Kev Rowland has recently published the fifth book in one of the most epic book series of all time!
Here we are at, wait for it, Volume 5 of the Progressive Underground.
This time, the book covers Kevin’s writings from 2014 to 2018. it includes all his reviews, in alphabetical order, some live reviews and a smattering of interviews.
As you might expect by now, we make an appearance with several albums: Unforgiving Mirror, Enraptured, All Life is One and Kicking the Olive Branch. We are on pages 75 through 77.
In terms of interviews, this book features Robert Berry, Steve Bonino, Mark Healy and Ben Morley. For live reviews, we have Yes and Steve Hackett in New Zealand.
Apart from providing a deep dive into the history of underground music and documenting its wonderful history and musicians, these works of Kevin’s could almost be considered a public service.
Personally, I would like to see larger album covers on display and, my perennial hobby horse, a Kindle edition! A book like this would be next level awesome with fully searchable indexes and what-not. I fully understand why it is not available digitally, but all the same . . . . . .
Below, you will find a complete list of everyone featured in the book. As you can see, Kevin covered a lot of ground and must have worn out several hi-fi systems in the process!
In conclusion, this book is absolutely compulsory reading for anyone with a smattering of interest in progressive/underground sounds for the period covered.
I don’t have an affiliate link or anything, but if the book takes your fancy, see below for a direct path to Amazon! Be warned, though, it constantly sells out and you might have to wait a few weeks for a copy – but it’s worth it.
- Publisher: Gonzo Multimedia
- ISBN: 978-1908728197
- Buy on Amazon UK
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Artists Featured
25 Yard Screamer, 3rdegree, 7 Ocean, A Big Goodbye, ABWH, Acqua Fragile, Afenginn, Alan Charles, Alan Reed, Alex Carpani, Algabas, Also Eden, Altavia, Amorphis, Apogee, Argos, Arkaik, Art Rock Circus, Art Zoyd, Artemiy Artemiev & Karda Estra, Asia, Atomic Rooster , Band of Rain, Barock Project, Barrows, Bauda, Big Big Train, Bionatops, Birzer Bandana, Blow Up Hollywood, Brad Garton & Dave Soldier, Bubblemath, Bugenhagen, Cairo, Captain of the Lost Waves, Carsten Sindvald, Cast, Cave, Charlie Cawood, Cheer Accident, Christina, Circle, Circu5, Clive Nolan, Coburg, Colin Tench project, Cormorant, Coshish, Cozhe, Credo, Damanek, Davey Dodds, Dean Watson, Deluge Grander, Descend, Dewa Budjana, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Dialeto, Discipline, Disen Gage, Drifting Sun, Dusan Jevtovic, Dwiki Dharmawan, Echoes, Eclipse Sol-Air, Eden Shadow, Edison’s Children, El Trio, Elegant Simplicity, Elephant Plaza, Epica, Eric Gillette, ESP, Eternal Wanderers, Excellion, Existence, Eyesberg, Family Free Rock, Faunch, Fen, Flames of Genesis, Flaming Row, Fractal Mirror, Frozen Ocean, Gadi Caplan, Galahad, Gazpacho, Gentle Knife, Glorious Wolf, Goblin, Gridfailure, Half Past Four, Heliopolis, Henning Pauly, Hibernal, Hidden Lands, House of Rabbits, Huis, Iamthemorning, Ichthyander Dad’s Only Dolphin, If, Il Castello Di Atlante, Il Segno del Comando, Il Tempio Delle Clessidre, Iluzjon, Investinmolden, Invisigoth, IQ, Isproject, It Bites, Its.True.Mentality, Izz, Jack Lancaster & Rick van der Linden, Jadis, Jam It!, Jeff Green Project, Jeremy, Joanne Hogg & Frank Van Essen, John Bassett, Jolly, JPL, Jump, Jupiter Society, Kalin Tonev, Karda Estra, Karibow, Karnataka, Kev Ellis, Konchordat, La Torrre Dell Alchemista, Lava Engine, Lee Abraham, Lee Abraham/Steve Kingman, Lego Lepricons, Lion Shepherd, Liquid Shadow, Lisa Larue Project 2K9, Little Tragedies, Lives & Times, Loonypark, Lorian, Los Random, Lost World Band, Lunar Cape, Lynn Stokes & Sol Surfers, Machine Mass, Machine Mass feat. Dave Liebman, Magenta, Majestic, Markus Reuter, Martin Springett, Matte Henderson, Matthew Parmenter, Mayan, Mice On Stilts, Michael Søbygge, Millenium, Mind Portal, Mindfields, Miriodor, Modest Midget, Mogador, Moloken, Moonrise, Multi Story, Murder and Parliament, My Eternel, Mystery, Naxal Protocol, Ne Obliviscaris, Nemezis, Nerissa Schwarz, Nick Magnus, Nigel Mazlyn Jones, Nightwish, Nosdrama, Novelists, NY In 64, Octopie, Openspace, Opeth, Orange Clocks, Osta Love, Ovrfwrd, Pandora Snail, Paradise 9, Parzival’s Eye, PBII, Perfect Beings, Persona Grata, Perspire, Pocket Size, Pravda, Preacher, Presto Ballet, Quantum Fantay, RC2, Red Bazar, Red Jasper, Retrospective, Richard Wileman, Rick Miller, Rick Wakeman, Robert Berry, Robert Reed, Robert Wyatt, Rog Patterson, Roz Vitalis, RSC, Rubycone, Ryan Yard, Salva, Schnauser, Seasons of Time, Sea-Vine, Sectlinefor, Security Project, Shadow Circus, Sheckley, Shephers of Cassini, Shibalba, Siiilk, Silhouette, Silver Hunter, Simakdialog, Simon Godfrey, Sky Architect, Solstice, Soniq Theater, Sophya Baccini’s Aradia, Soul Enema, Soul Secret, Soundrise, Sounds Like the End of the World, Spiral Key, Steve Howe, Steve Hughes, Steve Thorne, Subject To Thoughts, Sunrise Sunset Project, Superdrama, Susan Clynes, Synaethesia, Synaptik, Syncage, t, Take Me Far Away, Taylor’s Universe, Thank You Scientist, The Black Noodle Project, The Bob Lazar Story, The Dead Centuries, The Fierce and the Dead, The Hirsch Effekt, The Intersphere, The Lazarus Trio, The Nonexistent, The Pilgrim, The Room, The Skys, The Steve Bonino Project, The Thirteenth Sun, The Wood Demons, Thieves’ Kitchen, Thinking Plague, Three Monks, Threshold, Ticket to the Moon, Tiger Moth Tales, Tim Burness, TNNE, Tohpati Ethnomission, Tolerance, Tom Slatter, Toxic Smile, Trem do Futro, Trioxyde, Trojan Horse, Tucana, Twelfth Night, UKOG, Ultranova, Uncreated Light, Universal Totem Orchestra, Unwritten Pages, Valdez, Vangough, Visions Project, Walfad, Wet Rabbit, Whalephant, When Mary, Whitewater, Wingfield Reuter Stavi, Wingfield Reuter Stavi Sirkus, Winter, Wintersun, Wobbler, Wolfspring, World Trade, Xavi Reija, Xbray, X-Panda, Yes, Yeti Rain, Yuval Ron and Residents of the Future, Zero Times Everything, Zevious