Into The Sun is the long-awaited second album by the Cheshire-based melodic progressive rock band Sonic Tapestry and is one of the most impressive albums I’ve heard over the last year or so. It is a sumptuous amalgam of neo-prog…
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Key Theatre, Peterborough Sunday 12th May 2024 As last year, Sunday started with a call from organiser, Rachel Barratt, and the band, for all attendees to meet up, as the Pendragon Choir, outside the theatre at 11.15 am for a…
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Key Theatre, Peterborough Saturday 11th May 2024 Following the success of last May’s ‘Everyone’s A VIP Weekend’ at The Platform in Morecambe, Pendragon successfully repeated the feat at the Key Theatre in Peterborough with another thoroughly enjoyable and sun-drenched weekend…
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It was in 2021 that I first came across the talented Mexican musician and songwriter, Guillermo Garcia Herreros, and his band Electro Compulsive Therapy. Their debut release was a captivating mix of melodic and atmospheric prog and art rock with…
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When Time Is Just A Word is the 9th album by the German electronic progressive rock band Nautilus and is an atmospheric and flowing album of largely instrumental music that will appeal to listeners who appreciate dreamy, ambient, keyboard-led soundscapes…
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Everywhere & Nowhere is the impressive second album by The Round Window. This is a band from Colchester in Essex formed by the father and son duo of Rich and Tom Lock, in 2018 and subsequently joined by the other…
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Innisfree Sports & Social Club, Newcastle Saturday, 9th March 2024 It was certainly another great evening of driving, melodic prog rock in the North-East with Franck Carducci returning to the Innisfree Social Club, less than 7 months after their last…
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The Forum Music Centre, Darlington Friday, 15th March 2024 John Hackett and his band returned to the Forum in Darlington after 18 months and gave a truly exceptional performance of progressive rock full of diversity, swirling with a myriad of…
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Unit8 are a highly enjoyable 4-piece progressive rock band from Alnwick in Northumberland who I had the pleasure of watching at their full electric debut at Alnwick Playhouse a month ago (in support of Stuckfish). Their eponymous debut album came…
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Last year, I wrote in glowing terms about Nick Fletcher’s second solo album, The Cloud of Unknowing. It was his most coherent and consistent electric guitar-led album to date, raising the bar even higher than his impressive solo debut, Cycles…
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