It is with great sadness that we have to tell you all that our TPA colleague and friend Tony Colvill sadly passed away in the early hours of Monday morning. A gentleman and a true character. Our thoughts are with…
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Jadis
The 1865, Southampton Thursday, 27th March 2025 A packed 1865 venue in Southampton welcomed Jadis back to their ‘hometown’ gig and are treated to two sets of material of high quality melodic progressive rock from this rejuvenated class band. They…
View More JadisFUSION 6: Day Four
The Civic Hall, Stourport Sunday, 9th March 2025 THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS (Richard Swan) Day 3 of the wonderful Fusion Festival kicked off with The Book of Revelations. Another great decision by Steve Gould to get them in the billing…
View More FUSION 6: Day FourUkrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv
Empire Theatre, Sunderland Monday, 17th March 2025 Ellen Kent: Opera & Ballet International presents Giuseppi Verdi’s La Traviata As a youth it wasn’t all trendy chart topping groups that filled my ears and, at the time, prog rock was something…
View More Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre KyivFUSION 6: Day Three
The Civic Hall, Stourport Saturday, 8th March 2025 SPLINK (Richard Swan) What a joyous start to Day 2 of the Fusion Festival! With the 4-piece Splink, like me, Steve Gould (the promoter of this event that grows in stature every…
View More FUSION 6: Day ThreeBrendan Perkins – Stories From The Old Church Lane
Every once in a while, a song or an artist comes along to capture your fancy in an unexpected way. Such is the case with Brendan Perkins’ latest offering, Stories From The Old Church Lane. Perkins was totally unknown to…
View More Brendan Perkins – Stories From The Old Church LaneFUSION 6: Days One & Two
The Civic Hall, Stourport Thursday, 6th & Friday, 7th March 2025 The popular and ever growing Fusion Festival was held at the beginning of March with attendees gathering from around the globe, such is the attraction of this excellent and…
View More FUSION 6: Days One & TwoThe Move – Message From The Country (Expanded Edition)
This remastered reissue of the fourth and final The Move album is out now on Esoteric, completing their The Move remaster campaign, and remarkably, for the first time in the band’s history their entire released back catalogue is now available…
View More The Move – Message From The Country (Expanded Edition)Richard Larcombe – Lost Crowns
To tie in with the review of the new Lost Crowns album, The Heart Is In The Body, main man Richard Larcombe and I met up at the Restaurant At The End Of The Universe for a virtual lunch, and…
View More Richard Larcombe – Lost CrownsLost Crowns – The Heart Is In The Body
Roger (R) – It falls upon me to guide our readers through the downuplands of this strange weather, otherwise known as The Heart Is In The Body, the new exercise in aural semaphore emanating from behind Richard Larcombe’s excitable brow…
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