Ivan Grebenschikov – The Endless Winter

I’ll be in-flight over South Korea by the time you’re reading this post, and I thought I’d leave you with an incredibly rich and diverse album by Russian pianist Ivan Grebenschikov and his group.  The Endless Winter is his latest work, and it is a seamless combination of art-rock, contemporary Continue Reading

Omar Ahmad – Inheritance

Judging by the sole track available from AKP Recordings artist, the Brooklyn-based Palestinian-American Omar Ahmad, this album should be considered one of those albums you listen to at 3 a.m. in order to relax and be at one with God.  The chilled out atmosphere of the track Lapses is shimmering, Continue Reading

Amoeba Split – Second Split

Of all the scenes I’ve always felt was neglected in prog, it was the Canterbury scene.  That sub-genre which gave us Soft Machine, Caravan, National Health, Robert Wyatt and Kevin Ayers is of course big with specialist fans, but as the years have passed, it seems fewer and fewer listeners Continue Reading

Petar Vujačić – Made in Ovto​č​i​ć​: Songs from Montenegro

Amazing.  The ever excellent Antonovka Records are now producing music outside of the former USSR.  We have a description of the recordings below, courtesy of the label’s Bandcamp site: “Gusle (not to be confused with Russian gusli) is a Balkan (mainly Montenegrin and Serbian) bowed instrument. There is only one Continue Reading

Necrocock – Jan Ži​ž​ka z Trocnova (Original Soundtrack)

Jan Ži​ž​ka z Trocnova is a twelve-part series covering the life of Czech hero Jan Ži​žka, whose role in his nation’s history is indisputable despite fighting for Protestant heretics.  Though I have never managed to watch the series, I did get a chance to enjoy the soundtrack scored by Tom Continue Reading

Joyce Moreno – Visions of Dawn

I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing Joyce Moreno’s music in November of 2022, and it looks like the legends at Far Out Recordings have found yet another long lost masterpiece by the Brazilian queen of Brazilian acid-folk.  Does such a genre really exist?!  Take a listen to the track Jardim Continue Reading