Harbour Tavern, Bridlington Saturday, 8 August 2026 It was good to spend some time in Bridlington on the day before the gig, exploring the two expansive beaches. Particularly as it was a blissful 10 degrees cooler than the scorching south…
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Abingdon United Football Club, Oxfordshire 16th July to 18th July 2026 The mighty Mark Cunningham, a man (mostly) exuding an exterior calm while controlling a thousand-and-one things fighting for attention beneath the surface, has produced yet another feat of organisation…
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229 The Venue, London Thursday, 22nd August 2024 KUNAL SINGHAL Kunal Singhal, as well as being an active and important music promoter, promoting new left-field musicians via his Chaos Theory operation, has a neat musical act himself, featuring improvised vocal…
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The Key Theatre, Peterborough Sunday, 2nd June 2024 THE BEGGS SISTERS (Graham Thomas) Opening act on Sunday, an unenviable slot perhaps, was the Beggs Sisters, and they proved to be an ideal choice, and a healthy crowd turned up to…
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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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The The Drill Hall, Chepstow Sunday, 14th April 2024 GLEN BRIELLE Aka Hugh Carter, founder member of Abel Ganz. His side project with solo keys and fellow Abel Ganz guitarist Malcolm McNiven was a lovely way to start off the…
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The Drill Hall, Chepstow Saturday, 13th April 2024 DOMINIC SANDERSON My discovery of the weekend! This was, for me, the most ultimate progressive performance of the festival! I was a tad late for the start, as I’d left my camera…
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The The Drill Hall, Chepstow Friday, 12th April 2024 ‘Winter’s End’ is a lovely little festival in the picturesque town of Chepstow just on the Welsh side of the River Severn, held normally in March/April. Fully indoors, it doesn’t matter…
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Sci-Fi Rock Night, The Fiddler’s Elbow, Camden, London Thursday, 6th July 2023 This special London Prog Gigs promotion presented three quite different bands under a loose Sci-Fi banner, with the musical/lyrical content, and/or the subjects they explore, conveying the theme.…
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Black Frog Presents at Chelmsford Social Club, Chelmsford Friday, 7th October 2022 On a windswept and rainy night, a potentially trepidatious trip, with the ever present vagaries of train travel, out to the Essex town of Chelmsford beckoned for the…
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