Bristol blues punks/chaos merchants punch harder on second album.

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

The prolific Bill Nelson ’s taken a brief pause from his solo work to turn his attention towards a project of a different kind. Orchestra Futura was a live improv trio that also included Theo Travis and Dave Sturt. Although they never released any studio recordings, a selection of material has just been collated and issued as Live At Nelsonica & Clothworkers Hall . Prog caught up with its members to find out more and uncover Nelson’s plans for the future.

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A pair of Canterbury classics receive first vinyl reissue with mixed results.