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Friday 28 February 2025 Piano Smithfield, London ***** Pianist Gleb Kolyadin's triumpant launch of his new solo album Mobula with the help of a few old friends Gleb Kolyadin. Photo by Leon Barker Friday night’s gig was to launch Russian pianist Gleb Kolyadin’s new album Mobula. A year ago, Kolyadin and Marjana Semkina from their …
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2024 was a stunning year for Prog Rock new and old The Cover of Living & Alive by Beatrix Players The Return of Beatrix Players Beatrix Players, led by Ms Amy Birks, made a welcome return to the progressive rock scene in late 2023 with the release of their album Living and Alive. In 2024, …
Semkina's haunting and eclectic second solo album ***** Singer songwriter Marjana Semkina is a member of the prog rock group iamthemorning with her Russian-born compatriot the pianist Gleb Kolyadin, both of whom are now resident in the UK. The duo have released several records, the most recent being The Bell (2019) and the EP Counting …
The Deluxe Edition of In Absentia (Image from Burning Shed) What happens when the music and lyrics to a song give out conflicting messages? The singer songwriter Marjana Semkina told Jeremy Allen in the July 2024 issue of Prog magazine that she likes writing songs, such as 'The Storm' from her new album Sirin, which …
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According to the Collins English Dictionary, a moonflower is: 'any of several night-blooming convolvulaceous plants, especially the white- flowered Calonyction (or Ipomoea) aculeatum.' Two moonflowers, copyright Ed! (Photography). Source - Wikimedia Commons But the new single from the Dutch gothic metal band Blackbriar (featuring singer songwriter Marjana Semkina who is also a member of iamthemorning), uses the moonflower not in its …
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