Like many a prog musician John Hackett has musical tastes that reach out beyond the often-convoluted time signatures and long tunes that epitomise that genre. And from many of his past albums there is evidence of a definite love for…
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Let’s start with getting my slight ADHD pedantry out of the way. I find it frustrating that they have the capital letter at the end of the band’s name, rather at the start. But as a musical affectation it is,…
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Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Saturday, 5 September 2026 Many people think that I improvise everything, making it up as I go along and cross every bridge when I get to it. Mostly they are right, after all worrying about the future…
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Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Friday, 4 September 2026 The torrential downpour that had made its unwelcome presence loudly known in the early hours of the morning might have felt like it belonged in the Bible but it soon passed and by…
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I am friends with many musicians, predominantly Prog, but a few who create music for less cultured tastes and most of them struggle to record and put out new material. Invariably they have day jobs, families and other things on…
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Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Thursday, 3 September 2026 Introduction… Before I set off to the Nene Valley Rock Festival I began to think of all the music festivals that there are held each year, be they Prog, tribute acts or pop.…
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City Hall, Newcastle Monday, 21 September 2026 VIOLENCE INSANE IN A BEAUTIFUL WORLD TOUR Other than a quick clarification to confirm that I am talking about the right Roger Taylor of Queen, rather than Duran Duran, I don’t think I…
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For those of you who are late to the party, and are not immediately familiar with Claire Hamill, shame of you, if collaborations with Wishbone Ash and Steve Howe, of Yes, are not enough to have caught your ear, then…
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Featured artists: Ancient Future | Riffstone | Teiger (feat. Jo Quail) | Zabrahana In our 100th ADA update we have four bite-sized reviews taking a snapshot of some of the recent and not so recent releases to land at TPA…
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St George’s Venue, Hartlepool Friday, 5 June 2026 There are some artists that are part of our lives but more in the background of our minds than forever in our consciousness. Maybe you heard their hits long ago, still recognise…
View More Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri