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Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (Part 2)

Renowned music documentary makers Adele Schmidt and José Zegarra Holder return with the fifth instalment of their “Progressive music saga”, and the second trawl through that fascinating European experience, loosely collected within the borders of what was West Germany under…

Deadburger – La Chiamata

I have to admit, I’m a bit of a laggard when it comes to accepting that music may not always come with a physical product these days, so it absolutely fills my heart with joy when a release like Deadburger’s…

Multi Story – CBF10

Much water has passed under many bridges since Leo Trimming’s review of Multi Story’s previous album, Crimson Stone, in 2016. Much has changed, but for the main part that means in the personnel. Multi Story is now a core of…

Tommy Bolin – Shake The Devil: The Lost Sessions

Tommy Bolin, the guitarist who replaced Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple. Ok, that’s got the obvious out of the way, but of course there was a reason he was offered the job in the first place, and many more sides…

Billy Sherwood – Arc Of Life

“I think it’s a testament to the passion for music between everyone in Yes, there’s so much music in us all that we have too much for one unit”, says Yes bass guitarist Billy Sherwood. Yes’s ‘young guard’ have collectively…

John Holden – Circles In Time

John Holden returns with his third album Circles in Time, following his somewhat unexpected but captivating debut Capture Light in 2018 and the excellent 2020 follow-up Rise and Fall. Circles in Time in some ways follows the successful template of…

Fair Wind Pleases – The Wind Of The Season

I’ve been a great fan of Russian band Roz Vitalis for some years, but last year I became acquainted with two other projects from Roz Vitalis main main, Ivan Rozmainsky – Compassionizer and RMP. Both of those featured Leonid Perevalov,…

Black Country, New Road – For The First Time

It’s not often us old farts at TPA find our increasingly blurred-at-the-edges Venn circle intersecting with the up-and-coming hip about town sounds, but here is a rare occasion. The enigmatically named Black Country, New Road are being raved about in…

Eyesberg – Claustrophobia

Eyesberg are a German/British neo-prog band, and for this, their third album, they have taken their inspiration from the life of Vincent van Gogh. Yes, that’s right, it’s a concept album, but don’t be put off too easily, because this…

Nine Stones Close – Traces [10th Anniversary Remaster]

Nine Stones Close have recently re-released, on vinyl and download, a 10th anniversary edition of their resplendent 2010 second album, Traces. The band is named after the remains of a mysterious ancient stone circle situated in the Peak District of…

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