Featured artists: Marco Bernard | Ingrid Lukas | Frédéric L’Épée | DC Sound Collective | Wooden Tape ||: In this ADA update of bite-sized reviews we take a look at some of the recent albums from: • Marco Bernard —…
View More A Different Aspect #90Author: Bob Mulvey
Rafael Pacha – A Bunch of Forest Songs
Spanish composer and multi-instrumentalist Rafael Pacha is a name that has increasingly cropped up in the TPA reviews section in recent years. As a regular guest member to The Samurai of Prog, along with its various offshoots, notably with Inner…
View More Rafael Pacha – A Bunch of Forest SongsA Different Aspect #89
Featured artists: Neil Campbell | Captain Cougar | Hely | Hats Off Gentlemen Its Adequate | Malcolm Galloway ||: In this ADA update of bite-sized reviews we take a look at some of the recent releases albums, EPs and singles…
View More A Different Aspect #89Balone – Doofa Darl
The third studio album from Balone, AKA bassist and multi-instrumentalist Tony Stewart, continues his passion for instrumental music with the emphasis on jazz/funk. Tony cites Prince, Marcus Miller, Mark King, Stanley Clarke, Nathan East, to mention a few. And although…
View More Balone – Doofa DarlGordon Giltrap & Paul Ward – Scattered Chapters
Released in 2017, The Last of England was very special, the opening six pieces taking us through an enchanting pastoral landscape, capturing the romanticism of Vaughan Williams, Field and Elgar, with lush arrangements that both soothed and absorbed. The remaining…
View More Gordon Giltrap & Paul Ward – Scattered ChaptersDavey Dodds & Friends – Cask Strength
Not that many will need reminding, but during 2021 the planet was gripped by an ongoing pandemic. Like so many others, this robbed Davey Dodds and friends the opportunity to promote their music, although if there was a silver lining…
View More Davey Dodds & Friends – Cask StrengthA Different Aspect #88
Featured artists: Virgil & Steve Howe | Adarsh Arjun | Midas Fall | Ancient Future | Exowst Scotland ||: TPA’s Leo Trimming and Bob Mulvey take a look at some of the recent releases in one of our periodic ADA…
View More A Different Aspect #88Polyphia – Remember That You Will Die
Polyphia? Yes? No? Well, some years back now it was suggested I take a listen to Polyphia’s Muse album. Memories of the album – impressive guitar work all wrapped up in a tried and trusted tech-metal formula. Move forward to…
View More Polyphia – Remember That You Will DieThe John Irvine Band – Scanning the Dark Horizon
“It was time to leave Earth. Truth be told, it was time years ago – but we’d held on, waiting for things to get better. They never did, of course. They’d only got worse. “We were always Scanning The Dark…
View More The John Irvine Band – Scanning the Dark HorizonEdenya – Another Place
Around March 2021 we received an invitation from French ensemble Edenya to review their full-length debut album Silence, released the previous year. Having taken a listen, and liking the album’s multifaceted opener, The Promise, I earmarked the album for an…
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