Julie Tippetts, long-time jazz songstress, initially famous for her association with Brian Auger in the 1960s, and Martin Archer, a multi-talented independent Sheffield based progressive musical adventurer, continue their partnership with Vestigium, their fourth album to date, further extending their…
View More Julie Tippetts & Martin Archer – VestigiumMonth: April 2015
Steve Hackett, Rob Reed & Friends – Spectral Mornings 2015
Once upon a time, a long long time ago, a piece of music escaped from the mind and hands of an incredible guitarist to grace us with its beauty. High in its ivory tower it looked out over the lands…
View More Steve Hackett, Rob Reed & Friends – Spectral Mornings 2015Schnellertollermeier – X
As many of you already know, I’ve been living in a box for the last two decades so I know nothing about anything. Perhaps less. That means I didn’t know about SCHNELLERTOLLERMEIER. I can see that the name is basically…
View More Schnellertollermeier – XJan Erik Liljeström – Anekdoten
With the release of their new album, Until All the Ghosts are Gone (the TPA review of which can be found HERE), Anekdoten have ended the eight years of silence since their last studio album. To accompany the review of…
View More Jan Erik Liljeström – AnekdotenNathan Parker Smith Large Ensemble – Not Dark Yet
This was the first big band format jazz rock album to land on my desk this year, soon followed by the rather good Cheating The Polygraph by Gavin Harrison. Is there a revival going on? Probably not, but it is…
View More Nathan Parker Smith Large Ensemble – Not Dark YetAmplifier
[With many thanks to Josep Monrós for the use of his photos, please visit his Flickr stream] The Exchange, Bristol 23rd April 2015 Charismatic and enigmatic Amplifier front man, Sel Balamir, amusingly described in a pre-gig interview (which you can…
View More AmplifierAnekdoten – Until All The Ghosts Are Gone
Mellotrons. They’re bloody great aren’t they? And guitars, big drums and massive amounts of in-your-face bass. And Mellotrons. Mmmmmmellotrons. Lots of ’em. I’m a sucker for the old “Orchestra in a Drinks Cabinet” but despite being known for their use…
View More Anekdoten – Until All The Ghosts Are GoneAnthony Phillips – The Geese And The Ghost
I’m taking a look at the latest reissue of Anthony Phillips’s 1977 debut solo record, The Geese And The Ghost. Over the years, and to my shame, I had pieced together a kind of composite memory of Anthony Phillips’s later…
View More Anthony Phillips – The Geese And The GhostLa Coscienza di Zeno – La Notte Anche di Giorno
Sometimes you play an album and fireworks light up immediately. Others you listen to a few times and one track opens the door and you enter into the spirit of the music; this album has now been played about thirty…
View More La Coscienza di Zeno – La Notte Anche di GiornoSanguine Hum – Now We Have Light
Sub-titled Part One of The Buttered Cat Conspiracy this epic double concept album is a fruition of ideas that Joff Winks and Mat Baber originally had back in the first few years of this century in their first band together,…
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