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• Endings and Beginnings: a Nobody’s Box Set and a Blog’s Rebirth

  

  Surprise! A post on Make Your Own Taste. And of course it’s about me. But not entirely. This music blog used to be a going concern, around 2012–14. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• River of Tears

  

  I would like to share a few things about the reasoning behind rereleasing my song, “River of Tears,” as a fundraising single, with proceeds to be directed to th... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Music of the Spheres: A Rock Dystopia

  

  So this blog has been “out of service” for a while, though its glorious contents remain here for you to digest at your leisure. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• No Reason to Cry: Songs by Grant McLennan

  

  Your humble ex-blogger continues to release his own music, quite regularly. This latest album is special enough for me to pop in here to tell you about it. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• PROCOL HARUM’s Underrated Musical Blend

  

  As I frequently note in articles, there are many bands that started up during the musical explosion of the late sixties still making music today, or that had... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• HAMMOCK Reaches for the Heavens…and Takes Us Along

  

  I started writing this site in 2012, but I actually didn’t listen to Hammock until…hmm, late 2016 maybe — around the time I stopped writing the blog. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Fairport Convention’s “Liege and Lief”

  

  This article is actually the first chapter of an unwritten book, so it may feel introductory rather than informative. A few years ago, a well-known music book... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Video Premiere: Unimaginable Light Shines Out by The Gateless Gate

  

  Stationary Travels reviews the new Gateless Gate album and shares the first video. For fans of Hammock, The Church, Pink Floyd, Popol Vuh. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Khan Tengri – KT2 (2016)

  

  Sharing this lovely review and preview from Dayz of Purple and Orange because, well, I made the album! Read on: Last year saw the debut release from Khan... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• CONCERT REVIEW: ANATHEMA in Toronto, August 21, 2017

  

  You know that famous part in Godfather III where Michael Corleone laments that every time he tries to get out, they pull him back in? That’s kind of like this... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• ANATHEMA – The Optimist (2017)

  

  It’s been three years since Anathema’s Distant Satellites proved to be yet another critical success for this unique British band. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• MICHAEL DILAURO – Spaghetti Western (2016)

  

  A genre I never really covered on this blog is country — not even the “alternative” country enjoyed by people who are horrified by rednecks and would run... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• TWILIGHT FIELDS – Further Up, Further In! (2016)

  

  Twilight Fields is another of my musical projects. There’s an explanation why this new one is out under yet another name. You may, if you read this blog, be... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• 10 More Essential British 1970s Folk-rock Albums

  

  This is a follow-up to the very popular post on 12 Essential British 1970s Folk-Rock albums. The genre was not as big and popular as it should be, so with a... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Tragically Hip and Canada’s Fraught Identity

  

  INTRODUCTION A very interesting series of events that no one could have predicted took place in my country this year — a cultural phenomenon, tied to one man,... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• 10 More Great Post-2000 Progressive Rock Albums

  

  All of these are listed on prog sites as prog, so if it ain’t prog enough for you, prog off. OK, this is a sequel to my first post on the topic. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• 10 More Classic International Prog-Rock Albums

  

  A follow-up to my first post on the plethora of great international prog-rock recordings available to the enthusiast. Read the first piece for the preamble. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• KHAN TENGRI – Aeons (2016)

  

  This album is actually a recent release by yours truly, outside of my usual Gateless Gate banner. The reasons are that there are actual songs to be found here,... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• 10 of the Best Albums of the Late 1960s, Vol. 2

  

  Here’s part II of what will be an ongoing series exploring the best recordings of certain musical eras — some pretty famous albums and some you might not have... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• COVER VERSIONS – Albums by Steven Wilson, Daniel Cavanagh, Ulver, The Church …...

  

  Ah, the “cover version”. The staple of musicians needing to fill out an album for contractual reasons. Subject to vicious critiquing by fans of the covered... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC