With their 2020 tour plans shot to Dénudé pieces by Covid, Lazuli returned to France where they put together an unexpected stripped down album, Dénudé, that revisited songs from earlier phases of their career. This also became a good way…
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Membership of Jethro Tull has constantly evolved with ever-changing line-ups playing alongside the band’s legendary founder Ian Anderson. The most radical changes came late in 1979 and Ian Anderson saw 1980 as an opportunity for all to look at independent…
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Yes have announced European and UK dates for their delayed Relayer Album Series tour, now confirmed for May and June 2022. The tour, which was originally scheduled for 2020 and then May 2021, has been delayed due to the ongoing…
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Aqualung – Ian Anderson Marks The 50th Anniversary of Jethro Tull’s Greatest Album 19th March 1971. 50 years ago Jethro Tull released one of their – one of the – classic albums of the fledgling progressive rock movement, Aqualung. Aqualung…
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A few weeks ago we published Nick Hudson’s review of Aborym and their Hostile album, “a schizophrenic, kaleidoscopic, ever-changing barrage of hostility occasionally wrapped up in a more melodic skin, but never something that feels fully safe”. We now present…
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“I think it’s a testament to the passion for music between everyone in Yes, there’s so much music in us all that we have too much for one unit”, says Yes bass guitarist Billy Sherwood. Yes’s ‘young guard’ have collectively…
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With The Emerald Dawn‘s new album, To Touch the Sky, due for release towards the end of this month (pre-orders start on 5th March from their Bandcamp page), TPA’s Tony Colvill speaks to the band about the album, recording during…
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It is one of the most unlikely albums of the year, possibly any year. My Book of Answers, the new album by Ken Hensley, to be released on 5th March, came about following Ken’s chance meeting with a fan at…
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With guitarist and singer Stewart Clark‘s new album, Let’s Go There recently released, TPA’s Tony Colvill asks the question, ‘Who is Stewart Clark?’ Stewart Clark: I often wonder myself! Been making music since I was 15, I’m 62 now! Been…
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The band Perfect Storm, hailing from the north of Holland, has just released an excellent debut album, entitled No Air. TPA’s Alex Driessen chats with some of the band members about this surprising new album – founder/guitarist Gert-Jan Schurer, keyboardist…
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