Whilst searching and compiling articles for the TPA News last year, I stumbled across an interesting item pertaining to the discovery of a very early recording from Keith Emerson, who, along with Godfrey Sheppard on upright bass and drummer David…
View More The Keith Emerson Trio – The Keith Emerson Trio
Once again the festive season has allowed the gathering of old friends to socialise, catch up on the year’s events and in general put the world to rights ahead of 2016. At one such gathering the subject of music and…
View More Juha Kujanpää – Kultasiipi | Goldwing
“Listen to the album a few times, form your own thoughts, then, if you want to know where my head’s at, read this…..” Not my words, but the opening line from the booklet accompanying Dave Sturt’s first solo album. As…
View More Dave Sturt – Dreams and Absurdities
With such a wealth of new albums being released, and many now falling under the progressive umbrella, it is inevitable that a growing number will not receive the exposure they deserve. In the case of Fingers Pointing At The Moon…
View More Dworniak Bone Lapsa – Fingers Pointing At The Moon
Prog, in its many guises, has often been accused of taking itself a little too seriously and for the most part lacking in humour. Well for nearly a decade now, drummer and multi-instrumentalist Hans Jörg Schmitz has done his part…
View More King Of Agogik – Exlex Beats
Transgression is a truly stunning album, displaying the many faceted sides of composer and multi-instrumentalist Theo Travis. An album that effortlessly brings together the best elements from the rock, blues, Canterbury, jazz and progressive jazz fields, resulting in an absorbing…
View More Theo Travis’ Double Talk – Transgression
Kestrel and their eponymous debut album were, in the words of Dave Black, to suffer a series of disappointing ‘ifs’ and ‘what ifs’ and ultimately the blame for the lack of success of the band lay firmly with their inept…
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Brilliant! The album title, that is, and as with the confectionery of a similar name, it neatly captures the varied nature of what is enclosed within the packaging. Robert Webb (RW) has a long history within the music industry, probably…
View More Robert Webb – Liquorish Allsorts
I have to admit to not having any personal history when it comes to Canadian proggers FM, so their “classic period” from the late 70s was an unknown quantity. I say was, as since listening to Transformation and by way…
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In 2014 my colleague Roger Trenwith, here at TPA, covered the collaborative Twinscapes release from multi instrumentalist, composer and arranger Lorenzo Feliciati along with Porcupine Tree bass man Colin Edwin. An absorbing album on many levels, so when a new…
View More Lorenzo Feliciati – Koi