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HRH Prog 7 at Hafan y M?r Holiday Park in Pwllheli – by James R Turner with input from Progradar
This was my first HRH Prog, and I gleefully loaded up my car with the requisite supplies (Bottled water, Bottled Beer) and entertainment for the journey (the new Sheridan Smith album – it’s rather brilliant btw, the new Robyn CD, the latest Gryphon album and Chas n Dave the EMI years) and set off on…
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Review – Thumpermonkey – Make Me Young, etc. – by James R. Turner
‘Make Me Young, etc.’ is Thumpermonkey’s first full length release for a while, the elusive and eclectic quartet announced their musical return last year with the stonking ‘Electricity EP’ (check out the review at the link at the end) and since then they have performed a barnstorming set at this years Eppyfest in Cheltenham (where…
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Review – Jet Black Sea – The Overview Effect – by James R Turner
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Review – Haken – Vector – by James R. Turner
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Review – The Pineapple Thief – Dissolution – by James R. Turner
I was relatively late to the Pineapple Party, first picking up on their ‘Someone Here Is Missing’ album, and since then I’ve enjoyed the journey through ‘Magnolia’, and ‘Your Wilderness’, their first album (&tour) with Gavin Harrison, the drummer’s drummer and the contemporary Bruford. His performances on the tour (along with Darran Charles) on 2nd…
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Reviews – Procol Harum Reissues – Grand Hotel, Exotic Birds and Fruit & The Prodigal Stranger – by James R. Turner
Following on from the epic Procol Harum boxed set released earlier this year, and an announcement of the re-issue of ‘Live in Edmonton’ on both CD and vinyl in October, Esoteric continue their excellent reissue series of Procol Harum albums with the deluxe editions of 1973’s ‘Grand Hotel’, 1974’s ‘Exotic Birds and Fruit’ and 1991’s…
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Review – Procol Harum – Still There’ll Be More – An Anthology – 1967-2017 – by James R Turner
Celebrating their 50th anniversary in style, and still very much active as a highly entertaining and popular live band, Procol Harum’s catalogue is in the process of being remastered and reissued in definitive editions by those nice folks over at Esoteric. So far, they have released the band’s first four albums (‘Procol Harum’, ‘Shine on…
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Review – Esoteric Antenna Reissue Round-Up by James R Turner – Keith Emerson, Colosseum & Nirvana.
Keith Emerson: Off the Shelf This is a remastered edition of an eclectic collection of more than just odds and sods originally released back in 2006 and reissued last year after Keith’s death. Never one to do anything by halves there’s nearly 70 minutes of music here, which runs the gamut from Keith’s classical inspired…
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Reviews Esoteric Antenna – Steve Hackett and Djabe – Summer Storms and Rocking Rivers & Life is a Journey – The Sardinia Tapes – by James R. Turner
Summer Storms & Rocking Rivers Hungary’s world-renowned Jazz Fusion/world music ensemble Djabe have been working with one of England’s finest guitarists, Steve Hackett, since 2003 when he guested on their album ‘Sharks are Dancing’, since then they have recorded and toured across the world together, improvising and freewheeling. These two CD/DVD packages are taken from…
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Review – 3RDegree – Ones & Zeros: Vol.0 – by James R Turner
Follow up to 2015’s album ‘Ones & Zeros Vol.1’, this is American band 3RDegree’s 6th album and see’s the band revisiting the concept of the rapid advances of technology, transhumanism and futurism that was the core to this albums predecessor. Following on from their triumphant world tour, the 6 piece of George Dobbs (vocals, keyboards,…