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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One of the most involving albums I’ve heard in 2017 is Tempest, the sophomore release from UK-based Telepathy. Whereas in the past instrumental metal bands often painted themselves into chops-obsessed corners, now I’m hearing more focus on creating immersive, atmospheric…
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ANDY TILLISON GOES OFF ON ONE… We are living in troubled times. Brexit, Trump, terrorism and racism are threatening to tear our world apart – and, inevitably, that is reflected in some of the music our favourite prog artists are…
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A nice mild Friday evening in early March sees Phil Chelmsford, and his assistant Lisa, heading off to Denmark Street in London to meet Andy Rowberry and Nick Jackson, from the band IT, and talk about their new album We’re…
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On 22nd April 2017 – Earth Day. While protests to mark the “Science March” were proceeding across the USA and the world, TPA’s Professor Mark sat down with one of the great musical sci-fi storytellers, Arjen Lucassen, and conducted a…
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