I am sure that you have all been keeping abreast of the headline acts for Nene Valley Rock Festival, as they have been drip fed into your consciousness. Waiting with eager anticipation in the hope that the next big name…
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Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Friday, 6th September 2024 DAY TWO: Reviews by Dave Ridley, Graham Thomas & Chris Simmons Photos by Chris Simmons and Progpics By StanS (Stan Siarkiewicz) ROADHOUSE An early start at 11am on Swan stage with Roadhouse, a…
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The Key Theatre, Peterborough Saturday, 1st June 2024 THAT JOE PAYNE (Graham Thomas) Soundle 2024 kicked off with a riveting solo performance from That Joe Payne. He comes onstage wearing white distressed jeans and his home made George Michael inspired…
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The Civic Hall, Stourport Saturday, 2nd March 2024 RUBY DAWN (David Edwards) Carola Baer’s Ruby Dawn started proceedings wonderfully on Day 2 of Fusion 5 – with another captivating, dreamy and hypnotic set of prog and groove-led rhythm, focusing on…
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It was almost exactly this time last year that I discovered EBB with their remarkable genre bending debut album Mad and Killing Time, released in late 2022. 2023 proved to be quite a breakthrough for this previously little-known band from…
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Abingdon Nene Park. Peterborough Friday 1st September, 2023 Before I start this review, I must apologise that TPA’s reports of the festival only cover the Friday through to Sunday, due to cancelled trains. However, undaunted, myself and Chris Simmons did…
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Abingdon United Football Club, Oxfordshire 7th July, 2023 TPA were once again back at Abingdon United Football Club in Oxfordshire for the third iteration of Prog For Peart festival, with sixteen bands to entertain the prog faithful over two days,…
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The Civic Hall, Stourport Saturday, 4th March, 2023 SPRIGGAN MIST (Tony Colvill) Spriggan Mist have changed a little since I first heard their debut album, many years ago. They seem to have become more ‘Rock’ – the sound is tight…
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Any band which includes members called ‘Bad Dog’ and ‘Kitty Biscuits’ are probably worthy of anyone’s curiosity. Such curiosity is further stimulated by discovering that the fabulously named ‘Kitty Biscuits’ also provides ‘spoken word poetry’ for this new band… but…
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