Following the release of Big Big Train‘s (BBT) fifteenth studio album, The Likes of Us, TPA’s Alex Driessen was given the opportunity to interview one of the members of this originally British band. The choice fell on American drummer/singer Nick…
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The arrival early last year of the debut album from Nick D’Virgilio, Neal Morse and Ross Jennings, Troika, was a breath of fresh air. The three progressive rock icons put aside the bombast and the complexities to channel their inner…
View More D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings – Sophomore
If the idea of a collaborative album between these three gentlemen made your ears prick up, I dare say that by now you’ve figured out that it isn’t a Prog supergroup sounding like a mash up of Spock’s Beard and…
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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…
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With his second solo album, Invisible, released earlier this year, TPA’s Tony Colvill talks to Nick D’Virgilio, drummer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire with Spock’s Beard, Genesis (briefly), Big Big Train, and many more… Nick, having released a solo album, Karma,…
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With this second solo album from Nick D’Virgilio, his first being 2001’s Karma, Nick (or NDV, as he is known) has been part of the prog framework for a very long time, first appearing with Spock’s Beard in 1995. Invisible…
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Once upon a time, a long long time ago, a piece of music escaped from the mind and hands of an incredible guitarist to grace us with its beauty. High in its ivory tower it looked out over the lands…
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