Nick Magnus is no stranger to the progressive rock scene, his years of collaboration with Steve Hackett, both on record and on stage, are partly responsible for that. The release of his seventh solo album A Strange Inheritance was the…
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On behalf of Progressive Aspect to myself, thank you John for giving us your time for this interview. Darren Walker: Growing up a time when Rock was, arguably, at its best, what made you pick up as a flute as…
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I have a love hate relationship with the term ‘A musician’s musician’ as, to me, it seems to imply either of two things. Firstly that they make music that is somehow too clever for the general public, making something that…
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I had already purchased my ticket for the Big Big Train show at Whitley Bay, yet through fellow TPA member Chris Simmons and his contacts, I managed to obtain permission to do an interview on the day of the gig.…
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Blackheart Orchestra are billed as officially the world’s smallest orchestra, they comprise of just Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington, who play 13 instruments between them, although not all of them at the same time. With three albums released under the…
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Not every day you get the chance to talk to one of the all-time greats of the prog world. And certainly not when that person happens to be the singer/founder of your favourite band. So when I had the opportunity…
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About six weeks ago, I met up with David Cross Band co-founder and keyboard player Sheila Maloney in a well-known meeting place/pub at the back of Kings Cross station for a good old natter. Read on… Roger Trenwith: Tell us…
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Carmen was one of the most unusual and original outfits to emerge from the original progressive movement in the early 1970s. Hailing from America but based in the UK while singing songs about Spain, Carmen concocted their own brand of…
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Prog has always been about the fusion of genres, but Middle Eastern influences are rarely represented. Enter Asia Minor, forming in Paris in the early 70s and releasing only two albums before splitting in 1982. The Turkish trio brought fresh…
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Andy Tillison has just come out of lockdown. Not a Covid lockdown but 20 months of self-imposed isolation in a compact studio at his remote Yorkshire farmhouse while he single-handedly (well, both hands and feet) created the 13th Tangent album,…
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