Apr 30 2012
It’s been an interesting week in not so Great Britain this week. Amidst drought conditions and government imposed hose pipe bans keyboard ace and sound friend Brendan Eyre and myself headed for Durham last Thursday to watch DeeExpus supported by Wintert In Eden at The Loveshack. Imagine our surprise upon our arrival in the …
Apr 24 2012
Brilliant news! The North East knights of Prog Riversea are now taking pre-orders for their amazing album Out Of An Anciont World. Riversea’s debut album will be flowing into view on May 15th. Don’t delay as we think the album will sell out quickly. despite our review sample The Progmeister has done the honourable …
Apr 24 2012
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 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
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
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 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
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 …
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