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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The Fall of the Shires is the stunning, vibrant and accessible prog rock debut from Oblivion Protocol – the new musical project from Richard West, keyboardist and writer for UK prog-metal stalwarts Threshold. A sequel to Threshold’s acclaimed double album…
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I was fortunate to see Doris Brendel with Lee Dunham (and most of her band) at the Prog for Peart 3 a few months ago and was very impressed by their vibrant and expressively rocking performance. Progressive elements were there…
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Living & Alive is the stunning new album from the Beatrix Players and sees Amy Birks return to her original musical project after a 5-year hiatus. With a brand new eight-piece line-up replacing the trio line-up which released Magnified back…
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The Lightmaker is the highly anticipated new album by Nine Skies, the French progressive rock project led by Anne-Claire Rallo and Alexandre Lamia. It is an impressive and musically expansive concept album that reflects on the human condition. It tells…
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The Light of Ancient Mistakes is the splendid seventh album from the eclectic UK progressive band, Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate (or HOGIA for short). Following on from last year’s The Confidence Trick, it is another diverse collection of idiosyncratic…
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Abingdon United Football Club, Oxfordshire 8th July 2023 TPA were once again back at Abingdon United Football Club in Oxfordshire for the third iteration of Prog For Peart festival, with sixteen bands to entertain the prog faithful over two days,…
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Abingdon United Football Club, Oxfordshire 7th July, 2023 TPA were once again back at Abingdon United Football Club in Oxfordshire for the third iteration of Prog For Peart festival, with sixteen bands to entertain the prog faithful over two days,…
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