana - Mahandini
Review by Gary Hill
Dewa Budjana is one of those artists you can count on for consistent quality. In terms of style of music, he's less consistent, but that's actually a good thing.

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Dewa Budjana - Tohpati, Adhitya Pratama, Demas Narawangsa - Janapati
Review by Gary Hill

I've reviewed works from a  couple of these guys in the past. Generally the music lands in the vein of fusion.


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Dewa Budjana - Naurora
Review by Gary Hill
You can always count on Dewa Budjana to deliver high quality and inventive fusion, no matter who he's playing with. This album fulfills that promise with style.

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Roland Buehlmann - Aineo
Review by Gary Hill
The instrumental works presented here run a fairly wide swath.

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Roland Buehlmann - Bailenas
Review by Gary Hill
This new album from Roland Buehlmann continues the trend of his previous release. It's truly a solo effort.

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Roland Buehlmann - Crucial
Review by Gary Hill
This is an instrumental album that's a bit hard to pin down. Parts are fusion oriented. 

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Buggles - Adventures in Modern Recording (12 inch single) (Vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
Are the Buggles progressive rock?

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The Building - Petra
Review by Gary Hill

This may or may not fit under progressive rock, but I've put it there. If it does fit, it's not because of its resemblance to the classic prog of the 1970s.


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Bulgogi - Juan Dissed the Cyclops Baby
Review by Gary Hill
I’d bet you’ve not heard anything like this before. In some ways, it’s not far removed from things like Giant Squid or Green Milk from the Planet Orange.

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Bullfrog - Bullfrog
Review by Gary Hill
The first disc I reviewed  from these guys I decided didn’t really fit under the progressive rock banner. 

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Angela Burns - So That You Can Feel Better
Review by Gary Hill
You might argue with me putting this under the progressive rock heading. 

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Burnt Belief - Emergent
Review by Gary Hill

This instrumental album is quite interesting. 


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Burnt Belief - Mutual Isolation
Review by Gary Hill
This new release from Burnt Belief is all class. Like the previous one I reviewed, it's fully instrumental.

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Kate Bush - Aerial
Review by Steve Alspach
I'm in year 19 of a 3-year sabbatical from graduate school, so I can't blame Kate Bush for wanting to take a year off and and missing the deadline, so to speak. Kate was feeling a bit burned out after "The Red Shoes" and the accompanying video "The Line, the Cross, and the Curve."
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Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Review by Steve Alspach
Kate Bush found her true ground in 1982's "The Dreaming" which was her first self-produced effort. As inventive and creative as that album was, "Hounds of Love" takes that creativity a giant step further.
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Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Review by Steve Alspach
There were signs of Kate Bush's musical maturity in 1980's "Never For Ever" but not too many people may have been expecting the curveball she threw with 1982's "The Dreaming." Often referred to as the "She's gone mad" album, "The Dreaming" is far removed from "The Kick Inside," the 1978 album that introduced the helium-tinged starry-eyed waif to the world.
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Kate Bush - The Sensual World (vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
I had heard Kate Bush before the Hounds of Love album, but it was that disc that made me a fan. I still consider that set to be a masterpiece and her best release.

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Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
This 1978 release was the debut album from Kate Bush. It established her as an art-rocker and really fits well with the rest of her catalog.

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Kate Bush - Never for Ever (vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
The third studio album from Kate Bush, I tend to feel this was the one where her sound started to move into more dramatic and cinematic territory.

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Kate Bush - The Red Shoes
Review by Gary Hill
I remember that when I first tried to listen to this album years ago, I gave up on it fairly quickly. ll.

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Buttercup - Grand Marais
Review by Gary Hill
This is clearly not progressive rock in any kind of traditional sense of the word.

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