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The cover of Sentencia by Quentin Gas & Los Zíngaros features a psychedelic, abstract flame-like design in vivid yellow, orange, and green against a deep purple background.
Music videos

Guilty of Reinvention: Quentin Gas Reopens the Case of Sentencia

World Music Central News Room May 10, 2025 No Comments Andalusian rockFlamencoprogressive rockQuentin Gas & Los Zíngarosworld fusionworld music

Spanish band Quentin Gas & Los Zíngaros revisit Sentencia, a psychedelic flamenco bulería originally featured on their acclaimed 2024 album El Mundo Se Quema. This…

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The album cover for Gryphon Live: A Sonic Tonic blends medieval and psychedelic aesthetics with a live concert photo at its center. The frame is adorned with intricate illustrations of mythical gryphons, flutes, guitars, and violins. The live performance setting, bathed in atmospheric blue and purple lighting, showcases the band in full instrumental interplay.
Album reviews

Gryphon’s Live Alchemy – A Brew of Past and Present

Angel Romero February 27, 2025 No Comments English Folk musicfolk-rockGryphonprogressive folkprogressive rock

Gryphon – Tonic for the Senses (Talking Elephant Records, 2024) Gryphon Live – A Sonic Tonic is the progressive folk band’s first live release, primarily…

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Finnish Act Vimma Fuse Folk Music and Progrock on New Single Antrasiitille

World Music Central News Room November 29, 2022 1 Comment Finnish musicprogressive folkprogressive rockVIMMAworld fusionworld music

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…

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cover of the album To The Far Away by Dave Bainbridge
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Celtic Music Meets Epic Progrock

Angel Romero March 2, 2022 No Comments Celtic musicDave Bainbridgeprogressive rock

Dave Bainbridge – To The Far Away (2021)  “To The Far Away” is the fourth solo album from Dave Bainbridge, an acclaimed British multi-instrumentalist, composer,…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Dongyang Gozupa

Angel Romero July 24, 2020 No Comments Dongyang GozupaKorean musicprogressive rockSouth Korea

Dongyang Gozupa is an innovative South Korean group that performs a remarkable mix of instrumental progressive rock band and Gugak (traditional Korean music). The trio…

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Interviews

Interview with Groundbreaking Portuguese Band Albaluna

admin March 6, 2020 No Comments AlbalunaPortuguese musicprogressive folkprogressive rockworld fusionworld music

Albaluna is one of those rare musical projects impossible to categorize under a genre. A band of the world more than a world music band,…

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Albaluna, Charismatic Progressive World Music from Portugal

Angel Romero January 13, 2020 No Comments Albalunaprogressive folkprogressive rockworld fusion

Albaluna – Amor, Ira & Desgosto (independent release, 2019) Albaluna is an outstanding Portuguese band that is hard to describe. Their sound is rooted in…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Luis Delgado

Angel Romero February 4, 2019 No Comments Arab-Andalusian musicelectronic musicLuis DelgadoMedieval musicprogressive rockworld music

Luis Delgado, who was born in July 1956 in Madrid, can safely be called one of the most versatile musicians in Spain. The multi-instrumentalist, composer…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Manuel Iman

Angel Romero February 1, 2019 No Comments Manuel Imannew ageprogressive rockSpainSpanish musicworld music

Manuel Iman was born in Seville, Spain. He became involved in music at a very early age. His first recording came in 1975 when he…

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Artist Profiles: Luis Cobo Manglis

Angel Romero February 1, 2019 No Comments jazz-rockManglisprogressive rockworld fusionworld music

Guitarist, composer and producer Luis Cobo Manglis was born in Sevilla (Spain). At 13 he began to learn guitar and at 17 he became a…

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