This 3CD set reissued by Esoteric Recordings consists of Procol Harum’s seventh studio album, Exotic Birds and Fruit. Originally released on the Chrysalis label in April, 1974, this was the band’s return as a five-piece and going back to their…
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What can I say about this rather obscure album that takes one of NASA’s most successful missions as its source material? Charting the 40 plus years of the Voyager programme and the untold wealth of knowledge that it has gained…
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The Water Rats, Kings Cross, London 28th September 2018 A lovely autumn day greeted us we stepped out of the ugly modernist functionality of Euston Station once more into the capital, so we decided to mosey on down to Regent’s…
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Consistency is a problem, progression is often a problem, and yet Encircled have delivered both in their third album (Can you be consistent and progress?). This time themed around computers and social media and our love/hate relationship with those two…
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The Globe, Cardiff Wednesday, 3rd October 2018 How long has it been since I saw a band that inhabits the more extreme end of the metal spectrum? Well, a loooong time, but in recent years I have realised how much…
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Former Iona founder Dave Bainbridge has been a busy man of late with current live projects including Celestial Fire, Strawbs, his duo with Sally Minnear, Lifesigns and occasional solo concerts. TPA’s John Wenlock-Smith spoke to Dave about his long musical…
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Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham Monday 1st October 2018 Review & Images Geoff Ford “We have a slightly bigger band than normal,” quipped Steve Hackett, “and we’re going to do it properly!” The bigger band included The Heart Of England Orchestra…
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Lebanese progressive metal rockers Ostura has been one of my best discoveries this year and The Room is a fine concept album. This is the band’s sophomore album, their debut, Ashes of the Reborn, having been was well received by…
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This is the debut album from new U.S. progressive rock outfit Potter’s Daughter, and I have to says it’s a truly delightful album too. It’s also very different to the normal fare that passes for Prog nowadays, this album has…
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Three minutes or thirty-three, it matters not; what matters is the quality of the end product, not the air time. Shan have produced quality, variable in style with bluesy rock and church organ, all layered, cultured, and raw. It has…
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