Steve Howe – Yes, Asia, guitar legend… no further introduction needed or offered. According to the press release Love Is is his “first solo album since the all-instrumental Time in 2011”, although in the interim period there have been two…
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Dave Brons, another new name to conjure with, although those familiar with Dave Bainbridge’s Celestial Fire will be aware of Dave Brons as part of the live set-up. Along with this both Dave’s took part in the short lived GB3…
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Although founded some 18 years ago by composer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist Chris Gill and Petrichor is Band Of Rain’s seventh release, I can safely say all are completely new to me. Some digging, along with a lot of listening, reveals that…
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The short review: Ruination is progressive-rock-fusion at its very finest. The not so short review: I’ll backtrack a little to my first encounter with Virgil Donati and Bunny Brunel’s L.A. Zoo (Revisited) released in 2004. It’s the revisited part that…
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To pinch a quote from fellow TPA scribe Graham Thomas… So the burnin’ question on your lips must be… “Do we need another ELP compilation release?” Well having waded my way through this release, several times now, I’m inclined to…
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In this update we feature: • Neil Campbell – The Forest Dwellers [EP] • Vasudeva – Generator • Liontortoise – Photosynthesis [EP] • Plastic Noose – PN50 • Widmer-Stauss – Duos • Markus Stauss – 5 Compositions 2017-19 & Neolithic…
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In this update we feature: • Ikarus – Mosaismic • David Helpling – Rune • Lite – Multiple • Rainburn – Resignify [EP] • Sandro Perri – Soft Landings • Alex Crispin – Watersending Ikarus – Mosaismic Bob Mulvey Zürich…
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With precision timing, as one might expect from a drummer, Alan Emslie returned in late 2019 with his latest offering. As with other recent albums on the now customary release date of 21st December… I’ll let you work it out,…
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My introduction to Dandelion Charm came in the shape of their Riding The Flood EP, released in January 2018, and as we hadn’t covered their 2015 debut album Tiny Drop, both releases were reviewed in one of our periodic ADA…
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Surely one of the busiest gigging outfits on the UK scene, something I can attest to as scarcely a week goes by without me adding to their burgeoning list of shows in the TPA UK Gig Guide. During that time…
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