Articles by: Bill Golembeski

Nektar – ‘Journey to the Other Side: Live at the Dunellen Theater’ (2024)

Nektar – ‘Journey to the Other Side: Live at the Dunellen Theater’ (2024)

Nektar boldly carries on despite the loss of beautiful members with the upcoming double album ‘Journey to the Other Side: Live at the Dunellen Theater.’

Emerson Lake and Powell – ‘The Complete Collection’ (2024)

Emerson Lake and Powell – ‘The Complete Collection’ (2024)

This seeps into any prog lover’s soul as Emerson Lake and Powell embrace the classics, folk, rock and perhaps (if truth be told) a bit of pomposity.

Madlen Keys – ‘Event Horizon’ (2023)

Madlen Keys – ‘Event Horizon’ (2023)

Madlen Keys’ ‘Event Horizon’ is a very modern French progressive (for want of a better term) rock album, infused with pop sensitivities.

Kevin Coyne – ‘Live Rough and More’; ‘Shangri-La: Live in Bremen’ (2023)

Kevin Coyne – ‘Live Rough and More’; ‘Shangri-La: Live in Bremen’ (2023)

Two brilliant live LPs from Kevin Coyne, an idiosyncratic artist who defied the ’70s ethos of prog fantasy, hard-rock machoism, and folky sentimentalism.

The David Cross Band – ‘Ice Blue, Silver Sky’ (2023)

The David Cross Band – ‘Ice Blue, Silver Sky’ (2023)

King Crimson’s David Cross returns with ‘Ice Blue, Silver Sky,’ a modern prog-rock album of turbulence and minute intensity.

Brainiac 5 – ‘Memory or Dream’ (2023)

Brainiac 5 – ‘Memory or Dream’ (2023)

Brainiac 5’s new album ‘Memory or Dream’ is wonderful ’60s and ’70s stuff that has been tugged and transported into our modern world. But with a twist.

Vinny Peculiar – ‘How I Learned to Love the Freaks’ (2023)

Vinny Peculiar – ‘How I Learned to Love the Freaks’ (2023)

With ‘How I Learned to Love the Freaks,’ Vinny Peculiar emerges from the hazy smoke of late-’60s youth counter-culture with a clever psych-rock album.

Soft Machine – ‘Other Doors’ (2023)

Soft Machine – ‘Other Doors’ (2023)

Soft Machine is a living musical equation that continues to evolve, while cradling a nest in the cathedral melodies of Canterbury city.

Philip Seth Campbell – ‘City Lights’

Philip Seth Campbell – ‘City Lights’

The new album from Philip Seth Campbell, gravel-voiced lead singer for Scotland’s excellent Temperance Movement, rekindles any lost love for rock ‘n’ roll.

William the Conqueror – ‘Excuse Me While I Vanish’ (2023)

William the Conqueror – ‘Excuse Me While I Vanish’ (2023)

With ‘Excuse Me While I Vanish,’ William the Conqueror has created a red-hot guitar sermon with good old-fashioned rock-trio insight.