In anticipation of Antenna, the new album from The Gift, TPA’s Tony Colvill recently had a chat with singer Mike Morton, and as a bonus Leo Trimming spoke with Mike and guitarist David Lloyd at the Fusion festival in March.…
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The Junction, Cambridge, Thursday 6th June 2019 & O2 Ritz, Manchester, Friday 7th June 2019 Manchester by Leo Trimming Nine and a half hours… Nine and a Half BLOODY Hours to get there! Yep, such is my dedication to reviewing…
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Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury, Berkshire Sunday, 19th May, 2019 On a fine late Spring evening, a familiar band of fans gathered in the idyllic West Berkshire countryside to celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the best progressive rock bands…
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In November 2018 Australian progressive rock band Southern Empire played what many regarded as the gig of the weekend at the HRH Prog Festival in North Wales, in their first ever gig in Europe at the beginning of what became…
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It is rare these days to hear a new song and then feel compelled to immediately play it again… and then play it again, but that’s exactly what happened upon hearing the magnificently catchy and groove-laden Coverland on A Drop…
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Nova Cascade have a curious genesis, apparently formed in an online gaming chatroom which developed into a musical project involving musicians swapping music files many miles apart in Europe and America. Eventually they gathered enough material to create Above All…
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The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March 2019 DAY THREE – Sunday Emperor Norton Tony: The quality of this event has been phenomenal, irrespective of whether I have been taken with them or not, they have…
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The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March 2019 SATURDAY: Day Two Tony: Have I slept? Still buzzing from Friday, breakfast was sought, found, and consumed, thanks to the guidance of Neil from The Raven gift shop…
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St. David’s Hall, Cardiff Monday, 29th April 2019 One of the more surprising recent projects to have arisen from giant bands that bestrode the planet in the ’70s is Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets. Somewhat out of the blue, the…
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The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March 2019 Tony: A weekend of progressive music at a bargain price, great venue, very well organised by Steve Gould, The Progmeister, who even managed to arrange some quality street…
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