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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Category: Concert Reviews
Concert Reviews
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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At look back at Night of the Prog IX
Next Friday will see the running of the 10th Night of the Prog and TPA will be there to cover it, providing a full post-review as well as live updates via our Facebook page. With the beautiful natural setting of Freilichtbühne…
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Theo Travis’ Double Talk
The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston, London 2nd July 2015 I’m glad this gig was not on the day before, when temperatures in the capital shot over 35°C, which combined with the sopping humidity and the thick breeze made stepping outside…
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Magma
Cadogan Hall, London 8th May 2015 ‘Unique’ is a word that is used far too often but for the creative wonders of Christian Vander and Magma it is spot on. This music is unique, and when delivered with the power…
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