Bob Mulvey

Colossus Project – Decameron: Ten Days In 100 Novellas – Part II

Some will be aware of the long running partnership between the Finland’s Colossus Project and French label/distributor Musea Records. The fruits of this joining have produced an impressive twenty-plus back-catalogue of ‘compilation’ releases dating back over a decade and a…

Emerson Lake & Palmer – Trilogy

Deluxe 3 Disc Edition including 5.1 Mix There’s no potted history of the band included here, and after 43 years, I can’t imagine Emerson Lake & Palmer’s third studio album needing any introduction either. Certainly not in a progressive rock ezine. Neither…

Metallic Taste Of Blood – Doctoring The Dead

With a recent spate of richly melodic, highly enjoyable and in the main, readily accessible albums reviewed, it seemed timely to take the plunge into the ever increasing depths of the TPA pipeline (albums awaiting review), and select something a…

Crooked Mouth – One Bright Midnight

Constantly reviewing new albums does have its downside, especially as it seldom allows the time to reflect upon or backtrack to albums reviewed in the past. So always a pleasant treat when a new offering allows the opportunity to dig…

Malcolm Smith – We Were Here

We Were Here is the first solo album from US composer and guitarist Malcolm Smith, a name perhaps not too familiar to many, so where he comes from may be of interest. He emerged towards the end of the 90s…

Dave Bainbridge

Sandwiched between the finish of a successful mini tour with GB3 and literally the day before starting the first dates in Germany, with Iona, TPA’s Bob Mulvey managed to speak to Dave Bainbridge about the recent GB3 concerts and his…

Dave Bainbridge – Celestial Fire

Ten years after the release of his first solo album, composer and multi-instrumentalist Dave Bainbridge returns with his second release, and whereas Veil Of Gossamer had the trappings of a solo album – no criticism intended by that remark –…

Keith Emerson – At The Movies

In general I’m not a huge fan of compilations, preferring, in the most part, to purchase the original albums and if necessary create my own “best of”. In the case of Mr Emerson’s previous band this would not include any version…

Neil Campbell – eMErgence

With the dust barely settled on Neil Campbell’s previous release, Tabula Rasa Suite appearing in November 2014, then the news of another release appearing in March 2015, may cause the cynically inclined to ponder whether this may be a case of quantity over quality. Well there are few more cynical than I, however one thing I have discovered over the last decade is that not only does Neil Campbell constantly surprise, but also – seldom repeats himself. eMErgence is another such album and although in many respects a companion release to Tabula Rasa Suite, it treads a different path.

John Bassett – Unearth | Arcade Messiah

I chose to review these two albums together, as not only do they offer two diametrically opposed sides to the music of John Bassett, but also a different slant on his work with KingBathmat. Of the latter, summer 2013 saw the release of…

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Author: Bob Mulvey