Steve Petch
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Apr 24 2012
Manning & DeeExpus double trouble!
Guy Manning and his amazing band are teaming up with DeeExpus for one night only for an amazing Prog double headline treat. It will take place at the Duchess in York on September 8th. An evening well worth attending. Tickets are available via guy’s site website www.guymanning.com and www.deeexpus.com Price is £8 in advance …
Apr 21 2012
Spock’s Beard – The X Tour Live
Spock’s Beard are without doubt one of the best live bands i have seen and my views of their latest album X are well documented elsewhere in the album reviews section. However, playing live is much more their forte. Under scrutiny here is the limited edition delux version which includes two CD’s and a …
Apr 03 2012
Citizens Of Hope And Glory – Stephen Lambe
From the outset i both enjoyed and despised this splendid publication as it is the book that i would love have written myself. The book is well researched, presented and concise. It is very pleasing to read fact and opinion without the usual high brow references to the pomposity and eccentricities of Prog. This …
Mar 12 2012
The Reasoning guitarist Owain Roberts Missing
Police concerned for safety of missing Cardigan man Sun 11 Mar 2012 “Police are concerned for the safety of a missing man from Cardigan, who was last seen early yesterday morning, Saturday the 10th March 2012. Owain Roberts, 36 years old, is described as a white male, 5ft 10’ inches tall and of a …
Mar 08 2012
Matt Stevens | Relic
Matt Stevens remains an enigma in musical terms. His debut album “Ghosts” represented a welcome change in the crop of albums released at the time. I don’t think Matt would mind me saying that his music is prog on a very small scale and really is a contrast to the the big boys of …
Feb 27 2012
Steve Hackett – The Sage, Gateshead
The Sage in Gateshead is without doubt one of the best venues in the North East in which to stage any musical event and seems to lend itself perfectly to artists such as Prog icon Steve Hackett. This was the second time that the Progmeister crew had travelled to The Sage as true Hackett …
Feb 01 2012
Pete Bardens 1944-2002
I remember it like yesterday, the full page advertisement in the Melody Maker with a picture of a camel clad in a space suit on it. It was early 1976 and I was a spotty faced apprentice. Mmmm, that looks interesting, Camel, Moonmadness, Live at Newcastle city hall. The album looked good too. I …
Jan 05 2012
Tony Patterson | Earthlight
I was sent the new album Earthlight-Music For Documentary & Film by the multi-talented Tony Patterson a few weeks ago with a list of instructions for its consumption. Many of Tony’s fans and followers know him as the front man for Re-Genes…
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- November 12th Progmeister Show1. Impossible Tightrope – Steven Wilson 2. Foreplay/Long Time – L. Doley/M. Portnoy/L. Jelusick/H. Linder/J. Hoekstra/J. Johnson 3. Northbound – Tony Patterson / Brendan Eyre 4. Song Of Angels – Jerry Harrison 5. Down In Mexico – Manfred Mann 6. Black Dog – Led Zeppelin 7. Chains Fall To Gravity – Orphaned Land 8. Breaking […]
- The Progmeister At Progzilla 8th October1. Keeping Up De Fences – Caravan 2. Saving Me – Starlite & Campbell 3. Lettuce – Loam * 4. Don’t Forget My Name – Karnataka 5. kokoroo – Osibisa 6. Wild River – David Longdon 7. Everyman’s Forgotten Monday – The Tangent 8. No Fear, No Pain, No Broken Hearts – Eurythmics 9. Drop […]
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