City Hall, Newcastle Tuesday, 22nd November 1988 Intro (skippable bit) By way of a distraction and something you ‘do’ when time is of a premium is decide to do something of no great urgency or importance, and, very time-consuming. 😉…
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Featured artists: Doris Brendel & Lee Dunham | Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira | This Winter Machine | Úna Quinn | Raphael Weinroth-Browne Five bite-sized reviews taking a snapshot of just some of the albums and EPs to land at…
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St George’s Church, Hartlepool Friday, 20th June 2025 Just a few weeks after my last visit to St George’s in Hartlepool to see the excellent Jocelyn Pettit, Ellen Gira & Miguel Girão, I found myself back at what is fast…
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The State Of The World sees Statistical Blip refining their sound with a fully conceptual approach, offering a striking critique of humanity’s impact on the planet. Their debut, Out On A Limb, may have flown under the radar, but this…
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Neil Campbell’s latest album, The Turnaround, is certainly something I’d looked forward to and with keen anticipation, especially as this latest release carries special significance, marking two decades since I first discovered his music. My introduction came via 3 O’Clock…
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St George’s Church, Hartlepool Saturday, 17th May 2025 It had been slightly longer than I remembered since I last visited St George’s in Hartlepool, and on that occasion it was to see the superb Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear in…
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Featured artists: Nubdug Ensemble | Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin | Ramón Oliveras | Daniel Crommie | Aether Sometimes ‘life’ just gets in the way and there’s bugger all you can do to change it… enough said! As a consequence there are…
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Here Come The Robots! concludes John Irvine’s three-part sci-fi based concept albums which started with 2023’s Scanning The Dark Horizon, followed by The Starships Are Gathering in 2024. And in case you missed TPA’s reviews of parts one and two…
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I thought it might be nice to mark the 40th anniversary of John McLaughlin’s eponymous Mahavishnu album released in 1984, unfortunately time constraints during the latter part of 2024 means it is now in its 41st year. A Personal Intro…
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Back in 2016 I took a punt on Echoes In Time, the second album from Canadian duo/ensemble Sills & Smith and then three years later their third album, Maps ~ Burned Or Lost came under scrutiny. Both albums were not…
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