“Was sich liebt das quält sich” Self-proclaimed Yes-fanatic Alex Driessen reveals that the unconditional love for his ‘club’ does not necessarily lead to positive reviews… I have previously proclaimed my love for English prog legends Yes on these pages. The…
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Rarely will the announcement of a new album have sparked so much anticipation as is the case with Yes’s new studio album, The Quest. At least with yours truly, self-proclaimed fan and, more latterly, critic of the British prog legends.…
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Karl Groom, lead guitarist and driving force behind the UK’s premier prog-metal band, Threshold, since 1988, spoke to TPA’s David Edwards before the band’s return to live performance at HRH Prog X at Sheffield on September 4th, 2021. Karl, a…
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Fragments is a banquet of music that really doesn’t sit in any genre. There really is such variety, and after a few listens I love it all. There are Fragments of many things, with possibly an overarch of jazz. That…
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A couple of hours prior to Ozric Tentacles and Friends playing HRH Prog X at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, guitarist, keys and synth player, co-founder and mainstay of the band Ed Wynne kindly agreed to a recorded chat (while…
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As interest grows around the recently released sophomore Auri album, II – Those We Don’t Speak Of, TPA’s Geoff Ford caught up with the English multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley, one-third of Auri and a key element in their parent band Nightwish.…
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One of the delights of music is never ceasing to be amazed by the unexpected. I was introduced to Finnish heavy metal giants Nightwish by the friend I least expected to be into metal. I was then amazed to find…
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In the mid-1970s I discovered Emerson, Lake and Palmer, the British supergroup. After listening to all of the Yes albums from front to back and vice versa, I ended up with the famous trio. The phenomenal album Brain Salad Surgery…
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Are You There is not an easy listen. If you think you can casually fire up your player, press play, sit back and nonchalantly enjoy its delights, think again. This album brings new dimensions to the meaning of brooding and…
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Auderød, Denmark 11th September 2021 Live streams have been a big thing over the last year or so – for obvious reasons – an important way for artists to continue to connect with their fans, but Danish band Vola have…
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