Next streaming: February 12th/13th.

Next streaming will be on the weekend February 12th/13th. Prog on and see you next time!

Exiles Lavender

Dave Bainbridge - To the Far Away (2021)

Dave Bainbridge is a guitarist and keyboard player, born in Darlington, UK. He played with Iona, The Strawbs and Lifesigns. Due to the pandemic situation he could not tour with Lifesigns, so instead he recorded the album 'To the Far Away'. The music is a fusion of progressive and Celtic rock elements. The album features Sally Minnear on vocals, who is the daughter of Kerry Minnear (Gentle Giant).

Starport Omega : Saturday 6 pm SLT (Sunday 02:00 GMT, 03:00 CET)

Floating Islands : Sunday 3 pm SLT (23:00 GMT, 00:00 CET)

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Rachel Flowers - Bigger on the Inside (2021)

The first time I heard about Rachel Flowers was a few years ago, when YouTube videos showed her performing ELP and The Nice covers on a piano, which impressively demonstrated her piano skills. She then got acquainted with the members of ELP, and later she participated in the tribute to Keith Emerson concert.

Since 2016 she is recording her own records. This weekend I am presenting her third album release "Bigger on the Inside" (2021). She is singing and playing all instruments by herself. The music is a mélange of jazz/rock/fusion, with orchestral parts that reminds of film scores, but also some Motown sound can be observed.

Blind since short after her birth she soon became a child prodigy, similar to Stevie Wonder, but because of the strong influence of Keith Emerson on her keyboard playing she sounds, of course, much proggier.

Starport Omega : Saturday 6 pm SLT (Sunday 02:00 GMT, 03:00 CET)

Floating Islands : Sunday 3 pm SLT (23:00 GMT, 00:00 CET)

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The weakest of the best 2011-2020

This weekend I have challenged myself: I have tried to find the weakest tracks of my favourite albums between 2011-2020. As I call an album my favourite if there is practically no weak track on it, this was not an easy task at all. The result is a playlist of songs that I probably rarely play, as I usually tend to play the best tracks of each album. So come and listen and be inspired!

Starport Omega : Saturday 6 pm SLT (Sunday 02:00 GMT, 03:00 CET)

Floating Islands : Sunday 3 pm SLT (23:00 GMT, 00:00 CET)

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Top albums of 2021

1. Ciccada - Harvest
2. Steve Hackett - Surrender of Silence
3. The Emerald Dawn - To Touch The Sky
4. Jean-Pierre Louveton - Sapiens Chapitre 2/3: Deus ex Machina
5. The Samurai Of Prog - The White Snake and Other Grimm Tales II
6. Big Big Train - Common Ground
7. Argos - The Other Life
8. Lifesigns - Altitude
9. Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe (The Ultimate Edition)
10. Saga - Symmetry
11. The Samurai Of Prog - The Lady and The Lion and Other Grimm Tales I
12. Vienna Circle - Secrets Of The Rising Sun
13. Illuminae - Dark Horizons
14. Evership - The Uncrowned King Act 1
15. Kayak - Out Of This World