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The Bardic Depths – Promises of Hope

The Bardic Depths is the result of the unlikely collaboration between a multi-instrumentalist living in Lanzarote and a recognized historian from the United States. The Big Big Train Facebook page was the catalyst, the result being a self-titled debut album…

Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear

St George’s Church, Hartlepool Saturday, 18th June 2022 As much of the country baked in the uncharacteristically hot June weather, I was delighted to be going to church, which I have to say was refreshingly cool. Entering St. George’s Church…

Poets Of The Fall – Ghostlight

There is something irresistibly infectious about Poets of the Fall. I had the pleasure of meeting the band in Berlin in 2012 as part of the Temple of Thought tour, courtesy of my then teenage son who’s fanatical passion for…

Mental Fracture – Disaccord

Everyone knows the old adage of not judging a book by its cover, but you can certainly infer a lot about an album by its cover art. Before I’d even listened to a note of Mental Fracture’s debut album, Disaccord,…

Alex Henry Foster – Standing Under Bright Lights

Following the recent release of his remarkable cover of Lou Reed’s classic The Power of the Heart the charismatic French Canadian post rock artist, Alex Henry Foster, returns to the U.K. this June for his ‘Not All Wonder Have Been…

A Different Aspect #82

Featured artists: Dirty Shirt | I Built The Sky | Jean Pascal Boffo | Dopapod | Daniel Crommie & Leslie Gray ||: Continuing the theme of the previous ADA update (#81), we continue with five contrasting releases highlighting a ‘broad…

Birth – Born

Serendipity! No sooner had I finished my review of Amanda’s Weltenraum – in which I lamented that the similar retro-prog act Astra had been offline for a decade – than I discovered Astra had been revived… sort of. Astra released…

Yes

Tavistock Wharf, Tavistock, Devon Monday, 13th June 2022 Some gigs just stand out for unusual reasons, and this is certainly one which will live long in the memories of the lucky few gathered in this small venue, and probably in…

Amanda – Weltenraum

Introducing Amanda. Here are a bunch of Austrians that must have sat down and listened to Shine on You Crazy Diamond and thought, “That sounds bloody nice!”. The title of this album loosely translates to “Space” and so it shouldn’t…

Karda Estra – Alternate History Vol. 2

Songwriter and composer Richard Wileman released fourteen albums under the Karda Estra name before commencing on a solo career that is now three albums old, the latest being Arcana in 2020, with a collaboration with Matt Baber of Sanguine Hum…