Whilst Camel were unable to tour for their 50th anniversary back in 2023, there was something for the fans to celebrate with Decca’s reissue of their entire back catalogue of Camel releases with various rare bonus tracks, demos and live…
Solo artist, guitarist and producer, Bjørn Riis will released his highly anticipated sixth solo album, Fimbulvinter on 11 April 2025. Riis is also known as one of the founding members of the highly successful Norwegian band Airbag where he is…
Are we masters of our own destiny, or does the course of our lives hang upon a fate as arbitrary as the turn of a playing card? This is the question that underpins Nova Cascade’s latest and sadly final album,…
Although she has been prolific and released plenty of albums, Brandi Carlile has, up until now, flown mostly below my radar so I had no idea who she was. However when it comes to Elton John he has long been…
You have to hand it to the folks at Cherry Red. No matter the genre, when they do a compilation, you can always expect the unexpected. Electric Junk – Deutsche Rock, Psych And Kosmiche 1970-78 is a journey (literally, as…
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: •…
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…
Camden Club, London Sunday, 13th April 2024 An afternoon of what was going to be psychedelic and prog rock from Wales in this familiar comfy venue changed direction slightly with the withdrawal of headliners Sendelica due to health problems. Get…
Gopass Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia Wednesday, 26th March 2025 It began with a friend of mine showing me a poster of Tubular Bells playing in his hometown of Bratislava. I initially thought nothing of it, as I had seen many other…
The Lantern Theatre, Sheffield Thursday, 3rd April, 2025 Before I get too far into this review I want to address the obvious point that many of you will see as being the most important. This is a band that happens…
The 1865, Southampton Thursday, 27th March 2025 A packed 1865 venue in Southampton welcomed Jadis back to their ‘hometown’ gig and are treated to two sets of material of high quality melodic progressive rock from this rejuvenated class band. They…
The Civic Hall, Stourport Sunday, 9th March 2025 THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS (Richard Swan) Day 3 of the wonderful Fusion Festival kicked off with The Book of Revelations. Another great decision by Steve Gould to get them in the billing…
Empire Theatre, Sunderland Monday, 17th March 2025 Ellen Kent: Opera & Ballet International presents Giuseppi Verdi’s La Traviata As a youth it wasn’t all trendy chart topping groups that filled my ears and, at the time, prog rock was something…
The Civic Hall, Stourport Saturday, 8th March 2025 SPLINK (Richard Swan) What a joyous start to Day 2 of the Fusion Festival! With the 4-piece Splink, like me, Steve Gould (the promoter of this event that grows in stature every…
The Civic Hall, Stourport Thursday, 6th & Friday, 7th March 2025 The popular and ever growing Fusion Festival was held at the beginning of March with attendees gathering from around the globe, such is the attraction of this excellent and…
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…
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…
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…
