Gryphon’s formation in early 1972 was the culmination of years of musical experimentation. Founding members Richard Harvey and Graeme Taylor first met at Tiffin Boys’…
Origins of Gryphon: A Fusion of Early Music, Folk, and Rock
Tag: progressive folk
Spirited Followers Come Back Around With Dream Folk Single “Returning”
Cardiff progressive folk group Spirited Followers have released “Returning,” their debut single on BWGiBWGAN and the first recorded release on the label. The track introduces…
Spellbinding Shadow Folk: Antinoë Bends Darkness On ‘The Fold’
Antinoë – The Fold (Dark Essence Records, 2025) Antinoë presents The Fold, a hauntingly beautiful chamber-like convergence of neoclassical folk, melancholy pop, progressive rock-style arrangements…
Gryphon’s Live Alchemy – A Brew of Past and Present
Gryphon – Tonic for the Senses (Talking Elephant Records, 2024) Gryphon Live – A Sonic Tonic is the progressive folk band’s first live release, primarily…
Albaluna’s Thrilling Hurdy-Gurdy Fueled Progressive World Music
Albaluna – Ennead (West Wave Production, 2024) Albaluna is one of my favorite Portuguese bands. Their unconventional fusion of Iberian folk, world music and a…
Finnish Act Vimma Fuse Folk Music and Progrock on New Single Antrasiitille
Helsinki-based progressive folk band Vimma have released their new single, ‘Antrasiitille,’ their first since the band’s debut album in 2019. The song combines world music…
Ancestral Spanish Sounds through a Progressive Music Lens
Tündra – Bastardüs (Nada Producciones, 2017) Bastardüs is the second album released by Tündra, one of Spain’s most innovative contemporary folk music bands. The musicians…
A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Reissue of Rare Progressive Folk from Oberon
A new, remastered edition of Oberon’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream will be available April 16, 2021. Oberon was a progressive folk music band from the…
Transfixing Scottish Music Inspired by St. Kilda
Garefowl – Cliffs (Penny Fiddle Records, 2020) Scottish multi-instrumentalist Ewan Macdonald put together Garefowl, an international collective of talented musicians. The group recorded Cliffs, a…
English Singer-songwriter and Folk-Rock Pioneer Judy Dyble Dies at 71
English singer-songwriter Judy Dyble passed away on July 12th, 2020 following a long illness. Judy Dyble was one of the forerunners of the English folk…