Latest articles by David West
The Neal Morse Band - Similitude Of A Dream album review
Not yet ratedOh come all ye faithful… With an eye fixed on the magnitude of concept albums such as The Wall and Tommy, Neal Morse and his fellow pilgrims progress to their grandest spiritual opus yet
Second Relation - Eno album review
Not yet ratedYoung Austrian proggers Second Relation get groovy. Not a concept album about our Brian…
The Greasy Slicks: raw blues rock from three very sweaty men
“They used to say, ‘Hey, you’re rocking out too much’. F**k that, man.” Ladies and gents, meet The Greasy Slicks...
Nosound reveal the story behind the spark that ignited Scintilla
Nosound mainman Giancarlo Erra tells Prog about the band’s evolving sound, and turning pain into art
Coheed And Cambria live review - The Forum, London
Not yet ratedCoheed And Cambria get spirited in London
Peter Gabriel - Growing Up Live / Still Growing Up Live & Unwrapped DVD review
Not yet ratedVintage Peter Gabriel keeps it steady as she goes
Stick Men - Prog Noir album review
Not yet ratedKing Crimson’s rhythm section, aka Stick Men, stays weird and wonderful.
Glass Hammer - Valkyrie album review
Not yet ratedProlific Tennesseans Glass Hammer set course for Valhalla.
Focus And Friends - Focus 8.5 / Beyond The Horizon album review
Not yet ratedBossa nova and 16th century classical? Focus go far out
Hiromi live review - Jazz Cafe, London
Not yet ratedJapanese jazz pianist brings her Trio Project to Camden.
Curved Air - The Rarities Series Vol. 1 Tapestry Of Propositions album review
Not yet ratedThe song most definitely doesn’t remain the same
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Strange Hobby album review
Not yet ratedThe psychedelic 60s get a glam makeover from Arjen Lucassen.
Tarja - The Shadow Self album review
Not yet ratedNo standing in the shadows for Finland’s symphonic metal queen Tarja
Protocol live review - Ronnie Scott's, London
Not yet ratedSimon Phillips' Protocol wows the audience at one of London's best-known jazz venues.
Santana Kick Off European Tour With Epic London Show
Not yet ratedThe Lion Roars Loud In Hammersmith.
Jimmy ‘Duck’ Holmes: It Is What It Is (Blue Front Records)
Blues as gloriously undiluted as moonshine whiskey.
The Record Company
Not yet ratedCalifornian roots rockers are still rough around the edges.
Bernie Marsden: Why I Love The Gibson Les Paul
Guitar aficionado and former Whitesnake axeman Bernie Marsden schools The Blues on the impact of the Les Paul Standard.
Q&A: Japanese pianist Hiromi on Zappa and working with Simon Phillips
The Japanese piano prodigy jammed with Chick Corea in her teens, signed a record deal while still a student at Berklee College Of Music and has just topped the Billboard Jazz chart with Spark
Cosmograf's Robin Armstrong on concept albums and staying independent
If you don’t play live, never tour, and self-release concept albums about aliens, spirits and spaceships that you produce down the bottom of your garden, how on Earth do you build a fan base a
Electric Citizen: Higher Time album review
Not yet ratedMalevolent anthems from Electric Citizen for a land of dark Satanic mills.
The Jelly Jam: Profit album review
Not yet ratedDream Theater and King’s X men are back as The Jelly Jam... and at a loss.
