Featured artists: Lindy-Fay Hella & Dei Farne | TVINNA | AVAWAVES | Tararua | Dikajee | Chlöe Herington (V Ä L V Ē) ||: Celebrating ‘National Album Day’ TPA’s Nick Hudson and Bob Mulvey take a look at some recent…
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Author: Bob Mulvey
The founding member of The Progressive Aspect (TPA), which was set up with Jez Rowden & Roger Trenwith in 2013. Bob was previously Editor at DPRP. A musician and lover of innovative music in all its guises...
A Different Aspect #66
Featured artists: Mariana Semkina | Haiku Salut | Tim Chernikoff | The Samurai of Prog | Kimmo Pörsti | Chris Rodler ||: In this ADA (shorter reviews) update TPA’s David Edwards, Bob Mulvey & Kevan Furbank check out recent albums,…
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Christian Logaglio & Colby Peters – Galia Social
Florida based Galia Social released their debut album in January 2020, shortly before the planet was plunged into a ‘no go’ area. Undeterred, the guys went about recording a series of ‘live’ videos in a local theatre. These, along with…
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Goodbye Summer 1971
The Oval Cricket Ground, Kennington, London Saturday, 18th September 1971 50 Not Out! I thought it might be interesting to mark the 50th anniversary of the ‘Goodbye Summer’ festival, my first festival and the first of what would be three…
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Musk Ox – Inheritance
The last few months have seen me hit a particularly rich vein with a number of excellent albums catching my ear – Musk Ox’s Inheritance, released in July, being the latest. The performers in this Canadian trio are classical guitarist…
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Galia Social – Rise
Now here’s a refreshing album! The world is full of great music, tracking it down is the difficult part and Florida based Galia Social are a prime example. They’ve been together for circa ten years, releasing their debut album in…
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Coevality – Multiple Personalities
Wow…! I mean, WOW! Los Angeles-based Coevality have announced their arrival with an absolutely stunning debut album. So impressed with Multiple Personalities, I will go on record now and say 2021 will be a truly spectacular year indeed if this…
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The John Irvine Band – The Machinery of the Heavens
Solo album number four for The John Irvine Band, the follow up to the excellent Metaphysical Attractions released in 2018, and the third album to be reviewed here on TPA. But just in case you missed the first two reviews…
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The Blackheart Orchestra – Mute
“Surely one of the busiest gigging outfits on the UK scene, something I can attest to as scarcely a week goes by without me adding to their burgeoning list of shows.” The opening remark in my review of The Blackheart…
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Davey Dodds – The Rite of Spring
In what might be considered his third – and certainly most recent – musical incarnation, Davey Dodds returns with solo album number three. Released in fairly quick succession, Kernowcopia in 2017, Toadstool Soup from last year and released early last…
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