Concert Reviews
The Phoenix, Exeter Saturday, 12th November 2016 In a notably bad week when a racist and misogynist opportunist demagogue somehow persuaded the United States electorate to elect him President, AND we lost a great poet/songwriter in Leonard Cohen, it’s just…
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Robin 2, Bilston Sunday 23rd October 2016 A trek to Wolverhampton, with coffee at Gloucester Services, always nice but better when you don’t leave things there. With old age, the memory goes, and you do daft things. I first saw…
View More The Room – DVD Recording
The Globe, Cardiff Saturday, 5th November 2016 The Globe in Cardiff was sold out on Guy Fawkes Night to witness some musical pyrotechnics from this outstanding band, currently on the road in an ‘electric’ rock format after successfully touring and…
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The Drill Hall, Chepstow 30th September to 2nd October 2016 [With photos by Tony Colvill, David Glaves, Phil Lively and Leo Trimming] For the second year The Drill Hall, on the banks of the River Wye in Chepstow, is the…
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Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.A. Wednesday 26th October, 2016 ARW is the newest configuration of musicians roaming America – and soon Europe – playing the music of YES. What sets them apart is their legitimate claim to…
View More Anderson Rabin Wakeman (ARW)
Unit 23, (South Devon Arts Centre), Totnes, Devon Saturday 29th October 2016 Magic Bus originated in Devon, playing rock music infused with a psychedelic spirit, mixing various influences including the Canterbury scene of the ’70s with the West Coast sound…
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City Hall, Newcastle Thursday 20th October 2016 The mighty Newcastle City Hall, once the domain for all measure of bands and a regular hunting ground for the avid concert goer, especially this one. Sadly, in more recent times the venue has…
View More The Musical Box
O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London Friday 21st October 2016 This is my first visit to the Shepherd’s Bush Empire and I absolutely love it. Built in 1903 as a music hall, it became the BBC Television Theatre in 1953 and…
View More Katatonia with Vola and Agent Fresco
The Complex, Glendale, California, U.S.A. Saturday, 17th September 2016 One of the drawbacks to being a progressive rock fan that lives in the United States is how few bands get the opportunity to tour here. Since most of the bands…
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Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire Saturday 8th October 2016 Music can express so much without words and such was the spirit and magic produced on October 8th in the musical shrine that is the Real World Studios it will be…
View More Robert Reed ~ Sanctuary