December 2022 – Page 3

Mediæval Bæbes – MydWynter

When you think of Christmas albums, it can all get a bit cloying. As a long-term veteran of the Retail Wars, having to hear Christmas music on constant rotation for three months of the year was enough to put you…

Bigfoot Meter – Bigfoot Meter

Jazz is one of the few uniquely American art forms. As such, it has been incredibly progressive in the most literal sense of the word. Pop, classical, rock and avant-garde have all influenced, and been influenced by, jazz music. Virtuoso…

Montrose – I Got The Fire: Complete Recordings 1973-1976

Montrose were formed in 1973 when hot shot American session guitarist Ronnie Montrose quit the Edgar Winter Group and teamed up with Sam Hagar (as he was then known) and drummer Denny Carmassi, who had been playing together in cover…

Juha Kujanpää – Old Ways, New Ways

Hailing from Finland, Juha Kujanpää is a keyboard player and composer who, along with his ‘solo’ albums, writes music for movies, documentary films and theatre productions. In 2013 he formed a quartet which acted as the core band for the…

Binary Order – Messages From The Deep

“Dreams are messages from the deep” – Dune, 2021 London based Benjamin Blank started Binary Order in 2008. He makes no secret of deriving inspiration from Sci-fi and cyberpunk. In the press release, “Dune, Akira, Blade Runner, Total Recall, Deus…

Nordic Giants / Alex Hedley

Sin City, Swansea Wednesday, 30th November 2022 Gigs like this seldom happen in Swansea – and I nearly missed it as I only found out about it the night before! Thanking my lucky stars, I headed down there… Upon arrival,…

Chas Cronk – Liberty

Charles ‘Chas’ Cronk is an English rock singer-songwriter, musician and producer. However, he is best known as the bassist for the Strawbs from 1973 to 1980 and then from 2004 to the present. Cronk has also collaborated on studio recordings…

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

With the surprise release of a new album from classic Italian band Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Orlando: Le Forme dell’Amore, earlier this year, TPA’s Basil Francis had the opportunity to speak to keyboardist Vittorio Nocenzi, with contributions from the other…

Ozric Tentacles / Gong

Trinity Centre, Bristol Sunday, 20th November 2022 After seeing Gong turn the Good Ship Thekla into a space vessel back in March, loosing its moorings to take us grinningly happy throng to the stars, the thought of a double-header with…

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Month: December 2022