The Phoenix, Exeter Saturday, 12th November 2016 In a notably bad week when a racist and misogynist opportunist demagogue somehow persuaded the United States electorate to elect him President, AND we lost a great poet/songwriter in Leonard Cohen, it’s just…
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Anyone who has spent any time with Mike Keneally’s Scambot 1 album from 2009, or indeed any of his other albums, will be aware that Mike is a very strange man – and more power to him for that! His…
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Robin 2, Bilston Sunday 23rd October 2016 A trek to Wolverhampton, with coffee at Gloucester Services, always nice but better when you don’t leave things there. With old age, the memory goes, and you do daft things. I first saw…
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Back after an eight-year hiatus, previously long running Italian progressive rock band Deus Ex Machina return refreshed, and with their batteries charged to the max release all that pent up energy in an album of joyously celebratory, and needless to…
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The Globe, Cardiff Saturday, 5th November 2016 The Globe in Cardiff was sold out on Guy Fawkes Night to witness some musical pyrotechnics from this outstanding band, currently on the road in an ‘electric’ rock format after successfully touring and…
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It’s fair to say that in certain quarters this long delayed second album from The Sea Nymphs is one of the most eagerly awaited releases in forever. For those not in the know the response may well be, “Never heard…
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Dwiki Dharmawan is a fantastic pianist and another Indonesian treasure unearthed by MoonJune Records’ unending exploration of that country’s vast music scene. It should come as no surprise that in a country with a population of approximately 250 million, albeit…
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The Drill Hall, Chepstow 30th September to 2nd October 2016 [With photos by Tony Colvill, David Glaves, Phil Lively and Leo Trimming] For the second year The Drill Hall, on the banks of the River Wye in Chepstow, is the…
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Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.A. Wednesday 26th October, 2016 ARW is the newest configuration of musicians roaming America – and soon Europe – playing the music of YES. What sets them apart is their legitimate claim to…
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Yes, Poor Genetic Material is back with a new album, Absence, which was released on 16th September 2016 through QuiXote Music. Poor Genetic Material have gone through some personnel changes and the band is now made up of the talented…
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