In the infancy of the internet era there were dial-up / email service providers, including my chosen supplier AOL. What has this got to do with The Pineapple Thief (TPT), you ask? Bear with me for a few paragraphs and…
View More The Pineapple Thief – Far And Wide
I am friends with many musicians, predominantly Prog, but a few who create music for less cultured tastes and most of them struggle to record and put out new material. Invariably they have day jobs, families and other things on…
View More Nick Fletcher – An Unfolding Of Miracles
Kraanerg is the title of a ballet written by Iannis Xenakis in 1969. It is derived from the Greek and translates as ‘accomplished action’. It seems like an apt name for Nat Bergrin’s outfit, as they are certainly accomplished, and…
View More Kraanerg – Aria For Labellum Tongues
Throughout our lifespan we are constantly transforming. Some of these changes are voluntary while others are forced upon us by circumstance, but after they have occurred we are not quite the same person as before. And as we approach the…
View More John Holden – Thresholds
As mentioned in another recent review, I’m particularly fond of box sets that cover a scene as opposed to an artist. Because my familiarity with shoegaze is spotty at best, I thought that the We Are The Beautiful compilation would…
View More Various Artists – We Are The Beautiful: Two Decades Of Shoegaze 1991-2011
The progressive scene in Italy took slightly longer to catch on than it did in the UK, with PFM and Banco’s stunning debuts and sophomores only showing up in 1972, by the time Yes and many other British groups had…
View More Celeste – Prince Of One Day
Peter Hammill stands, rightly, as a legend within progressive rock circles, yet his stature comfortably extends beyond that world. His appearance at this year’s Proms underlines just how deeply respected he is across many musical communities. Some may debate the…
View More Peter Hammill – Tears In Time
As TPA’s unofficial Samurai of Prog reviewer over the last several years, what has struck me most is the consistency from one album to the next. Especially because the main songwriters and instrumentalists are all “guest” musicians. Guest in the…
View More The Samurai Of Prog – The Seven Voyages Of Sinbad
ESP is a project started by eminent producer Tony Lowe in 2015 as a vehicle for his own music. Already a familiar name in the music business, the project has evolved over ten albums released so far, with a host…
View More ESP Project – Extra Sensory Perception
300 years is a mere drop in the ocean when transcendence inspires you to explore the limits of human creativity. Johann Sebastian Bach yearned to touch the infinite and used counterpoint to try to do so: one line of melody…
View More Raphael Weinroth-Browne – Empyrean