Interviews – T P A

Richard Larcombe – Lost Crowns

To tie in with the review of the new Lost Crowns album, The Heart Is In The Body, main man Richard Larcombe and I met up at the Restaurant At The End Of The Universe for a virtual lunch, and…

Claire Waller with Arthur Brown TPA interview

Claire Waller – Arthur Brown

The creative genius behind The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown stage show Unless they are big names with equally large budgets, even if they are well known, or even legendary, most bands would struggle to deliver a show that goes…

Ziferblat

Eurovision season is upon us again, and the continent has once again proffered an interesting selection of tunes to be blared into the homes of more than 150 million people in May. This year, I decided to follow all the…

Charlie Bramald – Ghost Of The Machine

There are many ways to describe Charlie Bramald: but I will give it a go at doing him justice… A larger than life fun loving personality, dramatic vocals, striking stage presence along with powerful and evocative music writing skills, which…

Maaike Siegerist – Long Earth

Looking at many bands, prog included, the change of lead singers often requires metaphorical big feet, to fill the previous incumbent’s shoes and there can be long debates as to who was the most suited. I am sure that, in…

Nick Magnus

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…

John Hackett

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…

Nick Fletcher

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…

Alberto Bravin – Big Big Train

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.…

The Blackheart Orchestra

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…