Hello readers and welcome to a new feature where we reviewers scour our vaults for some unearthed gems that you may have missed the first time around. These are antiquities, shrouded in obscurity, that nevertheless have all the lustre of…
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin is home to a plethora of musical artists from a surprising variety of genres. This interesting list includes – but is in no way limited to – The Violent Femmes, Steve (The Joker) Miller, the ubiquitous bass supremo…
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Based on the Northwest Gulf Coast of Florida is keyboard player, multi-instrumentalist and singer Doug Bowers, aka KDB3, and I Fill My Days With Noise is his third release, another recent discovery in my regular hunting ground, CD Baby. Bowers…
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Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff 24th November 2018 This gathering at the lovely Acapela venue near Cardiff in November by Magenta and friends for a special acoustic show is now in its third year, fast becoming a ‘pre-Christmas’ tradition with a magic…
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The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston, London Saturday, 1st December 2018 If ever an area was best suited as a prime example of modern London’s cosmopolitan buzz, then Dalston, a part of the London Borough of Hackney, is that area. Teeming…
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One of the earliest album reviews to appear on TPA was the second release from Edinburgh based The John Irvine Band, their name derived from the man behind the project – composer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, yep you guessed it, John…
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Opeth continue their string of excellent live concert releases with Garden of the Titans: Opeth Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. This film/live album captures their performance from a special concert at the famed natural amphitheatre in Denver, Colorado that also…
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