Spread over Norway, the jazz-prog quintet reunite sporadically to create stunning music against the clock. Getting the band back together one more time has been the dream for many wearing rose-tinted spectacles, but for Norwegians Kronstad 23 – that’s Øyvind Vie Berg (keyboards), Aleksander Tøsdal Tveit (guitar), Eirik Rømcke (bass) and Hans Christian Dalgaard (drums) […]
For nearly four years, The Verge’s mystifying self-titled debut album sat unreleased, waiting. Written by four musicians during their time at the NTNU jazz school in Trondheim, Norway, each member has since gone on to form their own projects. But they never forgot about the record they created together, one full of heady complexity, jagged […]
Soulfully charged UK prog foursome explore humanity’s place in the universe on powerful second album. “I’ve waited a lifetime to have this kind of band,” declares vocalist and keyboard player Carola Baer, as she looks back on Ruby Dawn’s beginnings during Covid in 2022. “I have played with loads of people, but this band has […]
Wardruna-approved quartet filling the gap between Norwegian folk and ambitious prog. Katrine Stenbekk was studying music at the Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts when she came up with what would become Kalandra. “I really missed vocal techniques from all over the world being a bit more mainstream,” the Norwegian singer tells //Prog//. “I felt like […]
Leaning back on a swivel chair in his studio stroking his hairless Devon Rex, Peter Miles could easily pass for an evil genius hell bent on world domination. The bearded West Country doyen of the studio is more interested in the underworld however. i Häxa – his joint multimedia project with the London-based singer Rebecca […]