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As I jumped the gun on the new Paul Simon, I beg your pardon to digress on that fine album. Not only is it a marvelous meditation on the possibility of an afterlife by Mr. S, it's also a sublime piece of prog folk, with its 7 song cycle suite. My only complaint is its short duration of approximately 32 minutes. It's hard for me to imagine that Simon couldn't expand a bit more on his feelings regarding this topic, but he might not have as many questions about the afterlife as yours truly. But if all this gets a bit too heavy, then the wonderful folk punk of Merry Hell is sure to put one in a "upward" mood. Thanks for the many videos that accompany their anthology review, Steve. It hit the spot and has made me a new fan. Wonderful stuff! Cheers my friend.

Edited by SteveG - June 27 2023 at 10:12

Tonight, I have posted my first review of the week, and it is of a very special album indeed, Still by Glen Brielle which is the vehicle of Hugh Carter, founding member of Scottish pioneers Abel Ganz. Frankly, if you listen to no other album in 2023, this has to be the one.

^thank you, Steve, very much.

The first album review of the week is a special one - The Emerald Dawn who are releasing In Time later this year. You can read a review of the album in advance of the pre-order campaign opening shortly, alongside some special artwork and a video of the band performing To Touch The Sky live - we are going to get a similar performance of In Time, and I, for one, can't wait.

^ I very much enjoyed reading your review of Quiet Euphoria, which is an album that I enjoyed. One thing I really like is that your layout, colour scheme, font.. is so easy to read on my phone. I do have reading glasses now but am not comfortable using them, and I am on the webz on my phone quite often, so having an easy for me to read site is important. I guess for me a tagline for your site could be, "Minimize your eye strain. Get down to www.lazland.org".

A new week, and a new review. Fans of progressive folk music will love the new album by French outfit, Wegferend. Simply go to the homepage and click on the link to read about a fine work, and there is also a video on the homepage of them performing live.

A very nice one on Sanctuary, Steve. Keep 'em coming! 

There will probably only be one review uploaded this week, so it better be a good one, I suppose. Thankfully, it is of an essential release, Requiem for a Dream by the superlative new iteration of Karnataka.

lazland wrote: Tonight, I present an incredible interview with The Emerald Dawn. The band have provided my website with a stunning level of detail and the whole page at https://lazland.org/interviews/the-emerald-dawn is an absolute treat, an interview to be savoured and time taken to not only read the words, but listen to the music and watch the live performance. Enjoy......

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 09 2023 at 15:00

^ they are, indeed, excellent and I am hoping to do an interview shortly.