Featured – T P A

TPA 10 Years…

Cosmograf Special on The Prog Mill [Audio Feature]

Presented by TPA’s Leo Trimming (in conjunction with Progzilla Radio), and first broadcast on 23rd October 2022 on Shaun Geraghty’s The Prog Mill – a two hour tribute to the work of musician Robin Armstrong, featuring not only Cosmograf, but…

John Wetton: An Extraordinary Life

Some years ago, browsing through CDs at a ROSFest between acts, I heard someone call my name. I turned around to see a colleague from the office who sat just a few desks away from me. Neither of us knew…

TPA banner for the Marquee Special on Progzilla Radio

The Marquee Club [Audio Special]

The Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, London. This iconic music venue, founded in 1958 and residing in prime London real estate from 1964 to 1988, launched the careers of generations of rock acts, including progressive greats such as Genesis, Yes,…

Jeff Beck, 1944-2023: In Memoriam

Jeff Beck Was My Hero British guitarist Jeff Beck has died at the age of 78. His family say that the musician had contracted bacterial meningitis and passed away ‘peacefully’. Beck was known as one of the best guitarists of…

Keith Emerson – The Official Illustrated Story (Classic Edition) TPA banner

Chris Welch – Keith Emerson: The Official Illustrated Story (Classic Edition)

Following on from last November’s publication of

Shine On, Peter Frampton

Shine on… I had seen him perform a number of times before, although the very first show I was supposed to attend was called off: just before the gig, the message came that his regular keyboard player had died just…

Sale of Music Rights: Booming Business

Recently the news was released that Genesis (i.e. Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford) have sold their music rights. According to The Wall Street Journal, music label Concord Music paid $300 million. A nice sum of pocket money for…

Melody Maker Poll Awards Concert 1972

The Oval Cricket Ground, Kennington, London Saturday, 30th September 1972 Howzat! 50 & Out This time last year I decided to mark the 50th anniversary of the ‘Goodbye Summer’ festival, the first of three similar events held at the Oval…

Geoffrey Feakes – 1973: A Year in Progressive Rock / Richard Rees Jones – Peter Hammill On Track: Every Album, Every Song

Sonicbond’s series of books by amateur music enthusiasts continues with these two volumes, and before I go any further, I would simply say that the many and mostly, if not all, amateur enthusiasts, are all far more disciplined than me.…