Category: Featured
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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Some of the Best of 2022
Happy New Year! Another strange year – this seems to be becoming a habit! At least there has been plenty of new music to enjoy and live performances are well and truly back on track. As is usual at this…
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Chris Welch – Keith Emerson: The Official Illustrated Story (Classic Edition)
Following on from last November’s publication of
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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…
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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…
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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…
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