The European Perspective

The European Perspective


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The European Perspective 288
January 02, 2021

Happy New Year, everyone! In this show, Martin and Wilf say a not-so-fond farewell to 2020 with the third of their review shows. At least there was some great music released last year! Magenta Reach

The European Perspective 287
December 21, 2020

Part 2 of our 2020 retrospective, featuring yet more fantastic music, and two Northern blokes banging on about it. Tom Slatter – Our Very Last Christmas (03:59), single, 2020 Godsticks – Surrender (04

The European Perspective 286
December 13, 2020

Martin and I begin our canter through the great album releases of this strangest of years. The Tangent – Life On Hold (05:31) from Auto Reconnaissance, 2020 Abel Ganz – Sepia and White (13:31) from Th

The European Perspective 285
November 07, 2020

In the first of at least seven shows dedicated to the art of the prog epic, David and Martin visit the worlds of Big Big Train, Wobbler, Transatlantic, The Tangent, Abel Ganz, The Neal Morse Band and

The European Perspective #284
October 24, 2020

Continuing with our Scandanavian theme, this time around we play some of the great 21st century progressive music that’s come out of Norway, including tracks from new albums by Wobbler, Motorpsycho and Arabs In Aspic.

The European Perspective 283
October 11, 2020

It’s been a while since we did a country special, so here’s one right here. Ladies and gentlemen, the fantastic progressive music of Sweden! Moon Safari – Too Young To Say Goodbye (06:29) from Himlabacken vol. 1,

The European Persepective 282
September 20, 2020

Martin is off doing something called the Three Peaks Challenge this weekend. He’s a mad bugger. Apparently it involves running up and down hills. He does it voluntarily, apparently. So I’m gonna spin some choons, as the kids say. Some old choons,

The European Perspective 281
August 23, 2020

Martin is on holiday. Ill do what I want! Steve Hillage Hurdy Gurdy Man (06:34) from L, 1976 The Tangent The Tower Of Babel (04:36) from Auto Reconnaissance, 2020 Sloth Metropolis Band Together

The European Perspective 280
July 11, 2020

Back after a break! Here’s our review of the first half of 2020 – the oddest six months of most of our lives, but there’s been some great music released nonetheless. So, sucks to you, Covid-19! Magenta – Reach For The Moon (09:27) from Masters Of Illus...

The European Perspective 279 – Mike Oldfield part 3
June 07, 2020

Wilf is joined again by Jon Hunt and James Hendry for the final part of their review of the career of one of the true greats of British music, Mike Oldfield. Mike Oldfield – In The Beginning/Let There Be Light (6:22) from The Songs Of Distant Earth,