Peter Hammill is in my opinion, one of the giants of music, highly influential throughout nearly all genres with a huge catalogue, be it solo, with Van der Graaf Generator or in collaboration with other artists. These two albums, originally…
Cellist and composer Jo Quail has been wowing live audiences with her solo shows for a number of years now – with particular love coming from the metal community, for whom she plays regular festival shows. Her new release, Invocation…
Life In Digital are duo John Beagley and Robin Schell, their music being reminiscent of Buggles’ era Yes with a modern twist and it’s easy to make comparisons at times as the vocals also sound very much like Jon Anderson,…
I struggle to believe that it’s been 25 years since Devin Townsend released this landmark album that greatly showcased his musical genius. I remember getting it as soon as it was released back in 1998, as I loved his previous…
Imagine the scenario when an established recording artiste walks into a record company meeting, after not releasing a full album of new material for almost two decades: “I have this idea. I want to release a single every four weeks…
Featured artists: Steve Broomhead | Teea Aarnio | Nathanaël Larochette | Exowst Scotland In this ADA update of bite-sized reviews, we take a snapshot of just some of the albums, EPs and singles to land at TPA: • Steve Broomhead…
Featured artists: Marco Bernard | Ingrid Lukas | Frédéric L’Épée | DC Sound Collective | Wooden Tape ||: In this ADA update of bite-sized reviews we take a look at some of the recent albums from: • Marco Bernard —…
Innisfree Sortes & Social Club, Newcastle Tuesday, 21st November 2023 A Tuesday night in North Tyneside, why not go and see some live music? So off to the Innisfree, a working men’s club located right next to Longbenton Metro station,…
Trading Boundaries, Fletching Saturday, 18th November 2023 A few years ago I commenced a review with the following lines: “Every now and again in the grind of ‘Real Life’ something special happens and it makes you think to yourself, ‘That’s…
Acapela Studio, Pentyrch, Cardiff Sunday, 5th November 2023 I recently saw Italian band The Watch at the lovely Acapela Studio near Cardiff, the same venue where I caught them nearly two years to the day before. This time was the…
St. Andrew’s Church, Newcastle Monday, 30th October 2023 What is the Genesis Piano Project? Well, essentially it’s a one-man show in which a classically trained pianist performs his own arrangements of much-loved Genesis ’70s songs, and does it to an…
The Grand Theatre, Swansea Saturday, 28th October 2023 Prior to attending this show, there was a lot of pondering on my part. On the positive side, it’s Robert Fripp playing guitar in Swansea. Yes, that’s ROBERT FRIPP in SWANSEA! As…
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…
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…
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…
Chlöe Herington is a woman with a long history on the prog-adjacent fringes of this weird scene we inhabit. TPA’s Roger Trenwith had a chance to chat with her about her project V Ä L V Ē, their imminent new…
After seeing The Anderson Council’s incendiary performance at a local venue in New Jersey, TPA’s John Giordano was able to grab a few words with vocalist/guitarist Peter Horvath and lead guitarist Michael Potenza. The two were both warm and engaging,…
Not only is John Boegehold of Pattern-Seeking Animals one of the more prolific artists working in any genre today, he is one of the warmest, most gregarious persons you could hope to meet. The following is an edited (no, really)…
About two months ago, I received two reissues of Stackridge’s albums to review. One of them, Extravaganza, delighted me so much that I decided to go back and cover all five of Stackridge’s 1970s albums, reissued this year by Esoteric…
He hasn’t even finished his current tour of Foxtrot at Fifty, but Steve Hackett has already announced his next tour, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Genesis’ The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, the controversial concept album that was the last…
With a ‘new’ solo album, Virgin Grounds, due for release, TPA’s Alex Driessen welcomed the opportunity to speak to the maestro himself, Ton Scherpenzeel. The keyboardist and composer is leader and kingpin of the legendary Dutch progressive rock band Kayak,…
