Procol Harum

Robin Trower: Bridge Of Sighs: 50th Anniversary Edition

by Doug Collette
August 2, 2025

Upon Robin Trower's departure from Procol Harum in 1971, he initiated his solo career with Twice Removed From Yesterday (Chrysalis, 1973). It was an understated debut to be sure, the entire first side virtually a suite of dream-like tracks such as the fervent “I Can't Wait Much Longer." The guitarist's debt to Jimi Hendrix was only ...

Blues With A Feeling: Luther Dickinson & JD Simo; Charlie Hunter & Jubu Smith; Mick Fleetwood & Jake Shimabukuro

by Doug Collette
September 24, 2024

The blues is more about feel than form, but even so, the genre has its readily-recognizable structures. The A-A-B lyric format, shuffles in varying tempos and the 12-bar configuration are all stock-in-trade frameworks. Still, the essential simplicity of the blues lends itself to innumerable variations and so it is with these contemporary collaborative works of Luther ...

Michiel Stekelenburg: Trio Onoda

by Mark Sullivan
August 29, 2022

After releasing the albums Hypnos (Mainland Records, 2011) with a quartet and Layers (Zennez Records, 2016) with a quintet (both bearing his name), Dutch guitarist/composer Michiel Stekelenburg introduces a trio with the traditional line-up of guitar, Hammond organ, played by Arno Krijger, and drums, played by Jasper van Hulten. As the opening track, “Onoda," makes clear, ...

Take Five with Ed Palermo

by AAJ Staff
October 9, 2019

Meet Ed Palermo Ed Palermo is an arranger, composer and alto saxophonist mostly known for his big band and their interpretations of the music of Ed's hero, Frank Zappa. Coming out of college in Chicago, his initial plan was to become a great jazz tenor saxophonist in the vein of Michael Brecker, Steve Grossman and Dave ...

Robin Trower: Coming Closer to the Day

by Doug Collette
March 30, 2019

Upon departing Procol Harum in the early Seventies, guitarist Robin Trower embarked upon a solo career in which he has proved himself both prolific and consistent (like the imagistic cover art of the albums). Completely absorbing by its finish, Coming Closer to the Day reaffirms those virtues and belies the intimations of mortality in its title. ...

Procol Harum: Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

by Glenn Astarita
January 8, 2019

This is an archival release by one of the celebrated prog outfits that is still relatively active, Procol Harum, that is remastered and expanded with bonus tracks, featuring fully restored artwork and liner notes. This 1972 classic stands as a seminal rock meets classical music endeavor, recorded live in Canada. Procol Harum founder, keyboardist/vocalist ...

Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

By Procol Harum

Label: Cherry Red Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Conquistador; Whaling Stories; A Salty Dog; All This and More; In Held 'Twas In I. Bonus Tracks - Luskus Delphi (B-side of 1972 single); Simple Sister (rehearsal version); Shine on Brightly (rehearsal version) A Salty Dog (Rehearsal Version - Previously Unreleased); Luskus Delph (Rehearsal Version �C Previously Unreleased).

John Kelman's Best Releases of 2018

by John Kelman
December 19, 2018

Once again, the chronic health problem that has reduced my writing pace to a crawl continues without any respite. My best of the year lists have traditionally been predicated upon having reviewed the releases chosen, but with only a relative handful of reviews to choose from this year (and with those choices, more than ever now, ...

The Vintage Years 1970 - 1991

by John Kelman
June 23, 2018

There are bands that manage to carve out a place for themselves in the music world that lasts for decades; there are others who, while having created a name for themselves during their peak years and, while they continue to tour and, even, make the occasional studio album, are invariably best remembered for their seminal early ...