You may be familiar with The Bob Lazar Story from such albums as Baritonia, Vanquisher, Ghost Of Foodstool, and several others you can find by using yon search facility on our website. The late and sorely missed Jez Rowden and…
The wealth of music available in the Seventies was vast, and keeping track was a difficult thing to do. Unlike now where we have the internet, streaming services and social media, in the Seventies listeners were reliant on the radio,…
One of Canada’s finest and most idiosyncratic bands, Half Past Four, are back! If you know them, that’s great news. If you aren’t familiar yet, it’s still great news, because you have vibrant exciting new music to discover on this…
After 2023’s impressive Mask album, Ron Lammers’ melodic, symphonic progressive rock project, The Foundation, have produced a follow-up album called Relations, which is equally as good. Ron plays keyboards and shapes the musical direction, but he is joined by largely…
Neil Campbell’s latest album, The Turnaround, is certainly something I’d looked forward to and with keen anticipation, especially as this latest release carries special significance, marking two decades since I first discovered his music. My introduction came via 3 O’Clock…
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…
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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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…
Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer [NL] Sunday, 4th May 2025 There are few styles that legendary drummer Simon Phillips has not done and mastered: jazz, rock, fusion, prog and I’m overlooking a fair few more here. For more than four decades, the…
Islington Assembly Hall Wednesday 4th June 2025 Phenomenal. A single word perfectly captures what The Flower Kings delivered at London’s Islington Assembly Hall last night – a performance which transformed technical musical excellence into something approaching the glorious and sublime.…
Islington Assembly Hall, London Saturday, 24th May 2025 As Blue Öyster Cult begin their 2025 European tour, which kicks off at the Palladium, they couldn’t resist the chance to play a low key warm up show at Islington Assembly Hall,…
229, Great Portland Street, London Friday 23rd May 2025 The small room at 229, The Venue, is a nicely laid out space with great sound, and even better, a mere stroll from my mainline train station. Following some decent grub…
The Palladium, London Tuesday, 13th May 2025 Steven Wilson is back and touring, which was announced around the time of the release of his latest solo album The Overview. The tour, which will not end until November, takes the ‘little…
St George’s Church, Hartlepool Saturday, 17th May 2025 It had been slightly longer than I remembered since I last visited St George’s in Hartlepool, and on that occasion it was to see the superb Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear in…
Cluny 1 & 2, Ouseburn, Newcastle Saturday, 10th May 2025 PROG ON THE TYNE The Cluny music venue in bohemian Ouseburn in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was the setting for a thoroughly enjoyable day of modern progressive rock in the North-East of the…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
There are many ways to describe Charlie Bramald: but I will give it a go at doing him justice… A larger than life fun loving personality, dramatic vocals, striking stage presence along with powerful and evocative music writing skills, which…
