This 3CD and 1DVD boxed set consists of the recent Esoteric Recordings reissue of Barclay James Harvest’s self-titled debut album, originally released in 1970. Esoteric have a good relationship with the band, previously reissuing expanded versions of Octoberon, Live Tapes, Gone to Earth, XII and Everyone is Everybody Else, to name a few. Barclay James [&am […]

Servant’s Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London Thursday, 14th June 2018 Proceedings were preceeded with possibly the best value pizza to be found in London Town, and the freshly oven-baked thin crust delight with its accompanying scrumptious salad was just the thing to satisfy the wanton esurient desires of our motley crew, and it was a fabulous [&am […]

“Ocean Machine: Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv” is the latest live album from Devin Townsend and his last under the moniker the Devin Townsend Project. He disbanded the group last year so this live set, recorded with an … Continue reading &rarr […]

What is a supergroup these days? It is now common place for artists to exist within different groups as fellow musicians or as guest musicians. In this case all the players in The Sea Within have excellent pedigrees; the list of their contributions is very impressive and you would like to believe that this coming [&am […]

Has anyone visited the Harry Potter Experience at Leavesden studios? The attention to detail with the sets and props is unbelievable, but even more surprising is the quality of the commodities they pedal in the various gift shops. Beautiful facsimiles of the wands, maps, and clothing made in the same Scottish factory that made the [&am […]

My string of reviews covering instrumental albums continues with guitarist Mark Wingfield’s Tales From The Dreaming City. Mr. Wingfield is British, with an established music career, and yet he might have passed under my radar if I wasn’t following his … Continue reading &rarr […]

47 years ago, one of the most surreal and scariest albums ever came out on the Dawn label. I was only 23 years old in 2008 when I first heard Comus’ music on a progressive rock podcast, it just took me by surprise hearing the song Diana for the first time and I bought the [&am […]

With the anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack not far behind us, this might be a good time to review the Tangekanic live release. Not to trivialise the atrocity in any way but because the album contains the most powerful and moving musical comment I’ve yet heard on the recent spate of horrific concert attacks. [&am […]

‘Epic’ has unfortunately joined the ubiquitous throng of overused words in our everyday language to the point that we hardly notice it is there any more. Frequently, humorously – and wrongly – used to describe everything commonplace from hangovers, car insurance to ‘fails’, it has become nothing more than a trendy, vacuous catchphrase empty of [&am […]

On the eve of the release of a 3-CD Definitive Edition of Twelfth Night‘s classic Fact & Fiction album, TPA’s Leo Trimming took the opportunity to speak to drummer Brian Devoil. The resulting interview is extensive and wide-ranging with Brian only too happy to give honest and open responses… Hi Brian, thanks for taking the [&am […]