Bob Mulvey

The Musical Box

City Hall, Newcastle Thursday 20th October 2016 The mighty Newcastle City Hall, once the domain for all measure of bands and a regular hunting ground for the avid concert goer, especially this one. Sadly, in more recent times the venue has…

Griot – Gerald

When 2016 finally draws to its inevitable conclusion, I doubt that Griot’s debut album will feature in many, if any, of the end of year polls which, as is so often the case, will once more remain the preserve of the…

Zosia Jagodzinska – Eros & Thanatos [EP]

By way of an introduction to the creative world of cellist, pianist, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and poet, Zosia Jagodzinska, was the arrival of the all too brief Eros and Thantos EP. Zosia is a gifted, classically trained musician, who has expanded…

Regna – Meridian [EP]

Around this time last year, Spanish sextet Regna released their debut EP, Meridian, and since then it seems to have flown under the prog radar – a shame really, as it is enjoyable listen and would certainly delight those who…

Lifewalker – Rx [EP]

I know what I like… but you may not want this in your wardrobe? It’s a curious beast is music and you never quite know what will, or will not appeal. For the most part I don’t really do progressive metal,…

7 Ocean – Son of Sun (Сын Солнца)

You have to admire Russian record label MALS as not only do they import, shall we say, less commercially supported albums from across the globe to sell through their on-line shop, but re-invest some of the monies earned to support…

Megacone – Fondle Fantasy [EP]

Released at the very end of January 2015 Ireland’s Megacone have made a strong opening statement with this, their bizarrely titled debut, Fondle Fantasy. Just four tracks, clocking in at a little over twenty minutes, that say much but never…

Erudite Stoner – Erudite Stoner

Erudite Stoner is the debut release from a young Brazilian composer and guitarist Matheus Novaes and despite the somewhat worrying title, Erudite Stoner turned out to be a rather excellent listen. There’s little information I can offer about the origins…

The Keith Emerson Trio – The Keith Emerson Trio

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…

Juha Kujanpää – Kultasiipi | Goldwing

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…

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Author: Bob Mulvey