By way of an introduction, AVA are violinist Anna Phoebe and pianist Aisling Brouwer who collectively released their stunning debut album, Waves, in July of this year. Although written against the farcical Brexit debacle, the music is neither chaotic or…
View More AVA – WavesMonth: October 2019
Alan Davey’s Psychedelic Warlords – Hall of the Mountain Grill/Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters Live
Here’s a really interesting ‘twofer’ from the extended Hawkwind universe. Recorded live in London in 2014, these two live discs take a trip down memory lane with Alan Davey, a member of Hawkwind from 1984 to 1996 and again from…
View More Alan Davey’s Psychedelic Warlords – Hall of the Mountain Grill/Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters LiveOrganic Noises – Organic Noises
Discovering new music is one of life’s great joys, and in my opinion, particularly when you hear something as interesting as Organic Noises. The group has been formed in Poland by young musicians, students and graduates of various jazz and…
View More Organic Noises – Organic NoisesThe Flower Kings – Waiting for Miracles
Just when you thought the workaholic Roine Stolt might be taking a break from activities, or concentrating on the next album with Jon Anderson, he suddenly announces work starting on the next Transatlantic album, and the imminent release of a…
View More The Flower Kings – Waiting for MiraclesLed Bib – It’s Morning
The long-running U.K. exploratory-jazz-rock collective known as Led Bib awake to a new dawn with their latest album, It’s Morning, a fraught message struggling to leave the sender, transmitted into the hectic world in which we live. We find less…
View More Led Bib – It’s MorningVan Morrison – Three Chords & the Truth
While most rock stars in their 70s are content to release a new album or go on another ‘Greatest Hits’ tour once in a blue moon, Van Morrison, who most likely was the inspiration for many of them, continues to…
View More Van Morrison – Three Chords & the TruthLeprous – Pitfalls
Prog metal has come a long way over the last 30 years, and Norwegian band Leprous have been making an indelible mark on the genre since their debut album in 2009, not that they see themselves as tied to any…
View More Leprous – PitfallsChasing the Monsoon – No Ordinary World
I have often felt the Welsh poet William Davies, writing in 1911, perfectly foreshadows the sentiment which underpins one of the key crises of modern life. “What is this life if, full of care / We have no time to…
View More Chasing the Monsoon – No Ordinary WorldNick Beggs
With his third solo album, Words Fail Me, being released imminently by Esoteric Antenna, TPA’s Phil Lively spoke to Nick Beggs about Chapman Stick and music and the new album and lots of things… and it went like this: PHIL:…
View More Nick BeggsNick Beggs – Words Fail Me
Esoteric Antenna are about to release Nick Beggs’s new solo album, Words Fail Me. It is impossible to review without mentioning his other solo works and the instrument he uses to deliver them. It is for me, anyway. Much-loved and…
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