This Winter Machine return with their fourth album, the ambitious conceptual piece The Clockwork Man, a dark dystopian story with a sci-fi steam-punk feel, rooted in insights and perspectives about modern society. It is probably fair to say that things…
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O2 Academy, Sheffield Sunday 3rd April 2022 After two years of waiting, as well as venue and line-up changes, HRH Prog XI finally took place over the weekend of April 2nd and 3rd at the O2 Academy, Sheffield. It was…
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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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Happy New Year! Well, hopefully things will start to show an improvement at last. Despite the restrictions on social gatherings, live music and fun in general, the boffins at various music-making facilities around the globe have been beavering away to…
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Kites is the long-awaited third album from Yorkshire’s melodic progressive rock band This Winter Machine. Delayed by both the extended COVID lockdown period and significant line-up changes, arising from the frustrations of not being able to build upon the momentum…
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Happy 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 bar in 2010. It’s…
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Firstly let me say this has been a much harder than expected exercise, partly because so much good music has passed through these hands in ten years. My final selections focus on more mainstream progressive acts, as that is my…
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The Drill Hall, Chepstow 4th to 6th October 2019 The annual pilgrimage for many fans to the charming border town of Chepstow in South Wales for the annual progressive rock festival was just as popular as ever this year with…
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As we approach the half way point of 2019 and enjoy the delights of many fabulous releases, members of The Progressive Aspect team, in collaboration with Anthony Rowsick’s radio programme Prog-Watch, have collected together their “Best Albums of 2019 (so…
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The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March 2019 DAY THREE – Sunday Emperor Norton Tony: The quality of this event has been phenomenal, irrespective of whether I have been taken with them or not, they have…
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