I picked this album to review because although I’ve never bought anything by Umphrey’s McGee I’ve heard a bit of their live stuff from various sources and been quite impressed. They are considered to be one of the top jam-bands…
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The Borderline, London 11th July 2014 The capital welcomed us to its bustling bosom on a humid but cool enough to be pleasant day. After making a raid on a couple of CD shops, and satisfying our appetites on some…
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I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for the music of Keith Emerson & Co, which began with ELP’s self titled debut, the first album I purchased and followed shortly after by my first ever concert – ELP…
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Nice. “That’s nice”. It isn’t exactly “WOW!” is it? You might as well say “That’s inoffensive yet inconsequential”. Nice. That’s the best that you can say of Heaven & Earth, it is often nice. Inoffensive and inconsequential. Except for Step…
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Thirty years ago with the release of Uzed, band leader Daniel Denis, by then the only remaining original member, took Univers Zéro in an entirely new direction. Spurred on by friendly competition with his good buddy and erstwhile bandmate Roger…
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Today seems to be as fitting an occasion as any to upload this review of Rick Wakeman’s 2009 concert from the city of Lugano located in the south of Switzerland. The footage was filmed as part of the Lugano Estival…
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