With their fourth studio album, Halcyon Hymns, released today, TPA’s Magnus Moar recently spoke to Chris Braide and Geoff Downes about the making of the new Downes Braide Association release and working under lockdown… Chris Braide Chris, you’ve just moved…
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Musically, Steven Wilson’s new album, The Future Bites, is stunning and the lyrical content has the sting of a viper, a dark reflection on the way modern technology influences our lives. But enough of my thoughts, you can follow the…
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After the worst year in living memory, here we are back in lockdown and holidays are becoming a dim and distant memory. While there is no imminent prospect of foreign travel (5 miles is frowned upon in some quarters!) Steve…
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The whole world is turned upside down and the pandemic has had a huge impact on the world of entertainment as well. Much has changed since I last spoke to Greg Spawton, founder, composer and bassist of Big Big Train,…
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Mark Kelly, keyboardist with Marillion, is releasing his first – and long-awaited – solo project Mark Kelly’s Marathon with his new band, Marathon, at the end of November. He recently spoke with TPA’s Leo Trimming about the development of the…
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Riverside main man, Mariusz Duda has just released his latest Lunatic Soul album Through Shaded Woods. From his home in Warsaw, Mariusz recently spoke with TPA’s Leo Trimming about the significant change in direction with this album, and about aspects…
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With Brudini‘s new album, From Darkness, Light, released on Apollon Records, TPA’s Nick Hudson spoke to Brudini, (aka Erik Brudvik)… Hi Erik, having just finished my review of from Darkness, Light, in all honesty, it’s a very strong contender for…
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With his second solo album, Invisible, released earlier this year, TPA’s Tony Colvill talks to Nick D’Virgilio, drummer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire with Spock’s Beard, Genesis (briefly), Big Big Train, and many more… Nick, having released a solo album, Karma,…
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Something Old, Something New… Aisles were first presented to me with their 4:45 AM album, I loved it, it was different and exciting, it was quintessentially English or (North) American. Now there are changes, the core of the band remains…
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With an unexpected new album released under the name of his Karda Estra alter ego – hard on the heels of his Arcana solo album – main-man Richard Wileman talks to TPA about Idols In The Flesh and many other…
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