Muziekrecensies
On the day of the inauguration of Donald Trump the English band Blurred Vision releases their new single ‘Democracy’. Frontman singer/guitarist Sepp Osley says: “This is based on a coincidence that only the rock gods can explain”. When you are familiar with Blurred Vision, you understand the bitter undertone. Because the roots of Sepp and … Read more, available in English and Dutch
‘The Similitude of a Dream’ is a concept album. It is based on the book ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ (1678) by John Bunyan. Recently I had an interview with vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Mr. Neal Morse where you can read more about the story behind ‘Similitude of a Dream’ and about The Neal Morse Band. Several guest musicians play … Read more, available in English and Dutch
The British progrock band Nth Ascension was founded six years ago. What began as a four-men band has grown to five people. Bassist Gav(in) Walker was the last to join. This allowed Alan ‘Spud’ Taylor to focus entirely on the vocals. Keyboardist Darrell Treece-Birch is known from TEN and is also active as solo artist. … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Recently I had an interview with singer and multi instrumentalist Neal Morse. His career started in pubs, as singer-songwriter. Early ‘90’s he founded the prog band Spock’s Beard. That was the start of a successful career. He also has success with prog super group Transatlantic, and the prog band Flying Colors. Last but not least, … Read more, available in English and Dutch
The name Eric Gillette might not ring a bell to everyone. Guitar freaks and prog-heads probably know his name as he is lead guitarist and vocalist in The Neal Morse Band. Eric started playing the piano at the age of four. Eight years later followed by guitar. He has since become a multi-instrumentalist. ‘The great … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Ray Wilson (ex- Stiltskin, ex-Genesis) is working as a solo-artist for about 15 years now. Besides Ray, 11 musicians -including as many as three guitarists- contributed to this new album. 2016 proves to be a productive year for Ray as “Makes me think of home” is the 2nd album he released this year. Just as … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Multi-instrumentalist Josh Bryan founded the British prog-rock band Mostly Autumn in 1995. Josh also releases albums as solo artist. ‘Transylvania – Part 1 The Count demands it’ is the successor of ‘Through These Eyes’. Of course Mostly Autumn singer Olivia Sparnenn contributed to this album and also their drummer Alex Cromarty was present. Plus a … Read more, available in English and Dutch
While I was reviewing Transylvania –Part 1- The Count demands it, I got involved with the story. So I would love to know more about the album, and asked permission to interview Bryan. I’m very pleased he agreed. Bryan, thank you so much for the time you took to answer my questions. Much appreciated. How … Read more, available in English and Dutch
De Italiaan Marco Ragni is niet alleen singer en songwriter. Hij is ook producer en sound engineer bij Melodic Revolution Records. ‘Land of the blue echoes is zijn 8e solo album. Deze progressieve rock artiest speelt akoestisch en elektrisch gitaar, bas, piano, keyboards. Bovendien speelt hij de Griekse bazooka. Er werken een aantal gastmuzikanten mee … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Ray Wilson founded the band Guaranteed Pure in the early 90s together with his brother Steve. In 1994 he became frontman of Stiltskin, which paved the way for him to replace Phil Collins in Genesis from 1996 to 1999. Afterwards, Ray has remained active as a solo artist, releasing several albums, the latest of which is … Read more, available in English and Dutch