The Wharf, Tavistock 10th October 2015 A band from the Prog lists on a busy night prog wise for Devon and the South West; Panic Room in Tavistock, Stackridge in Ilminster, Los Endos at Babbacombe, and had I wished to…
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Category: Concert Reviews
Concert Reviews
David Cross & Friends
The Bedford Arms, Balham, London 26th May 2015 This was truly special, the worldwide launch of Starless Starlight by David Cross and Robert Fripp. Accompanying violinist David Cross was David Jackson (ex-Van der Graaf Generator) on saxophone, guitarist Tony Lowe and…
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David Gilmour
The Royal Albert Hall, London 24th September 2015 Rattle That Lock World Tour “That was the closest thing to Pink Floyd you’ll ever see!” The 23rd of September 2015 marked David Gilmour’s return to The Royal Albert hall for the…
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King Crimson
Birmingham Symphony Hall 14th September 2015 “King Crimson” is not so much a band, but more of an idea or even an ideology, the tenets of which are intermittently given form by its guardian Robert Fripp. Legend has it that…
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Guapo
The Lexington, Islington, London 3rd September, 2015 [Photo by Ashley Jones, a still from his film of the event, which is used with many thanks.] Conveniently located a mere ten minutes walk from Euston, The Lexington is a pub not…
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King Crimson
Thirty-three years ago, King Crimson played in Oxford, Guildford, Cromer, Dunstable and Poole. You would have to go back to 1972 to find the band performing in cities such as Cardiff, Brighton and Birmingham. Almost unbelievably, King Crimson have now…
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Tim Bowness
The Boston Music Room, Tufnell Park, London 26th August, 2015 As the tube station nearest to the venue was closed, we alighted five minutes up the road at Archway. Had we not, a rather fine Italian eaterie would have not…
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Big Big Train
Kings Place, London 14th August 2015 [No photos of the band in action, by request of both band and venue, so many thanks to Tony “Quick Draw” Colvill for his on-the-hoof sketch, and thanks to BBT for signing it! Band…
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Night of the Prog X, Loreley, Germany – “As it Happens” Photo Blog
So here were are, beautiful Loreley and Night of the Prog Festival… Day One Lesoir have just played and will post a photo later. Very good they were too with some nice mellow spacey sounds mixed with more bombastic prog.…
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Camel
The Forum, Bath 7th July 2015 [With many thanks to James Loudoun for the use of his photos in the body of this article] Camel have been a much cherished band for me since I first heard the title track…
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