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…
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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…
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St George’s Church, Hartlepool 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. George’s Church…
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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…
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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…
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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 –…
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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…
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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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Featured artists: Thank You Scientist | Kumorigahara | Hands Of The Heron | ANYWHEREDOOR | Amanda Chaudhary ||: Here we are in March 2022 and still finding ourselves picking up on some of last year’s overlooked releases… • Thank You…
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Featured artists: Band of Rain | Marco Mattei | The Kite Experiment | Sugar Horse | Moron Police | Oxygene8 ||: As we sail further and further into 2022, a chance to check the manifest, clear the decks and pick…
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