Every now and again in the grind of ‘Real Life’ something special happens and it makes you think to yourself “That’s what life is about… that’s why we keep ploughing on, just for those moments”, whether it is a wonderful…
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It was my pleasure recently to meet Paul Evans and Jay Darlington, the two main song writers of Devon rock band Magic Bus, for a chat over a couple of pints, to talk about the band and their new album,…
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The Air is Sweet with Hope and Joy These uplifting words come from Mystical Mountain, the opening song of Phillip the Egg, the mystifyingly titled third release by Magic Bus. They sum up the positive and joyful atmosphere of the…
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Last Chance to Hear is the third album from Ben Craven, who is described as an ‘Australian cinematic progressive rock artist’. The album was apparently inspired by ‘the end of the music industry as we knew it’, Craven feeling that…
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“Mirror your World through my Touch…Set me Free, oh Set me Free” These words, from the song Colours on Magenta’s new We Are Legend album, are about Vincent Van Gogh, but they could also describe the feelings engendered by this…
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Hafan Y Mor, Nr. Pwllheli, North Wales 16th – 18th March 2017 Part Three (Time for the Prog ‘After Life’?!) SATURDAY KONCHORDAT Konchordat, first of three bands on the second day from the distinctive Bad Elephant Music label, blew away…
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Hafan Y Mor, Nr. Pwllheli, North Wales 16th – 18th March 2017 Part Two (‘America is f…ed, the UK is f…ed. Let’s just have a good time!’) FRIDAY Leo: Friday was the official start to HRH Prog and witnessed the…
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The Globe, Cardiff 31st March 2017 In scientific terms ‘Magenta’ is considered an ‘extra special colour’ as strangely it is not actually found in the visible spectrum of light. Instead it is physiologically and psychologically perceived as the mixture of…
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Hafan Y Mor, Nr. Pwllheli, North Wales 16th – 18th March 2017 Part One (We do this so you don’t have to…) There is a mysterious enclosed community hidden away somewhere on the North Wales coast where all sorts of…
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“Alfred J. Prufrock would be proud of me”, declared Welsh Indie rockers Manic Street Preachers in 2001 on their song My Guernica. Musical adaptations or references to the works of T.S. Eliot in modern music have an interesting and sometimes…
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