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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O2 Academy, Islington, London Saturday, 13th September 2018 Back in the day, when prog was young, they used to have showcases. The most memorable of these was Genesis-Lindisfarne-Van der Graaf Generator, all for a couple bob, leaving change for a…
View More Resonate Festival 2018 – Jump / Verbal Delirium / Comedy of Errors / The Gift / Son of Man / Lifesigns
Dissolution: the breakups, the heartaches, the dark side of the relationship, our all too human issues with technology and social media, open dissolution in a public forum. Heavy fodder for an album of music but delivered with aplomb by the…
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I must admit to having a difficult relationship with Spock’s Beard; it’s not them, it’s me. Offered up as an alternative to Genesis and the long gaps between albums I dipped in, somewhere around 2002, I cannot say with any…
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Music always has the ability to affect emotions, but although those moments are quite far between surprises happen. I first heard Weend’ô (pronounced ‘Window’, it’s Japanese) at the Summer’s End festival in Chepstow last year, and as seems to be…
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I’ve probably been a Facebook friend of Colin Tench for about one and a half years. Never met him. But through the music he produced and the funny, witty, and intelligent rapport I had with him on FB pages and…
View More Colin Tench (20/12/1954 – 27/12/2017)
Released in 1989, I was introduced to Slow Dance via the Woolworth’s bargain section where I picked up the cassette for 50 pence. And so, it slipped into my consciousness, well in this case semi-consciousness – bedtime listening. Relaxed, I…
View More Anthony Phillips – Slow Dance: Remastered & Expanded Deluxe Edition