Published on 22nd January 2021 | by Alex Driessen
In 2017, the long-awaited autobiography of singer/bassist/composer/producer Greg Lake was finally released. Unfortunately, too late for the protagonist to experience himself: “Gregory Stuart Lake died of cancer on Wednesday December 7, 2016 at the age of... Read More →
Published on 6th October 2020 | by Roger Trenwith
In this update we feature: • Stephen Hanley & Olivia Piekarski – Life Inside The Fall • Mike Barnes – A New Day Yesterday: UK Progressive Rock & The 1970s • Ed Vulliamy – When Words... Read More →
Published on 7th February 2019 | by Roger Trenwith
The problem with most biographies is that ultimately any insight they give is mere speculation. Unless the biographer is or was particularly close to their subject, that speculation is just another opinion to be taken no... Read More →
Published on 19th January 2019 | by Jez Rowden
As an offshoot of their Sonicbond music label, Summer’s End Festival supremos Huw Lloyd Jones and Stephen Lambe have recently initiated Sonicbond Publishing, their current crop of releases including a variety of film and sound related... Read More →
Published on 16th November 2018 | by Roger Trenwith
I remember, long, long ago, being curious as to the purpose of the happy looking chap in the top hat on the inside cover of Foxtrot, the very first Genesis album I bought, probably around 1974... Read More →
Published on 7th February 2018 | by Eric Strother
Former King Crimson member Trey Gunn has partnered with Gabriel Riccio to create a set of full-band transcriptions of the band’s 1995 release THRAK. They do a good job not only of transferring those recorded performances... Read More →
Published on 15th April 2017 | by Rob Fisher
Time and public perception have been neither kind nor entirely fair to Phil Collins. A hugely impressive song-writer, musician, performer and (to a lesser extent) actor, his prolific success in the mid ’90s made him an... Read More →
Published on 27th March 2017 | by Roger Trenwith
Back in the days of the tabloid-sized music weeklies, or “inkies” as they were known, for a period from the mid ’70s until the early ’80s the NME was my music Bible. It was The Guardian... Read More →
Published on 27th April 2016 | by Jez Rowden
Here’s something a little different for TPA. As part of their twenty-fifth anniversary, Opeth embarked on putting together a book, an inside look at the band from the perspective of the people who were there. Now... Read More →
