After his thoughtful, gold-laced 2022 album Kintsugi, British composer and instrumentalist John Holden continues his impressive run of meaningful albums with Proximity & Chance (johnholdenmusic.com). Tigermoth Tales’s Peter Jones, guitarist Luke Machin, Southern Empire vocalist Shaun Holton and flute-meister John Hackett are among the talented contributors to another deep, diverse and highly musical tapestry from Holden. Set to a grand, spacious orchestral palette are his musings on everything from superstition (13), to Kipling, colonialism and morality (The Man Who Would Be King) and the ‘Goldilocks Theory’ of life on Earth (Proximity). More ambitious, intelligent, beautifully conceived music from English prog’s best-kept secret.
Italian-born musician/actor Dario Saraceno is a graduate of Berklee Music College, and the third album from his prog ensemble, Dario And The Clear, is a welcome slap across…
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