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Dream Theater – Parasomnia

Dream Theater – Parasomnia

You go on a date. On paper, they look great and have all the qualities you’d expect of a potential match. You meet the person and they’re fun, friendly and feel very familiar. Too familiar. They remind you of an…

Das Rad – Funfair

Das Rad – Funfair

Keeping alive the flame of mostly improvised music in the fields of jazz and rock, up there in Sheffield is one Martin Archer, and his label Discus Music. There is a conglomerate of like-minded radical musicians in the locality who…

Untold Stories - Wind And Memories

Untold Stories – Wind And Memories

Wind and Memories is the impressive debut release from the Bulgarian progressive rock band Untold Stories. Formed at the end of 2022 by the highly respected guitarist Daniel Eliseev-Marinovski to not only record original music, but perform it live as…

Colin Masson - The Visitor

Colin Masson – The Visitor

Colin Masson may be a familiar name to many prog fans, but he is new to me. It seems he is an artist, designer, composer and musician, and probably possesses other talents too! The Visitor is his most recent album…

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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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A Different Aspect #94

Featured artists: Davey Dodds & Friends | Regna | The Twenty Committee | Exowst Scotland Five bite-sized reviews of some of the recent and not so recent albums & singles to land at TPA HQ: • Davey Dodds & Friends…

Concert Reviews View More

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Temple Of Prog Festival

The Brickyard, Carlisle Friday, 24th January 2024 When the Temple of Prog calls the other deities get jealous and do all they can to stop the devout votaries from worshipping. They send a vicious storm with a name that none…

Magnum at Manchester Academy 2025

Magnum

Manchester Academy Wednesday, 22nd January 2025 It was a truly special night in Manchester as Magnum took to the stage, this time without the commanding presence of Tony Clarkin on lead guitar, who sadly passed away last year. The band,…

IQ

Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer [NL] Saturday, 14th December 2024 During the month of December the annual IQ Xmas Bash has become a regular occurrence, a true tradition, which began in the early 2010s. Halfway through tonight’s show, guitarist Mike Holmes reminds…

The Blackheart Orchestra at The Little Theatre Cleadon - November 2024

The Blackheart Orchestra / Foxpalmer

Little Theatre, Cleadon Village Saturday, 30th November 2024 Obviously, concerts are about the music. Be that hearing new bands or familiar ones playing equally familiar, or less well known material. However, on occasion a concert can be more than the…

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Sólstafir / Oranssi Pazazu / Hamferð

O2 Islington, London Sunday, 24th November 2024 Hamferð The cave-like interior of the O2 Islington is bathed in red light as the slowly growing crowd await Faroese black metal band Hamferð, the first of three bands at tonight’s celebration of…

The Wood Demons / Storm Deva

Camden Club, London Sunday, 17th November 2024 STORM DEVA Words: Roger Trenwith | Photos: Simon Arnold Another Sunday afternoon gig in the familiar surroundings of the Camden Club sees the faithful turn up in droves for this matinée concert. Due…

Julia Fordham at Fire Station, Sunderland November 2024

Julia Fordham

Fire Station, Sunderland Monday, 11th November 2024 For those who are familiar with Julia Fordham’s voice they will know how wonderful it is. Yes, there are more powerful singers in the annals of music history but her style is not…

Dream Theater at Arena Zagreb October 2024

Dream Theater

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Tuesday, 29th October 2024 A year (almost to the day) before this very gig, Dream Theater announced the return of founding drummer Mike Portnoy. This wasn’t news I took happily as I was upset by the…

Interviews View More

Maaike Siegerist

Maaike Siegerist – Long Earth

Looking at many bands, prog included, the change of lead singers often requires metaphorical big feet, to fill the previous incumbent’s shoes and there can be long debates as to who was the most suited. I am sure that, in…

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Nick Magnus

Nick Magnus is no stranger to the progressive rock scene, his years of collaboration with Steve Hackett, both on record and on stage, are partly responsible for that. The release of his seventh solo album A Strange Inheritance was the…

John Hackett

John Hackett

On behalf of Progressive Aspect to myself, thank you John for giving us your time for this interview. Darren Walker: Growing up a time when Rock was, arguably, at its best, what made you pick up as a flute as…

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Nick Fletcher

I have a love hate relationship with the term ‘A musician’s musician’ as, to me, it seems to imply either of two things. Firstly that they make music that is somehow too clever for the general public, making something that…

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Alberto Bravin – Big Big Train

I had already purchased my ticket for the Big Big Train show at Whitley Bay, yet through fellow TPA member Chris Simmons and his contacts, I managed to obtain permission to do an interview on the day of the gig.…

The Blackheart Orchestra

The Blackheart Orchestra

Blackheart Orchestra are billed as officially the world’s smallest orchestra, they comprise of just Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington, who play 13 instruments between them, although not all of them at the same time. With three albums released under the…