Pure Reason Revolution return with their new album Above Cirrus, two years after their impressive 2020 return Eupnea, which came 10 years after their initial break-up. Eupnea was their ‘re-birth’ album, borne out of the emotional turmoil Jon Courtney went…
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Photos by Mick Schofield (used with kind permission). The Phoenix, Exeter Wednesday, 17th March 2022 Tangerine Dream dazzled a packed Exeter Phoenix crowd on St. Patrick’s Day with a pulsing, mesmerising show. Originating in 1967 in Germany, Tangerine Dream came…
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The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 4th March to Sunday 6th March 2022 Finally, the Fusion Festival, first planned for late March 2020 and postponed twice, returned triumphantly to this excellent venue in the Midlands after the two year pandemic…
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Mercurial Tiger Moth Tales man Peter Jones returns with A Song of Spring, his latest seasonally inspired album, following his 2014 debut Cocoon and 2017’s The Depths of Winter. A Song of Spring may well be his most accomplished and…
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“We haven’t got long to the end of this song”, is the desperate cry from Steve ‘h’ Hogarth on Be Hard on Yourself, the opener from Marillion’s new album, an impactful song that focuses on environmental concerns, but which could…
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Tales From A Misspent Youth is the latest fascinating exploration into rock heritage from Clive Mitten, the former main song writer of legendary ’80s cult progressive rock band Twelfth Night. Following his remarkable 2021 release Suite Cryptique: Recomposing Twelfth Night…
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The World as we Knew it is the debut album of the rather strangely named Welsh melodic rock band Retreat from Moscow. They may be new to most people, but when someone with the ear of the excellent Robin Armstrong…
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Dark Before Dawn is the follow up to The Divide, the excellent 2019 debut album from Tony Patterson and Doug Melbourne, who were previously in the eminent Genesis tribute band Regenesis. Dark Before Dawn has a lot to live up…
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An unexpected side effect of the worldwide pandemic on music has been the mushrooming culture of ‘stripped back’ albums or straight performance recordings by bands bereft of opportunities to perform live in a significant manner, for obvious reasons. Similarly, gathering…
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Acapela Studio, Pentyrch, Cardiff Saturday, 20th November 2021 Sometimes things happen which overshadow everything and remind us all what is important and truly of value. Those of us who gathered for the recent annual acoustic evening by Magenta at the…
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