O2 Arena, London Wednesday, 26th November 2025 Sometimes you go to a concert with quietly hopeful expectations, prepared for an enjoyable evening’s entertainment and the chance to hear a few of your favourite tunes. Then there are those rare evenings…
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It is hard to believe that 50 years has passed since Tangerine Dream released Rubycon, which at the time was their second album for Virgin Records. Looking back it maybe difficult for some listeners to fully grasp the impact their…
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St George’s Venue, Hartlepool Friday, 24th October, 2025 I think that I should start this review not with talk about the music, or bands, but with a brief discussion about the venue. But please indulge me as I think that,…
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Seaorm is the name of the collaborative project uniting October Equus (Ángel Ontalva), and Vespero (brothers Ark and Ivan Fedotov). Atlan is their fourth album, and to my mind, their best so far. The experimental music on Atlan has been…
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Esthesis was formed and fronted by Aurélien Goude who provides music, lyrics, keyboards and vocals. The other band members are Arnaud Nicolau trembling the drum skins, Marc Anguill strumming fluidly on the bass guitar, with Rémi Geyer finger skating over…
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Concept albums taking mental health as their theme abound in progressive rock. The most well-known must be Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, and there are many more. Albums such as Genesis’ The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway,…
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Ash Wing have very recently released their ‘debut’ album Ash Wing and have created a beguiling and reflective record, full of atmosphere. Ash Wing were previously known as ‘C-Sides Project’ and have been releasing albums since 2011. They have decided…
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PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA Tuesday, 11th November 2025 When we think about the Beatles, we tend to imagine the happy-go-lucky, mop-topped lads from Liverpool (please) pleasing multitudes of fans in packed-out stadiums or gallivanting through psychedelic adventures in a…
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If, like me, you missed this recording of a live studio performance of Aqualung when it was originally released in 2005, then you are in for a treat with this re-mastered version soon to be re-released in CD, digital, and…
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Twelve years after their last studio album, North, Barclay James Harvest (BJH) finally release a new studio album. The group, founded in 1966, has thus fulfilled a long-awaited promise. BJH is one of those bands with two incarnations; like Yes…
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