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NVRF 2024 – Day Four

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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Solstice / Ebony Buckle

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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ProgDreams X: Day Two

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…

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Solstice – 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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Fusion 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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