Concert Reviews
The Forum, Bath Tuesday 11th September 2018 Let’s talk about guitarists for a moment. There are innumerable mindbogglingly talented players around, deploying all of the tricks and techniques that the human brain (and fingers) can conjure up, but how many…
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The Angel Gallery, Totnes, Devon Friday, 31st August 2018 The wonderfully named Angel Gallery seemed an apt place to witness ethereal music, shimmering with an almost translucent quality. Some gigs come out of the blue, almost totally unexpectedly to surprise…
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The Anvil, Basingstoke Wednesday 11th July 2018 Big Big Train have become something of a phenomenon in the last few years, gradually developing a very committed following through a combination of high quality progressive rock music and astute marketing, alongside…
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Loreley Amphitheatre, St. Goarshausen, Germany 13th to 15th July 2018 So here we are once again, Lovely Loreley…. Unfortunately, due to traffic, we missed the opening band – Deafening Opera – but made it to hear the final few songs…
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The Playhouse Theatre, Hasland, Chesterfield Saturday, 30th June 2018 This was a bit of an odd gig in all honesty. Eugene Rogers at Progressive Ears asked if I was interested in attending this concert to celebrate the download release of…
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O2 Arena, London Monday, 2nd July 2018 I have waited many, many years to see Queen. From my late teens onwards, events always seemed to conspire to prevent me making it to one of their concerts: illness, exams, parents! But…
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Servant’s Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London Thursday, 14th June 2018 Proceedings were preceeded with possibly the best value pizza to be found in London Town, and the freshly oven-baked thin crust delight with its accompanying scrumptious salad was just the thing…
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Larimer Lounge, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. 5th June 2018 I’m not even sure what I experienced on Tuesday night in Denver at Larimer Lounge. To boil it down to one word would be ‘flabbergasting’, as in, I was flabbergasted at the…
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The Exchange, Bristol Sunday, 27th May 2018 AWOOGA Awooga start the evening with an entertaining set of heavy psychedelically tinged rock. Hailing from Sheffield they are signed to Rockosmos, the label of Amplifier mainman, Sel Balamir, and there are clear…
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The Dome, Tufnell Park, London Monday 28th May 2018 Gazpacho are a band with nothing more to prove. Over the course of ten studio albums they have developed an individual voice and their live performances are delivered with breathtaking poise…
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