Concert Reviews
The Globe, Cardiff Tuesday, 7th November 2017 After recently reviewing Nordic Giants’ new album, Amplify Human Vibration I was pleased to get the chance to see them live in a venue not far from my home. So on a crisp…
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Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter Tuesday, 24th October 2017 Justin Currie has recently released his fourth “solo” album with This Is My Kingdom Now, I would say formerly of Del Amitri although technically the band have never split up. Justin was…
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229 The Venue, London Friday, 3rd November 2017 Alongside Andrew Latimer and Camel, Pendragon are perhaps one of the U.K.’s most important and seminal progressive rock bands still actively recording and touring today. It is not simply a matter of…
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O2 Academy, Islington, London Tuesday, 24th October 2017 The venue is a modern, purpose built standing-only space above a shopping centre, with the surprising added bonus of having an un-sticky floor, clean enough to sit on should you be so…
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The Marble Factory, Bristol Thursday, 28th September 2017 Fresh from their award for ‘Album of the Year’ by PROG Magazine for The Optimist, Anathema embarked on the U.K. leg of an extensive tour which has already seen them play in…
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The Drill Hall, Chepstow 6th to 8th October 2017 “Sanctuary in Music…” The Drill Hall is fast becoming the new spiritual home for the U.K.’s longest established festival of progressive music, the setting, close to the banks of…
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Great Hall, Cardiff University Friday 13th October 2017 No Brainer really… Every Valley, the latest album by Public Service Broadcasting, is based on the history of the South Wales coal industry and its workforce, from more prosperous days right up…
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Koko, Camden Town, London Thursday, 5th October 2017 Well, who would have thought it? A venue in Camden (just) that isn’t a toilet?! Koko is a splendid late Victorian edifice, originally opening as a theatre in 1900, and a few…
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The Islington, Tolpuddle Street, London Saturday, 30th September 2017 Tolpuddle, Dorset. Home, or nearly, of the Dorset Knob, a local delight served with cream and jam. How appropriate for an afternoon gig in the presence of Peter (Tiger Moth Tales)…
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Bush Hall, London Tuesday 3rd October 2017 It’s my first visit to Bush Hall, a charming and exceedingly elegant music and dance hall originally built in 1904. Put to a diverse variety of uses throughout its history from WWII soup…
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