Grimsthorpe Castle, Bourne Sunday, 8th September 2024 DAY FOUR: Reviews by Dave Ridley & Graham Thomas Photos by Chris Simmons THE CHRIS BEVINGTON ORGANISATION Photo by Graham Thomas By the time the final day of the festival comes around, I’m…
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Soundle Music Festival: Day Two
The Key Theatre, Peterborough Sunday, 2nd June 2024 THE BEGGS SISTERS (Graham Thomas) Opening act on Sunday, an unenviable slot perhaps, was the Beggs Sisters, and they proved to be an ideal choice, and a healthy crowd turned up to…
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The Drill Hall, Chepstow Saturday, 13th April 2024 DOMINIC SANDERSON My discovery of the weekend! This was, for me, the most ultimate progressive performance of the festival! I was a tad late for the start, as I’d left my camera…
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Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Saturday, 30th March 2024 A year ago, British prog/folk rock band Solstice performed during the tenth Progdreams Festival at the Zoetermeer Boerderij. The people who were there couldn’t stop talking about the show, by this British…
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Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer [NL] Saturday, 8th April, 2023 [This review first appeared in Dutch on the Progwereld website. You can read the original HERE, with huge thanks to the original contributors, and to Alex Driessen for the translation.] The sun…
View More ProgDreams X: Day TwoThe Marquee Club [Audio Special]
The Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, London. This iconic music venue, founded in 1958 and residing in prime London real estate from 1964 to 1988, launched the careers of generations of rock acts, including progressive greats such as Genesis, Yes,…
View More The Marquee Club [Audio Special]Fusion 4: Launch Event & Day One
Fusion 4: Launch Event, 45 Live, Kidderminster Thursday, 2nd March, 2023 Apologies for missing nearly all the set of openers Last Flight to Pluto – Unfortunately a tipper truck smashing into a gantry on the M5 closed it for virtually…
View More Fusion 4: Launch Event & Day OneSolstice – Light Up
Back in late 2020, Solstice joyously re-emerged onto the music scene with their most uplifting album, Sia, just at the time the World needed a tonic from the ravages and lockdowns of Covid-19. When I reviewed that album, there were…
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A New Day Festival, Mount Ephraim, Faversham, Kent Saturday, 20
View More SolsticeFusion 3.5 Festival 2022
The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 4th March to Sunday 6th March 2022 Finally, the Fusion Festival, first planned for late March 2020 and postponed twice, returned triumphantly to this excellent venue in the Midlands after the two year pandemic…
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