My trawl through the formative years of the Vertigo label and its “spiral” imprint continues… After VO7, the catalogue numbers have changed, as has the decade. We are now into 1970 and the music biz is growing apace. The major…
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Fiddler’s Elbow, Camden, London Sunday, 16th June 2024 JON HUNT Many, many moons ago I wrote an appraisal of Jon Hunt’s compilation album Morning Sun, which I am well chuffed to discover is still being used on his advertising flyer.…
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“With every passing day it gets harder They tell you it’ll change, how can they know?” Borne from much turbulence in the form of the pandemic and a concurrent domestic upheaval resulting in estrangement from his family, this album has…
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Originally ‘released’ in 2016 under the title ‘Vertiginous Musings’ was a series of articles charting the albums released on the Vertigo ‘swirl’ label. So with micro-fibre cloth in hand, time to dust off this series of articles – kicking off…
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Ramsgate Music Hall, Kent Saturday, 4th May 2024 Saturday night in Ramsgate, at the Ramsgate Music Hall, which apparently has earned the accolade “Best small venue in the country”. Certainly, the layout of the place and the superb sound earn…
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Oslo, Hackney, London Friday, 25th April 2024 LEONI JANE KENNEDY A solo spot opens the entertainment tonight, with Leoni Jane Kennedy accompanied by her acoustic guitar, played with consummate skill. Her set includes a Rush cover, pleasing the prog audience,…
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Signature Brew, Blackhorse Road, London Saturday, 20th April 2024 For once in this Biblically wet year, a dry and even occasionally sunny day precedes another trip to the capital for me, where I meet up with my gig-going companion and…
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“You see, something’s going to happen… “ As we all know, fohat dig holes in space, and swirling around in the psychedelic maelstrom that fills dem holes right now is a feral noise of righteous intent made by three unassuming…
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It is a while since I have listened repeatedly to an album in a foreign language where the lyrics are obviously central to the whole exercise remain a mystery to me, the singer’s voice becoming another instrument, but I suppose…
View More Sophie Tassignon – Khyal
A week or two before Christmas, TPA’s Roger Trenwith sat down with Carollyn Eden and Stuart Clark, a.k.a Storm Deva, and they had a good old natter, discussing their backgrounds, how the band formed, their influences and the recently released…
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