Dec 31 2014
This will be my final post of 2014. Good riddens to it too. I have had a couple of personal tragedy’s and let let down my some. However, 2015 will be looked at as positive from here. Musically there are some great things to look forwards to. Paul Birchall has hinted at a new …
Dec 13 2014
On a personal level 2014 for me has been an Annus Horribilis as our noble queen once said. Though to quote local hero John Miles “music pulled me through”. Sometimes when things are hurting and dare i say it, skies are gray, it becomes easy to turn to things that may make you worse …
Dec 08 2014
Well, it’s that time of year again. This year seems to have been a little bit thin on the ground with Prog releases and majored more on live shows than hard copy. However, as the saying goes “quality not quantity. So here is the Progmeister’s top five albums of the year. 1. NORTHLANDS / Tony …
Nov 16 2014
Perhaps in many ways the most important album for many people in the world this year will be The Endless River, Pink Floyd’s swan song and final offering under such a ubiquitous marque. A predominantly music orientated album David Gilmour has still managed to tackle the issue of in-fighting and turbulence within the Pink Floyd …
Nov 10 2014
It’s amazing and sometimes heart warming when you haven’t seen a baby for a while only to be presented with a toddler and eventually a fully grown adult. It causes you to reflect on their childhood, their youth and ultimately their maturity. Northlands is just such an experience. I have followed this project with …
Oct 29 2014
Having already seen two shows on the Genesis Revisited Juggernaut i hadn’t intended to travel to any of the extended tour gigs. However, my recent disappointment with BBC’s Genesis documentary and blog ramblings there of didn’t go unnoticed by team Hackett so off to York i went to watch the band perform a slightly different …
Oct 10 2014
I got a message from Paul Birchall a few days ago to remind me that he would be playing a gig at Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt with the Snake Davis band and i simply couldn’t resist the opportunity to see Snake Davis again after the last one i attended in Stokesley a few months ago. …
Oct 05 2014
My view of last nights Genesis documentary are already known to some. However, to the world my view is that too many omissions with regards to Steve Hackett’s huge body of solo work and his recent Genesis revisited work were nothing short of a scandal. It was good to see Mr Gabriel keeping Banks …
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