Nearly a quarter of a century after their inception in 1999, Voyager are finally receiving the acclaim they deserve after representing Australia at the ever-popular Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, placing first in the second Semi-Final and ninth in the…
View More Simone Dow & Scott Kay – VoyagerAuthor: Basil Francis
Furio Chirico’s The Trip – Equinox
Look up any list of “best drummers of all time” and there’s always a glaring omission: Furio Chirico. Never heard of him? Listen to this: What Chirico lacks in subtlety, he makes up for in pure speed and dexterity. Elsewhere…
View More Furio Chirico’s The Trip – EquinoxHolocaust – Heavy Metal Mania: Complete Recordings, Vol.1 1980-1984
“I’ve got heavy metal music in my blood,” goes the anthemic chorus in the title track for this six-disc compilation, “and I’d like to get it to you if I could.” The clause is so politely put that I can’t…
View More Holocaust – Heavy Metal Mania: Complete Recordings, Vol.1 1980-1984Centipede – Septober Energy [Remastered]
There could hardly be a more enticing prospect to a prog rock fan than Centipede, the fifty-piece group that contained a veritable who’s who of distinguished early figures of the prog scene. Led by pianist Keith Tippett, whose previous albums…
View More Centipede – Septober Energy [Remastered]Soft Machine – Bundles [Remastered]
Frequent prog scribbler Sid Smith claims, in the liner notes for this newly released reissue of Bundles, that “it’s been fashionable … to heap praise upon the first four or possibly five Soft Machine albums and pour scorn on [the…
View More Soft Machine – Bundles [Remastered]Van der Graaf Generator – The Bath Forum Concert
Previously on TPA: “The show was filmed with a multi-camera set up so there will hopefully be a high quality record of this late period of the band’s career recorded for posterity.” – Jez Rowden Well, I’m here to tell…
View More Van der Graaf Generator – The Bath Forum ConcertGregg Inhofer – thisOneness
With the recent release of a box set including three albums from American band thisOneness, recorded in the ’70s, only one of which has been available previously, TPA’s Basil Francis spoke to keyboardist Gregg Inhofer about the bands short career…
View More Gregg Inhofer – thisOnenessthisOneness – The Story of thisOneness
Unless you are a long-time subscriber to Prog Line, a fantastic YouTube channel that posts full albums by obscure prog bands from times gone by, there’s a very good chance you’ve never heard of thisOneness, the Minnesota band who released…
View More thisOneness – The Story of thisOnenessMartin Foye – Fruupp
Having released four albums in the 1970s, Northern Irish band Fruupp dissolved and became a footnote of the glory days of prog. But in recent years there has been a resurgence of interest and reissues of their music have helped…
View More Martin Foye – FruuppBanco 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…
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