Shortly before his double headliner with the lovely Doris Brendel, Tony Colvill caught up with Joe Payne and put a few questions to him about his forthcoming album and also his recent collaborations. How are you? I’m not too bad,…
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The opportunity to see The Far Meadow passed me by, ill health, poverty, can’t quite remember which; if it was poverty there is a certain wealth of riches in what is presented before me. Foreign Land is an interesting album…
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In 2019 Grice Peters recorded this, his third album, One Thousand Birds at Forward Studios in Rome which is due to be released on 22 March. In 2019 and 2020, Grice will be promoting his new album through live streaming…
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Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Saturday, 23rd February 2019 Nostalgia. Tribute Act. True enough terms, and there are those who will dismiss such bands and artists as riding on the shoulders of giants, but they keep the music alive, present it to…
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Opening in epic style with the title track, MOnuMENTO is the latest album from Karibow. Covering a multitude of styles from the progressive palette, it is entertaining, and not as derivative as I was expecting. Why the low expectations? At…
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1998. To me another period where the manufactured music seemed to take over the airwaves, so the arrival of Semisonic with Closing Time was a godsend; nothing to do with my alternative residence of the pub, but the quality of…
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There are influences here , however I think this is an original piece from Cornish progressive band Hanterhir, who are based in Redruth. Their name is a corruption into Cornish of Semilong, the Red Light district of Northampton (to change…
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Tom Slatter is akin to premium dark Belgium chocolate; deliciously dark and bittersweet. This latest release from the Urban Folk Steampunk songwriter is just that. Via some cracking tunes with slightly unhinged lyrics, Tom continues to develop, becoming more musically…
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Consistency is a problem, progression is often a problem, and yet Encircled have delivered both in their third album (Can you be consistent and progress?). This time themed around computers and social media and our love/hate relationship with those two…
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Three minutes or thirty-three, it matters not; what matters is the quality of the end product, not the air time. Shan have produced quality, variable in style with bluesy rock and church organ, all layered, cultured, and raw. It has…
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