This newest set from Leon Alvarado is quite a tasty one. It has a number of nearly vocal only spoken bits that tell the story of the album.

I suppose the easiest way to label this is as jazzy instrumental music.

This is a brand new, two CD edition of Asia’s Phoenix album. It’s quite classy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This new album from Gadi Caplan is quite a masterpiece. It’s probably going to wind up on my list of best albums of 2016.

This is such a great album. In fact, it’s one that might well make my “best of 2016” list.

Ryan Carraher is a jazz guitarist. This is his debut CD.

A couple of the musicians here should be quite familiar to regular readers of Music Street Journal.

This is an unusual and intriguing album. It’s also one that’s likely to make my “best of 2016” list.

While this is not the wizard of Tolkein’s tales, there is a lot of musical magic going on here, making this a well-titled set.

If you are looking for musical wizardry, look no further than this new reissue. This is a mellower, electronic based prog album.

This album is fully instrumental. It’s a great disc, too. Some of the music here has appeared elsewhere (although most of the time in different arrangements)

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

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 a new reissue of two older Greg Lake albums in one set. The second album includes a single bonus track, while the first has several.

At one time, Lucifer’s Friend was a band that was relegated to history. They hadn’t played together since their hey-day.

MJ12 gets their name from a supposed organization called “Majestik 12” which was supposedly convened in the 1940s to investigate UFOs.

This new live set from Neal Morse includes the double disc CD set and a bonus DVD. The performances are powerful.

The Move were the band that came before Electric Light Orchestra. Quite literally, they transitioned into ELO.

This is a reissue of an album from The Move. This is pre-Jeff Lynne days.

The original of this was a mono EP released in 1968. That’s presented in its remastered entirety at the end.

Let’s get one thing out of the way right off the bat, this album itself is not prog rock.

This is not progressive rock in the traditional sense of the word. It’s progressive music for sure, though.

This is definitely not progressive rock. That said, it is progressive music.

I’ve always loved Erik Norlander’s music. His sonic style lands in modern prog territory in some ways, but more than anything it’s rooted in the classic progressive rock of the 1970s.

Very little of this is actually progressive rock.

The first disc of this set was originally released in 1981, with a different mix. This is an instrumental album from former Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips.

This new album from Sailor Free might well make my best of 2016 list. It’s such cool modern prog.

This live album literally features just Billy Sherwood and Tony Kaye. Kaye handles the keyboards.

I suppose it could be argued that this is more psychedelic rock than it is progressive rock.

This is a double disc set. I believe that it was also released at one point in time as two single disc sets.

This is the latest album from the Italian prog act Syndone.

This set captures a live performance from 2010. As many will know, Martin Turner was a founding members of Wishbone Ash, and this particular tour was all about the 40^th Anniversary of that band.

This is a new album in this configuration. The whole thing has been released before, though.

I recently reviewed another release from this outfit (Fedogan and Bremer). This could be seen as a companion to that release, which was a reissue of an older set with additional material.

This is a cool album. It’s essentially instrumental, but one song does have some spoken things.

This instrumental set is part jam band, part trippy psychedelia, part space music and part prog.

I like this new reissue from Girlschool a lot. I’d say that it’s better than the other one I’ve also reviewed in this issue.

This is a brand new reissue of an old Girlschool disc. It includes a nice new booklet that is unique to this edition.

The newest disc from Auburn continues their musical exploration.

Those popping this disc in to spin and expecting a Cheap Trick album might be disappointed. Sure, Bun E. Carlos has been best known as the drummer for Cheap Trick, but honestly, this is not a Cheap Trick album.

I’ve wanted to do a retro review of this album for a long time. I finally got this chance this time around.

This lands in the neighborhood of a lot of the modern female pop music out there. That style (like most modern pop music) suffers from over-production and synthetic elements.

Beyond everything else, Foghat were always one of the wave of bands that landed somewhere in the blues rock arena.

This new disc from Katie Garibaldi isn’t a big surprise. That said, it’s a solid set of five songs.

This new disc from Heart is an interesting one. It includes several brand new songs along with a lot of revisits to old songs from the band.

This new EP is strong. It’s not the most unique or original thing out there, but it is very accessible and compelling.

This an effective set. The music lands in the singer/songwriter, folk meets country and rock range of sounds.

It’s pretty tough to find a lot of information about this outfit. They are apparently fairly new.

If you like your folk delivered with a lot of country, you might like this.

Brian Parrish is possibly best known for his work as part of the band Badger. This new solo album shows that he’s got what it takes to deliver great music on his own, though.

This is such a cool album. Not everything here blows me away, but nothing here is really lacking, either.

It would be pretty simple to just label this “bluegrass music.” The bulk of the disc fits nicely into that category.

This album would feel very much at home in the 1970s. The blend of sounds here is quite retro in texture.

This is one of two albums from Peter Vitalone that I’m reviewing this issue. Of the two, I like this one the best.

It is no great secret that I am a Michael Schenker super fan but I can be critical of his output when I feel that he is not playing up to his potential.  

Let me start by saying that I really like this DVD.  I had this back in the day when it was available on VHS,  but it is always better to have the crystal clear picture of a DVD.  

Interview with Leon Alvarado from 2016

Interview with Paolo Fosso of Armonite from 2016

Interview with Gayle Ellett of Djam Karet from 2016

Interview with Carl Verheyen from 2016