Featured artists: Potter’s Daughter | Roy Crank | The Prog Collective | Vision Swords | Vanderwolf ||: Continuing the theme of the previous ADA (shorter reviews) update, we feature five contrasting releases highlighting a diverse range of musical styles and…
View More A Different Aspect #84Author: Bob Mulvey
Fearful Symmetry – The Difficult Second
Crossing a varied spectrum of influences and genres, and featuring nine well conceived tracks, Fearful Symmetry’s debut, Louder Than Words released in 2019, was a late but welcome discovery last year. In the review I commented about looking out for…
View More Fearful Symmetry – The Difficult SecondAl Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucía – Saturday Night in San Francisco
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía’s innovative Friday Night in San Francisco was recorded at the Warfield Theater, with the exception of one track, on 5th December 1980. Released in April the following year, the album has…
View More Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucía – Saturday Night in San FranciscoA Different Aspect #83
Featured artists: Liontortoise | Philip Taylor | Procosmian Fannyfiddlers | Exowst Scotland | Quest Ensemble ||: In this ADA (shorter reviews) update TPA’s Bob Mulvey checks out recent Albums, EPs & Singles from: • Liontortoise – Sisters [EP] • Philip…
View More A Different Aspect #83Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear
St. George’s Church, Hartlepool, County Durham Saturday, 18th June 2022 As much of the country baked in the uncharacteristically hot June weather, I was delighted to be going to church, which I have to say was refreshingly cool. Entering St.…
View More Dave Bainbridge & Sally MinnearA Different Aspect #82
Featured artists: Dirty Shirt | I Built The Sky | Jean Pascal Boffo | Dopapod | Daniel Crommie & Leslie Gray ||: Continuing the theme of the previous ADA update (#81), we continue with five contrasting releases highlighting a ‘broad…
View More A Different Aspect #82Bernard and Pörsti – Robinson Crusoe
The Samurai of Prog machine keeps rolling along, whether it be as Bernard and Pörsti, as it is here, individually in Mr Pörsti’s case, as The Guildmaster or TSoP themselves, with an impressive eleven studio albums released, so far, in…
View More Bernard and Pörsti – Robinson CrusoeThe John Irvine Band – Psychopomp
Edinburgh based, The John Irvine Band return with album number five, and it’s a welcome addition to the already impressive back catalogue released over the last decade or so. Formed circa mid-2011 – and it probably goes without saying –…
View More The John Irvine Band – PsychopompA Different Aspect #81
Featured artists: Trophy Husband | Harvey Valdes | Mother of Millions | Genie Cries | Exowst Scotland ||: In this ADA update we highlight five contrasting releases highlighting a ‘broad church’ of musical styles from across the globe: • Trophy…
View More A Different Aspect #81Ikarus – Plasma
Zurich based contemporary groove jazz quintet Ikarus return with album number four, adding to their impressive catalogue which started with the auspicious 2015 debut Echo, Chronosome a year later and then the wonderfully captivating Mosaismic in 2019. Key to the…
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