Loreley Amphitheatre, St. Goarshausen, Germany 22nd to 24th July 2022 After a three year hiatus, Night of the Prog, number 15, returns at Loreley. FRIDAY After the traditional stop for dinner at the Maxi Grill, we also traditionally missed the…
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Concert Reviews
Kaprekar’s Constant
Little Mill Oast, Marden, Kent Friday, 1st July 2022 My phone pinged. Message alert. Nick Jefferson… “We are doing a private, warm-up gig on July 1st in an old oast house in Marden. We’d like to invite you. Free food…
View More Kaprekar’s ConstantAlex Henry Foster & The Long Shadows
Thekla, Bristol Sunday, 26th June 2022 This review started life rather conventionally, but apart from almost boring myself into oblivion I concluded that it simply just would not do to convey the truly awe-inspiring and mind-blowing experience of Alex Henry…
View More Alex Henry Foster & The Long ShadowsThe Emerald Dawn
The Acorn, Penzance Saturday, 2nd July 2022 Home. Homeward bound. The comfort zone. Feelings of warmth and familiarity as I get to see two things: firstly, a full set from The Emerald Dawn, and secondly, an encore that would never…
View More The Emerald DawnMagma / The Utopia Strong
The Garage, Highbury, London Friday 17th and Saturday 18th June 2022 Roger Trenwith … and now, over to Philomena for the weather… Only in the UK – or more specifically in the southern half of the UK – could you…
View More Magma / The Utopia StrongDave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear
St George’s Church, Hartlepool Saturday, 18th June 2022 As much of the country baked in the uncharacteristically hot June weather, I was delighted to be going to church, which I have to say was refreshingly cool. Entering St. George’s Church…
View More Dave Bainbridge & Sally MinnearYes
Tavistock Wharf, Tavistock, Devon Monday, 13th June 2022 Some gigs just stand out for unusual reasons, and this is certainly one which will live long in the memories of the lucky few gathered in this small venue, and probably in…
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Paard, The Hague, the Netherlands Friday, 6th May 2022 How unfortunate, the announcement Supersister frontman Robert Jan Stips had to make on 19th November 2021 – the day of the Supersister concert at the Hague Paard – that this concert,…
View More Supersister ProjektPortals Festival 2022
The Dome / Boston Music Room / Aces & Eights, Tufnell Park, London 14th & 15th May 2022 Having thoroughly enjoyed the last Portals Festival, held at the same venues in September 2021, I was keen to experience it again…
View More Portals Festival 2022Pure Reason Revolution / Gazpacho
EartH, Hackney, London Sunday, 17th April 2022 Some of us went to earth on Easter Sunday. No, not hiding from anyone, although you’d be forgiven if you’d thought we had if you’d seen us disappearing through the unobtrusive, but scarlet…
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