The Musician, Leicester 29th November to 1st December 2019 For the uninitiated, Danfest is a prog festival invented, curated and promoted by Danny Mayo, so how the festival gets its name is a complete mystery! But seriously, any fans of…
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The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March 2019 SATURDAY: Day Two Tony: Have I slept? Still buzzing from Friday, breakfast was sought, found, and consumed, thanks to the guidance of Neil from The Raven gift shop…
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We have been spoiled by yet another year of exciting music and hugely enjoyable releases. The Progressive Aspect, in collaboration with Anthony Rowsick’s radio programme Prog-Watch, have collected together our “The Best Albums of 2018”. There may yet be some more delights left…
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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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I loved Encircled’s first album, The Gun Has Replaced the Handshake, but opined that it would be far better with drums, so now we get album two, The Monkey Jamboree, and it HAS drums. On first listen, it crosses over…
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Encircled have been together as a 3-piece for around 18 months and Scott Evans related the following to me about how the band got together:- “I had been writing but casually for a few years but decided to get serious…
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