Concert Reviews
Nell’s Jazz and Blues Club, London Saturday, 14th October 2023 This was the final night of Bruce Soord’s first ever solo tour, to promote his latest album Luminescence, released on 22nd September. The album was partly inspired by Bruce’s intention…
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St. Mary’s Church, Totnes Saturday, 14th October 2023 Jo Beth Young returned to Totnes for the first time in over four years (when she performed under the name ‘Rise’ and followed the previous year’s concert as ‘Talitha Rise & The…
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The 1865, Southampton Thursday, 19th October 2023 Five fellas in assorted brightly coloured shirts and one rather dashing blazer saunter through the audience at Southampton’s The 1865, mount the stage, casually take time to ensure all their instruments are tuned…
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The Earl Haig Club, Cardiff Thursday, 19th October 2023 ReGenesis are currently on a UK tour, nearly 30 years after they first formed, and TPA caught up with them in Cardiff. Some may wonder why TPA are covering a tribute…
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The General Picton, Porthcawl Friday, 13th October 2023 It might be getting decidedly autumnal outside, but it’s considerably warmer in the back room of The Picton as a full house of family and friends cheer Tribe3 on for both their…
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The Black Heart, Camden, London Saturday, 14th October 2023 The Black Heart in Camden – always too hot, always overloaded sound, but tonight it didn’t matter. Rushden’s finest, The Fierce And The Dead, are here to officially launch their new…
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EartH Hall, EartH, Dalston, London Wednesday, 27th September 2023 This is my first time at EartH. Originally a dazzling 1930s Art Deco cinema – now, after close to a hundred years, a building that’s been round the block, been razored…
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Rivoli Theater, the Williams Center, Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A. Friday 6th – Sunday 8th October 2023 This will not be your typical concert review. But then, ProgStock is not your typical prog music festival. Yes, there are numerous bands from…
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The Royal Albert Hall, London Friday, 29th September 2023 This magnificent, if acoustically challenging, venue is an unlikely setting for the once kingpins of the counter culture that is Hawkwind, yet here we are, and not for the first time…
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The Crooked Billet, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire Monday, 2nd October 2023 In the summer of 1989, a young unknown singer had joined Marillion and they were recording an album at Hook End Manor in Oxfordshire. When they weren’t recording –…
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