March 2020 – T P A

Lazuli – Le Fantastique Envol de Dieter Böhm

Lazuli have, over the last decade and more, become one of the finest live bands in the world, thrilling audiences across Europe with their dazzling and accessible mix of melodic prog, industrial tones and ethnic musical influences. It’s a melting…

Ishkero – Brume

There’s an expression a lot of my musicals friends use that explains well what happens when one is introduced to something new: ‘the rabbit hole’. For when you first find yourself listening to something new and exciting, it’s only natural…

Brian Davison’s Every Which Way – Every Which Way (Remastered 50^th Anniversary Edition)

An album that forms an interesting stitch in Rock’s Rich Tapestry™ is the sole album recorded by Brian Davison and the group he assembled after being cast aside by Keith Emerson as the latter strove to find musical egos as…

Julia Marcell – Skull Echo

First things first. This is an absolutely glorious and gorgeous prog pop album. If you’re one of those who think that’s an oxymoron, you may as well stop reading now. If, like me, you believe prog is not, and has…

Luo – Unspoken

People who go to gigs and deliberately choose to miss the support bands are very silly. Yes, some supports can be dire, but the opposite is also true and over the years I’ve been startled by many bands I’d never…

hubris. – Metempsychosis

One of the best things about following a label is being introduced to new bands. Metempsychosis is not the first album hubris. have released, but it is the first I have heard – and I’d likely never have heard it…

That Joe Payne / Ms Amy Birks

The Court Theatre, Tring Saturday, 7th March 2020 This showcase at the Court Theatre in Tring is effectively the launch of That Joe Payne’s solo career. Although he has played a few shows since his time in The Enid, this…

A Different Aspect #36

In this update we feature: • Ikarus – Mosaismic • David Helpling – Rune • Lite – Multiple • Rainburn – Resignify [EP] • Sandro Perri – Soft Landings • Alex Crispin – Watersending Ikarus – Mosaismic Bob Mulvey Zürich…

JOYFULTALK – A Separation of Being

JOYFULTALK is Nova Scotian musician, composer, and visual artist Jay Crocker, here augmented by string arranger Jesse Zubot. With JOYFULTALK’s third album A Separation of Being they have fused elements of ambient music, world music, found sounds using homemade instruments,…

The Folsom Project – The Wolf And The Skull

I don’t know that I’ve ever struggled as much with a review as I have with The Folsom Project’s debut release, The Wolf and the Skull. I have listened to the album so many times since receiving it for review.…