Nick Magnus is certainly no stranger to the progressive rock scene. After a five-year break since his last studio album Catharsis there is newcomer A Strange Inheritance, a concept album with an adventurous story, set in the late 18th, early…
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On 27th August 2022, legendary Italian progrock group Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) appeared as main act at the famous Estival Jazz in Lugano, Switzerland. Of course, PFM is by no means jazz, rather full-blooded prog with influences from folk, baroque…
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Talk, the fourteenth studio album by British progressive rock legends Yes, was first released on 21 March 1994 and is often referred to as the ‘lost’ Yes album. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the album has been reissued as a…
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At the end of 2023, The Flower Kings (TFK) toured Europe and the UK. In the Netherlands, at the Pul in Uden (October 27) and the Boerderij in Zoetermeer (October 28), we had the pleasure of catching the Swedish progrock…
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Royal Albert Hall, London Tuesday 4th June 2024 After attending shows in Belgium and the Netherlands, I simply couldn’t turn down an invitation to attend the closing show of the ‘Classic Tales Of Yes’ tour in the safe haven of…
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Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer [NL] Saturday, 11th May 2024 Supergroup Cyan performed at the last ProgDreams Festival held at the Boerderij, unfortunately I couldn’t attend their show at the time. But one year later, the English progrock band led by Magenta…
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Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Saturday, 30th March 2024 A year ago, British prog/folk rock band Solstice performed during the tenth Progdreams Festival at the Zoetermeer Boerderij. The people who were there couldn’t stop talking about the show, by this British…
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Following the release of Big Big Train‘s (BBT) fifteenth studio album, The Likes of Us, TPA’s Alex Driessen was given the opportunity to interview one of the members of this originally British band. The choice fell on American drummer/singer Nick…
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At the end of the 1970s, progressive rock music, or symphonic rock as it was also known at the time, found itself in a difficult period. Partly due to their own fault (arrogance, delusions of grandeur) and partly due to…
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Amare Theatre, The Hague, The Netherlands Thursday, 8th February 2024 I was somewhat surprised by the last-minute invitation from a good friend to witness a unique performance by legendary Dutch band Supersister together with the renowned Residentie Orchestra in their…
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