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Review – Tiger Moth Tales – Storytellers Part Two – by Leo Trimming
The mercurial Pete Jones seems to have an exhaustible supply of musical ideas at present. Fresh after playing with Camel on a triumphant tour of Europe ending at the Royal Albert Hall, and not long after his last fine Tiger Moth Tales album ‘The Depths of Winter’, Peter Jones returns with the second instalment of…
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Encircled Announce Third Album – The Universal Mirth – Released 4th August
Midlands prog rockers Encircled will release ‘The Universal Mirth’ on August 4th. ‘The Universal Mirth’ is their third album, a follow up to the bands critically acclaimed 2017 album ‘The Monkey Jamboree’. “We have gone a bit darker on this album”, says Bass/keyboard player Scott Evans. “The music came first and we had a lot…
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Review – John Holden – Capture Light – by Progradar
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Legendary prog-rockers CAMEL announce UK tour dates for September 2018 – Performing the whole of their 1976 classic album Moonmadness plus other classic tracks
Following the recent announcement that legendary prog-rock band Camel will bring their acclaimed live show to London’s Royal Albert Hall in Sept 2018, the band are happy to reveal that this will be preceded by an extensive run of UK tour dates. During what will be a very special run of shows – performed by…
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Review – Barock Project – Detachment – by Gary Morley
I discovered the talented Italian band The Barock Project after Nellie Pitts recommended their album ‘Skyline’ to me. I took a gamble and sent her a postal order (or was it a cheque?). Anyway, the sound of young Mediterranean youth playing their hearts out soon won me over. They then upped the ante with an…
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Review – The Gift – Why The Sea Is Salt – by Leo Trimming
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Review – Red Bazar – Tales From The Bookcase – by Progradar
“A good marriage winds up as a meeting of minds, which had better be pretty good to start with. When minds meet, they don’t just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape them, draw different implications from them, and engage in new trains of thought.” I know, you’re wondering what the heck am I going…
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Live Review – The Prog Before Christmas – CCA Glasgow 18/12/15 – by Progradar
(Your intrepid correspondent and Jon Hunt, aka jh) No matter how long and arduous the journey, if the destination deserves it, it was a worthy one. Trust me, the trip up to Glasgow and back for The Prog Before Christmas was decidedly long and, at times, extremely arduous. However, what transpired and unfolded before me…
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Progradar’s ‘Best of 2015’ review – by Progradar
A scary picture to get things started, it’s that time of year again when everyone puts out their ‘Best of 2015’ album list and I’m no different to every other music journalist, budding or otherwise. Lists like these are very subjective, after all, one man’s poison is another man’s wine but they’re fun to do…
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Review – Tiger Moth Tales – Story Tellers Part One
