The Wharf, Tavistock 30th January 2015 What to expect on an auspicious night for singer Joe Payne, named best vocalist of 2014 in the Prog Magazine awards on that very day. My knowledge of The Enid was and for now…
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Category: Concert Reviews
Concert Reviews
Mostly Autumn
Academy 3, Manchester 5th December 2014 Pink Floyd style guitar work and Uriah Heep-esque keyboards are just a touch of what describes Mostly Autumn’s first half performances this Friday night. The material played pre-interval plays like a dream compilation, covering…
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Lazuli & Moon Safari
With many thanks to Martin Reijman for his photos. [You can view more of his images at www.martinreijmanimages.com] The Globe, Cardiff 27th November 2014 There are plenty of extraordinarily good bands of real quality around at the moment but there…
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A Celebration Of Lindsay Cooper
Barbican Hall, London 21st November 2014 An unfortunate combination of our navigational failings and a signal failure on the Circle Line meant we arrived at this plush central London venue about half-way through Henry Cow’s first number Half The Sky,…
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Steve Hackett
With many thanks to Stuart Westwood for his photos [Please visit his site at www.amazingmusicpix.com] St. David’s Hall, Cardiff 30th October 2014 Steve Hackett has been a musical treasure for so many years now that it is almost easy to…
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Opeth
[With many thanks to Carl Williams for the use of his photos] O2 Academy, Bristol 10th October 2014 First night of the Pale Communion tour and Opeth are in Bristol, the third time I’ve seen them at the O2 Academy,…
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Summer’s End Festival 2014
Many thanks to Martin Reijman for the use of his photos. [You can view more of his images at www.martinreijmanimages.com ] The Palmer Centre, Chepstow (26th Sept. 2014) Chepstow School, Chepstow (27th & 28th Sept. 2014) It’s that time again!…
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Syd Arthur
The Cookie, Leicester 23rd September 2014 Tonight sees The Intrepid Duo back in Leicester for an evening of entertainment at what is a comparatively new venue to us, the rather fine Cookie, right in the city centre. A night of…
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Kate Bush – Before The Dawn
Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London 6th September 2014 by Chris Wing “As we journey to thy sacred feet…” The lights dim, the whirring sound of synth strings and an uneasy rhythm strikes up, an elderly sounding woman’s voice fills the air…
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Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso UFO
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff 29th August 2014 I wasn’t intending on writing a report of this gig but as it was notable for a number of different reasons I think it is more than worth a few words, if only…
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