Birmingham Symphony Hall 14th September 2015 “King Crimson” is not so much a band, but more of an idea or even an ideology, the tenets of which are intermittently given form by its guardian Robert Fripp. Legend has it that…
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Author: Roger Trenwith
A founding member of TPA, Roger is TPA's HR man and all-round attack dog. When not straining at the leash, he has been known to scribble a bit.
Roger keeps his own blog called "Astounded by Sound"
Guapo
The Lexington, Islington, London 3rd September, 2015 [Photo by Ashley Jones, a still from his film of the event, which is used with many thanks.] Conveniently located a mere ten minutes walk from Euston, The Lexington is a pub not…
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I Will Kill Chita – Evil Bear Boris
Hailing from Moscow and formed by Nikita and Nick Samarin, I Will Kill Chita are so named after a fraternal spat within the band’s ranks. Maybe The Kinks should have been called I Will Kill Dave? This Russian collective play…
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Tim Bowness
The Boston Music Room, Tufnell Park, London 26th August, 2015 As the tube station nearest to the venue was closed, we alighted five minutes up the road at Archway. Had we not, a rather fine Italian eaterie would have not…
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Paradox One – This Fragile Peace
Starting out as long ago as the start of the century, Paradox One was initially a solo project by Scottish keyboard player and spacerocker Phil Jackson, who over the intervening years became friends with Tim Jones of Census Of Hallucinations…
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Audience – Audience / Friend’s Friend’s Friend
Audience – Audience Esoteric Recordings, go to label of choice for the rock history connoisseur, continue mining the rich seam of underground music from the end of the 60s and the early 70s with these two fine albums from the…
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Big Big Train
Kings Place, London 14th August 2015 [No photos of the band in action, by request of both band and venue, so many thanks to Tony “Quick Draw” Colvill for his on-the-hoof sketch, and thanks to BBT for signing it! Band…
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The David Rhodes Band – The David Rhodes Band
Dig underneath the highly unassuming and somehow typically British reserve of the name “The David Rhodes Band” and you will find three musicians with highly impressive CVs. Guitarist David Rhodes is most well known for his long association with Peter…
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Breznev Fun Club – il misantropo felice
After a five year gap, composer, arranger and all-round musical polymath Rocco Lomonaco, Milan-based but southern Italian by origin, releases his second album as Breznev Fun Club, il misantropo felice (“the happy misanthrope”). The new album continues with the chamber…
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Linda Hoyle
Linda Hoyle, formerly singer with late 60s/early 70s jazz-rockers Affinity, and the producer of a lone solo album, the rather fine Pieces Of Me in 1971 is back after a mere 44-year gap with her second solo album, The Fetch…
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