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The Wood Demons - In Rabbits & Corners

The Wood Demons – In Rabbits & Corners

It has been 5 years since the London-based band, The Wood Demons, released their acclaimed Angels of Peckham Rye album, and 4 years since I reviewed it for the Progressive Aspect, following a refreshingly vibrant set at the first Prog…

Van Morrison – Remembering Now

Van Morrison – Remembering Now

I think that, having been in the music business since 1958, released almost 50 studio albums, 7 live albums, along numerous compilation albums, Sir George Ivan ‘Van’ Morrison knows how to make music. Yet, despite attempts to make collaboration albums…

Pymlico - Core

Pymlico – Core

Norwegian jazz prog stalwarts Pymlico return with their eighth album, Core, their first for three years. Unusually for Pymlico, the band’s line up is unchanged from 2022’s Supermassive. It seems that they believe they have hit upon a particularly rewarding…

Yak – The Pink Man & The Bishop

Yak – The Pink Man & The Bishop

It is very welcome news that Martin Morgan has resurrected his keyboard-led symphonic prog rock project Yak, with an excellent, new album called The Pink Man & The Bishop. It comes a decade after 2015’s Quest For The Stones, with…

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ADA#96 (A Different Aspect)

A Different Aspect #96

Featured artists: Nubdug Ensemble | Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin | Ramón Oliveras | Daniel Crommie | Aether Sometimes ‘life’ just gets in the way and there’s bugger all you can do to change it… enough said! As a consequence there are…

ADA (A Different Aspect) #95

A Different Aspect #95

Featured artists: The Pineapple Thief | Foxpalmer | Akihisa Tsuboy | Daniel Crommie & Leslie Gray | Felix Martin Five bite-sized reviews of some of the recent and not so recent albums & EPs to land at TPA HQ: •…

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Ghost Of The Machine at Sutton Benger - July 2025

Ghost Of The Machine

The Old Rectory, Sutton Benger Saturday, 5th July 2025 Some concerts are more than just appearing on a stage, playing the music, taunting the fans with a mock end before the obligatory encore, and tonight was one occasion when it…

Soundle Music Festival ’25: Day Three

Queen Victoria Hall, Oundle Sunday, 8th June 2025 The previous two days had flown by and it was now Sunday. I might have looked a nerd doing it but I am glad that I had a small note book with…

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Soundle Music Festival ’25 – Day Two

Queen Victoria Hall, Oundle Saturday, 7th June 2025 On the Saturday of the Soundle Festival my body clock ignored how tired I was from the previous day of travelling and concert going, so it blithely woke me up at the…

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Soundle Music Festival ’25 – Day One

Queen Victoria Hall, Oundle Friday, 6th June 2025 Firstly, before I spend my time writing about the event, let me give you a brief introduction to the festival and its location. Soundle is a portmanteau word where Sound and Oundle,…

Santana at Coop Live Manchester - June 2025

Santana

Co-op Live, Manchester Thursday, 19th June 2025 Like many people I feel that the word ‘Legend’ is used so much that it can, and often does, lose all meaning, so I try and avoid using it. After all there are…

Gordon Giltrap at St George’s Church, Hartlepool - June 2025

Gordon Giltrap

St George’s Church, Hartlepool Friday, 20th June 2025 Just a few weeks after my last visit to St George’s in Hartlepool to see the excellent Jocelyn Pettit, Ellen Gira & Miguel Girão, I found myself back at what is fast…

Dan Whitehouse & Max ZT at Dartington Hall - June 2025

Max ZT & Dan Whitehouse / Billie Maree

Dartington Hall, Nr Totnes, Devon Thursday, 19th June 2025 ‘There’s no rights, no wrong – just being’ – Some things catch you by surprise. An unexpected opportunity to see Max ZT & Dan Whitehouse presents itself on a gorgeous summer…

Rick Wakeman live at Haarlem's PHIL [NL] in May 2025

Rick Wakeman

PHIL, Haarlem [NL] Friday, 16th May 2025 Final One-Man Solo Tour The announcement of a performance by legendary Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman is an absolute must for many prog fans, especially as this show is part of a series entitled…

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Des Tong – Sad Café and more…

At a time when, seemingly at least, Punk ruled the airwaves and snarling teenagers were saying naughty words on the TV – it looked like bands with talent were threatened with oblivion. Some carried on regardless, other bands folded, while some…

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Michael Woodman

TPA’s Dann Chinn covers all bases in this long chat with Michael Woodman, who gives us the lowdown on his new album Hiss of Today, and much, much more besides… Dann Chinn (DC): Let’s talk about stories, Michael, and storytelling,…

Al Winter - This Winter Machine

Al Winter – This Winter Machine

For those of you who are unfamiliar with today’s guest, and his band, firstly shame on you, but secondly, let me introduce him to you. In 2016 Al Winter formed the award winning This Winter Machine and captured people’s attention…

Richard Larcombe - Lost Crowns

Richard Larcombe – Lost Crowns

To tie in with the review of the new Lost Crowns album, The Heart Is In The Body, main man Richard Larcombe and I met up at the Restaurant At The End Of The Universe for a virtual lunch, and…

Claire Waller with Arthur Brown TPA interview

Claire Waller – Arthur Brown

The creative genius behind The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown stage show Unless they are big names with equally large budgets, even if they are well known, or even legendary, most bands would struggle to deliver a show that goes…

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Ziferblat

Eurovision season is upon us again, and the continent has once again proffered an interesting selection of tunes to be blared into the homes of more than 150 million people in May. This year, I decided to follow all the…