Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer [NL] Sunday, 9th 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.] After a…
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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…
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Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer [NL] Friday, 7th 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.] Easter 2023…
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As a fan of live music, it’s a particular thrill for me any time an artist releases a live album from a show which I attended. It offers the chance to both savour a memory and hear the detail that…
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There are some albums which come right out of the blue and hit you in totally unexpected ways. Black Bay, from fascinating new project Silver Moth, arose from a Twitter exchange about the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides…
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The Rose Hill, Brighton Friday, 21st April 2023 For one evening only, a small corner of Brighton shone like a beacon. It probably does that a lot – it’s that kind of town – but it was a privilege to…
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So here we are once more… only we aren’t. The final reissue in the series of albums Marillion released on the label that originally signed them in the 1980s, EMI. Fittingly, Seasons End is the first Marillion album following the…
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It appears that of late I have become the ‘go to’ reviewer for Hawkwind releases, having over a long period been involved in reviewing some of their new releases, reissues and box sets. In truth, I volunteer, primarily due to…
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The first time I heard Erie, Pennsylvania band Kitchen Sink was a couple of months ago when the song Kitchen Suite came on the radio. Right away, I was captivated. When the opportunity to review their debut album, Clandestiny, arose,…
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O2 Institute2, Birmingham Friday, 21st April 2023 Riverside are back, and this time they are determined to define their Identity positively after the nightmare of the pandemic, quite aside from the band’s own personal loss a few years ago. With…
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