With their new and most anticipated album to date, the batteringly fine The Euphoric just released, this early summer is something of a crunch time for Rushden’s finest sound warriors, The Fierce And The Dead. Matt Stevens and Kevin Feazey…
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Growing up in the seventies, Wishbone Ash, with their distinctive twin lead guitar sound, were one of the essential bands to follow. Their third album, Argus was an absolute classic and was named ‘Album of the Year’ by Sounds magazine.…
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As a follow up to his recent review of Novalis‘ Schmetterlinge box set, TPA’s Basil Francis took the opportunity to speak to Lutz Rahn and Hartwig Biereichel. Hello, Lutz Rahn and Hartwig Biereichel. It’s a privilege to be able to…
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Murder & Parliament is a project by Tom Slatter, a Bad Elephant Music artist. The eponymous debut album has been out for a little while now and there have already been reviews. I was busy doing things. And stuff. Consequently,…
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An immediate precursor of Yes in the 1960s, Mabel Greer’s Toyshop returned after a long hiatus to release their debut album, New Way of Life, in 2015. A second, The Secret, has recently appeared and TPA’s John Wenlock-Smith had a…
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Steve Hackett is to release a new live DVD/CD set recorded at Symphony Hall, Birmingham in May 2017 during his Genesis Revisited tour, when he performed most of Wind and Wuthering on the occasion of its 40th anniversary. TPA’s John…
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Edgar Froese was planning for Tangerine Dream to continue after his death, as we now know from the release of Particles and Quantum Gate in 2017, but this interview took place about 8 months before he sadly died in January…
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On the eve of their recent debut headlining tour, TPA’s John Wenlock-Smith spoke to Bad Touch singer Stevie Westwood about the genesis of the band and new album, Truth Be Told. You can also find John’s review of the gig…
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With the release of the debut album from My Tricksy Spirit on 1st September, courtesy of the good folk at Bad Elephant Music, TPA’s Roger Trenwith had a chat with Charlie Cawood, player of guitars, bass, sitar and tsouras, and…
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With Threshold‘s eleventh album and first in three years, Legends of the Shires, appearing next month, TPA’s Rob Fisher took the opportunity to talk to keyboardist Richard West and returning singer Glynn Morgan about the new album, the band’s illustrious…
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