The Islington, Tolpuddle Street, London Saturday, 30th September 2017 Tolpuddle, Dorset. Home, or nearly, of the Dorset Knob, a local delight served with cream and jam. How appropriate for an afternoon gig in the presence of Peter (Tiger Moth Tales)…
View More Peter Jones – The Mad Mothster’s Tea PartyAuthor: Tony Colvill
Drifting Sun – Twilight
In the beginning was the dark, a little Thin Lizzy, a touch of Muse, a smidgen of Marillion and a soupçon of Queen. Yes, there are other influences from the history of Prog, but this is the real McCoy (not…
View More Drifting Sun – TwilightDoris Brendel & Lee Dunham – Eclectica
The follow-up to 2015’s Upside Down World, Eclectica features a similar pattern of songs with musical interludes. Whereas for the last album these extra pieces were all individual, this time the interludes are both separate pieces and reprises of parts…
View More Doris Brendel & Lee Dunham – EclecticaMidsummer Madness – Cairo / Introitus / Verbal Delirium / Mothertongue / Under A Banner
The Globe Theatre, The Bedford Hotel, Balham, London Sunday 16th July 2017 In these day of social networking there is no excuse, Midsummer Madness should have been packed to the gills. 7.5 million people in London and you’re telling me…
View More Midsummer Madness – Cairo / Introitus / Verbal Delirium / Mothertongue / Under A BannerEncircled – The Monkey Jamboree
I loved Encircled’s first album, The Gun Has Replaced the Handshake, but opined that it would be far better with drums, so now we get album two, The Monkey Jamboree, and it HAS drums. On first listen, it crosses over…
View More Encircled – The Monkey JamboreeH.R.H. Prog V – Day Three
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…
View More H.R.H. Prog V – Day ThreeH.R.H. PROG V – Day Two
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…
View More H.R.H. PROG V – Day TwoRichard Barbieri / GRICE
Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter 16th March 2017 Article by Tony Colvill This was an evening for dispelling ‘Ghosts’. I say this for many a reason, all with little logic. The eighties were not my decade, musically I did not feel…
View More Richard Barbieri / GRICEThird Quadrant – re:generator
From the first sonar-like ping to the last note, Third Quadrant’s 2016 album re:generator holds your attention, with a vocal style not dissimilar to Paul McCartney (at his best), and the modern prog interpretation of Dave Kerzner (with or without…
View More Third Quadrant – re:generatorDrifting Sun – On The Rebound (2016 Remix)
The Charade opens with almost a Travis-like melody – prog Travis? The instruments are better defined and clearer, the balance between vocal and instrumental favouring the musical passages, and, if anything, it sounds more French on this 2016 remix of…
View More Drifting Sun – On The Rebound (2016 Remix)