Jump – T P A

Prog For Peart 2026

Abingdon United Football Club, Oxfordshire 16th July to 18th July 2026 The mighty Mark Cunningham, a man (mostly) exuding an exterior calm while controlling a thousand-and-one things fighting for attention beneath the surface, has produced yet another feat of organisation…

Prog For Peart 2

Abingdon United Football Club, Oxfordshire 1st & 2nd July, 2022 A year ago, the first outing of this wonderful little festival, in aid of Glioblastoma Multiforme Research (for the particular form of brain cancer that ultimately took the life of…

TPA Best Albums of 2020

Here’s to a hopefully happier New Year! It’s that time again where we look ahead to the audible delights that might give us a quick peck on the cheek, a full-blown snog or have us running screaming from the singles…

Jump – Breaking Point

The music industry is fickle, the charts like production-line models, endlessly similar until the next relaunch, Mark II, Mark III etc. Then there is Jump! This is the fourteenth studio album in a career of over 25 years; I’ve had…

Danfest 9

The Musician, Leicester 29th November to 1st December 2019 For the uninitiated, Danfest is a prog festival invented, curated and promoted by Danny Mayo, so how the festival gets its name is a complete mystery! But seriously, any fans of…

Resonate Festival 2018 – Jump / Verbal Delirium / Comedy of Errors / The Gift / Son of Man / Lifesigns

O2 Academy, Islington, London Saturday, 13th September 2018 Back in the day, when prog was young, they used to have showcases. The most memorable of these was Genesis-Lindisfarne-Van der Graaf Generator, all for a couple bob, leaving change for a…

The Enid at HRH Prog 5, photo by Leo Trimming

H.R.H. PROG V – Day One

Hafan Y Mor, Nr. Pwllheli, North Wales 16th – 18th March 2017 Part One (We do this so you don’t have to…) There is a mysterious enclosed community hidden away somewhere on the North Wales coast where all sorts of…

Jump – Over The Top

Working somewhat on the periphery of prog for much of their 26 years together, Jump are something of a well kept secret but their dedication to what they do and a stability in the line-up, that has kept much of…