Tír na nÓg were an Irish folk duo formed in Dublin in 1969 by Leo O’Kelly and Sonny Condell. They were often considered one of the first progressive folk bands and are often compared to other artists like Nick Drake or bands like Pentangle. Their music consists mainly of original compositions based on strong Celtic roots, typically featuring intricate acoustic guitar playing and (more…)
The band signed up in 1977 with famous British label HARVEST created by EMI in 1969 to market progressive rock music and at that time already had well-known artists like Barclay James Harvest, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd or Kevin Ayers under contract. Neuronium’s debut album from the same year, “Quasar 2C361″, cased as Spain’s first “cosmic music” album. One year later, “Vuelo Quimico”, (more…)
“The Complete Recordings” – this is the retrospective album-collection of the Northern German based Progressive Rock trio Eduard Schicke, Heinz Fröhling and Gerd Führs (short: SFF) with the three long-players “Symphonic Pictures” (1976), “Sunburst” (1977), “Ticket To Everywhere” (1978) released on the Brain label as well as the live album “Live 1975″, which contains mainly early works of the band but also tracks (more…)
On April 28, 2023 Moosicus will release a live album by legendary American alto saxophonist, composer and ethnomusicologist Marion Brown (1931 – 2010).
From 1962 Brown worked with musicians such as Alan Shorter and Archie Shepp, who also became his mentor. Brown also participated in Shepp’s album “Fire Music”, John Coltrane hired Marion Brown in the summer of 1965 for the recording of (more…)