Concert Reviews
Sin City, Swansea Monday, 11th December 2023 Music is the best. Frank Zappa’s words continue to resonate, and seldom is music better than what was delivered on this particularly rainy night in Swansea – it was wetter than a haddock’s…
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Innisfree Sports & Social Club, Newcastle Tuesday, 21st November 2023 A Tuesday night in North Tyneside, why not go and see some live music? So off to the Innisfree, a working men’s club located right next to Longbenton Metro station,…
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Trading Boundaries, Fletching Saturday, 18th November 2023 A few years ago I commenced a review with the following lines: “Every now and again in the grind of ‘Real Life’ something special happens and it makes you think to yourself, ‘That’s…
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Acapela Studio, Pentyrch, Cardiff Sunday, 5th November 2023 I recently saw Italian band The Watch at the lovely Acapela Studio near Cardiff, the same venue where I caught them nearly two years to the day before. This time was the…
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St. Andrew’s Church, Newcastle Monday, 30th October 2023 What is the Genesis Piano Project? Well, essentially it’s a one-man show in which a classically trained pianist performs his own arrangements of much-loved Genesis ’70s songs, and does it to an…
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The Grand Theatre, Swansea Saturday, 28th October 2023 Prior to attending this show, there was a lot of pondering on my part. On the positive side, it’s Robert Fripp playing guitar in Swansea. Yes, that’s ROBERT FRIPP in SWANSEA! As…
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Nell’s Jazz and Blues Club, London Saturday, 14th October 2023 This was the final night of Bruce Soord’s first ever solo tour, to promote his latest album Luminescence, released on 22nd September. The album was partly inspired by Bruce’s intention…
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St. Mary’s Church, Totnes Saturday, 14th October 2023 Jo Beth Young returned to Totnes for the first time in over four years (when she performed under the name ‘Rise’ and followed the previous year’s concert as ‘Talitha Rise & The…
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The 1865, Southampton Thursday, 19th October 2023 Five fellas in assorted brightly coloured shirts and one rather dashing blazer saunter through the audience at Southampton’s The 1865, mount the stage, casually take time to ensure all their instruments are tuned…
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The Earl Haig Club, Cardiff Thursday, 19th October 2023 ReGenesis are currently on a UK tour, nearly 30 years after they first formed, and TPA caught up with them in Cardiff. Some may wonder why TPA are covering a tribute…
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