Alex Driessen

Shine On, Peter Frampton

Shine on… I had seen him perform a number of times before, although the very first show I was supposed to attend was called off: just before the gig, the message came that his regular keyboard player had died just…

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…

Leap Day

Hof 88, Almelo, The Netherlands Sunday, 30th October 2022 If Mohammed doesn’t come to the mountain… I had been particularly looking forward to this for quite a long time: a show by Dutch proggers Leap Day in Youth Center ‘t…

Pink Project

Poppodium De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands Thursday, 8th October 2022 Exactly one year ago to the day, I saw Pink Project perform, also in Zoetermeer, and also in front of a completely sold out crowd. In that sense it was…

The Watch

Poppodium De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands Saturday, 22nd October 2022 It has already been a year since Italian band The Watch visited Holland for a show. These musicians are, of course, best known as an extremely capable Genesis tribute band,…

Sale of Music Rights: Booming Business

Recently the news was released that Genesis (i.e. Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford) have sold their music rights. According to The Wall Street Journal, music label Concord Music paid $300 million. A nice sum of pocket money for…

Von Hertzen Brothers photo by Monica Duffels

Von Hertzen Brothers / For Absent Friends

Poppodium De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands Thursday, 29th September 2022 On a cool, dark autumn night, Poppodium Boerderij once again sets the stage for a performance by the Finnish band Von Hertzen Brothers (VHB). Again, because these musicians played here…

Big Big Train / Dim Gray

Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands Monday, 5th September 2022 After an earlier cancellation forced by COVID in 2020 (remember?), Big Big Train (BBT) finally finds itself at the city theatre of Zoetermeer in the Netherlands two years later, although as…

David Paich – Toto

With his first solo album just released, Toto legend David Paich spoke to TPA’s Alex Driessen about how less is more and how bands like Yes, Queen and ELP have influenced his band. And much, much more… It’s not every…

David Paich – Forgotten Toys

I’ve mentioned it before on these pages: Toto divides the world into two halves, either you hate them or you love them. I belong to the second category and was therefore delighted and somewhat surprised that founder/songwriter/keyboardist/singer David Paich has…

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Author: Alex Driessen