The Phoenix, Exeter Saturday, 12th November 2016 In a notably bad week when a racist and misogynist opportunist demagogue somehow persuaded the United States electorate to elect him President, AND we lost a great poet/songwriter in Leonard Cohen, it’s just…
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The Globe, Cardiff Saturday, 5th November 2016 The Globe in Cardiff was sold out on Guy Fawkes Night to witness some musical pyrotechnics from this outstanding band, currently on the road in an ‘electric’ rock format after successfully touring and…
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The Drill Hall, Chepstow 30th September to 2nd October 2016 [With photos by Tony Colvill, David Glaves, Phil Lively and Leo Trimming] For the second year The Drill Hall, on the banks of the River Wye in Chepstow, is the…
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Unit 23, (South Devon Arts Centre), Totnes, Devon Saturday 29th October 2016 Magic Bus originated in Devon, playing rock music infused with a psychedelic spirit, mixing various influences including the Canterbury scene of the ’70s with the West Coast sound…
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Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire Saturday 8th October 2016 Music can express so much without words and such was the spirit and magic produced on October 8th in the musical shrine that is the Real World Studios it will be…
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Crimson Stone is the latest album by the recently reformed Welsh band Multi Story who originated in the early ’80s, at the same time as the rise of other newer Prog bands, such as Marillion, IQ, Pallas, Pendragon and Twelfth…
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Hinterland [‘hɪntəland’] noun defn.: An area lying beyond what is visible or known TILT have released their classy debut full length album, Hinterland, featuring an impressive array of melodic rock songs, sampled sonic atmospherics and catchy hooks. Nine years after…
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Somewhere in an alternate reality there is a milkman in Derbyshire called Mr. Steven Hogarth, working hard to support his family and dreaming ‘what if’ about his musical past – such are the vagaries of life’s paths. Back in 1988…
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The Lexington, London 7th August 2016 Article by Leo Trimming Three is a number usually associated with mystical properties inherent in pyramids and the Holy Trinity amongst other things, and on a hot summer night there was an air of…
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A year on from the enigmatic and sonically diverse tour de force that was Tales from the Silent Ocean, Steve Hughes’ debut solo release, the imaginative album Once We Were (Part One) has been released by the former drummer with…
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