Some musicians stand head and shoulders above the rest as legends of their chosen instrument, and John McLaughlin is undoubtedly in that category, the ‘legend’ tag fitting him like a glove. As the title of Matt Phillips’ enthralling unpackaging of…
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The TPA / The Prog Mill ‘h’ Era Marillion Special, compiled for The Prog Mill by Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect, first broadcast on 30th April 2023 on Progzilla Radio. Two hours of superb music exploring the Steve Hogarth…
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TPA / The Prog Mill ‘Lost and Found’ – Riverside Special with guest host Leo Trimming. Leo takes us on a journey through the band’s musical history, including solo projects and other collaborations by band leader Mariusz Duda and other…
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TPA / The Prog Mill – Peter Jones / Tiger Moth Tales special with guest host Leo Trimming. A two hour show features music from across Pete’s impressive career so far, from his own Tiger Moth Tales project, to his…
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Happy New Year! Hopefully 2023 treated you well. In most respects it was a step further along the road to getting back to whatever normal is/was, but the world still feels like a different place these days. As ever, a…
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It’s a bit of a sad image: this elderly man attending a matinee performance alone in the tiniest room of an old cinema in his hometown. I went to the cinema with some degree of embarrassment, but luckily I wasn’t…
View More Anton Corbijn – Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
Yesterday, Dream Theater announced the return of founding drummer Mike Portnoy. When I read the news, I thought it was some sort of April Fools joke or troll post, especially because of the poorly photoshopped picture of the group with…
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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…
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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…
View More John Wetton: An Extraordinary Life