Author: Tim Hall

Tim Bowness

Lost in the Ghost Light (Tim Bowness)

21/02/2017

A grand statement about a grand era; Tim Bowness revisits rock's most ambitious escapades...

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Cambridge Rock Festival

Loitered Lens: Cambridge Rock Fest Memories

19/02/2017

Photos and Memories from Cambridge Rock Festival ...

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Firewind

By The Hammers of Hephaestus!: Immortals (Firewind)

20/01/2017

Firewind sing about ancient Greece in the same way Scandinavian power metal acts sing about Vikings. Review...

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Lights from the Sky: Touchstone at the Borderline

05/01/2017

Touchstone's new frontwoman spreads her wings at London's Borderline...

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Loitered Lens: Lazuli

22/12/2016

French medieval blacksmiths from the future Lazuli peer round the pillar at the Borderline...

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I Am Snow

Seasonal Songwriting: I Am Snow (Heather Findlay Band)

13/12/2016

Folky reworks from the Heather Findlay band, and a brace of new songs to add a flourish...

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Rebecca Downes

Records from the Road. BeLive (Rebecca Downes)

29/11/2016

No filler. Rebecca Downes only has a couple of albums, but this live set sounds like a Greatest Hits...

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Touchstone, Lights from the Sky

Lights From the Sky (Touchstone)

26/11/2016

Recognisably Touchstone, but with a fresh take, Lights from the Sky introduces a new direction for the UK prog stalwarts...

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riverside, Eye of the Soundscape

Staring into the Eye of the Soundscape (Riverside)

01/11/2016

Forging on after the death of guitarist Piotr Grudziński, Riverside continue to intrigue...

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Duski

Into The Lesser-Charted Waters of Jazz/Prog/Ambient: Duski

11/10/2016

Prog rock, jazz and ambient sounscapes in an impressive debut album...

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Into the Catacomb Abyss (Unearthed Elf)

01/10/2016

Epic without being overblown, Unearthed Elf plunders the dungeon...

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Freak Show Candy Floss (Voodoo Vegas)

22/09/2016

Voodoo Vegas serve up hard-hitting no-frills rock, killer riffs and shredding solos. ...

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Loitered Lens: The Laura Holland Band

19/09/2016

Photos from a pace-changing big band at the Cambridge Rock Festival 2016...

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Sonic Space Opera via a Magic Machine (An Endless Sporadic)

17/09/2016

Eclectic and Experimental, An Endless Sporadic's sonic space opera recalls the great Zappa...

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Loitered Lens: Space Elevator

05/09/2016

Space Elevator and their catsuited Duchess rock Cambridge. Photos...

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Becoming Aware (Paradigm Shift)

03/09/2016

With forward-looking approach to progressive rock, Paradigm Shift avoid the cliches. Review...

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Loitered Lens: 4th Labyrinth

25/08/2016

Photos of the exuberant 4th Labyrinth at Cambridge Rock Festival 2016...

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Bringing in the New: Cambridge Rock Festival

19/08/2016

Blues, classic and progressive rock at another of Cambridge's fine festivals...

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Hinterland

Riffing the Hinterlands (Tilt)

05/07/2016

Slow burning ballads to propulsive groove rock, Hinterland is worth the long wait...

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Musicians Wanted: Singer. What Lies Beneath (Mike Kershaw)

25/05/2016

Heading up a supergroup of sorts, prog rock keyboardist Mike Kershaw releases What Lies Beneath. Review...

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Misplaced Childhood, Live in London (Fish, Islington Academy)

11/05/2016

o mark last year’s thirtieth anniversary of Marillion’s Misplaced Childhood, Fish played an extensive sold-out tour across Europe billed as “Farewell to Childhood”, playing...

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Haken, Affinity

A Titan of Modern Progressive Rock. Affinity (Haken)

04/05/2016

Eschewing the cliches of the genre, this is Progressive Rock reinvented for the twenty-first century...

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Bottled Out of Eden (Knifeworld)

19/04/2016

Unique as ever, Kavus Torabi's progressive rock outfit Knifeworld raise the bar...

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Wytch Hazel

Deep they Delved, Richly they Riff: Prelude (Wytch Hazel)

12/04/2016

Mining a less-exploited seam of 70s rock than the usual, Wytch Hazel evoke Wishbone Ash and Jethro Tull with their Prelude LP...

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Purson

Loitered Lens: Purson (100 Club)

10/04/2016

Launching a new album on an eager crowd, Purson lit up the stage at The 100 Club, London. Photos...

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District 97

The Great Gig Under the Pavement (Dave Kerzner/District 97)

01/04/2016

Different but complementary, the progressive rock of Dave Kerzner and District 97 light up Soho's Borderline...

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Purson

Playing Out Desire’s Magic Theatre (Purson)

25/03/2016

Psych-rockers Purson treat the 100 Club to some oldies, as well as new material from their Desire's Magic Theatre album...

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Greg Coulson

Loitered Lens: Greg Coulson

13/03/2016

Live at the 100 Club, Greg Coulson raged rampant across the stage at the iconic London venue. Photos...

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Believe in the Blues: Rebecca Downes Album Launch

02/03/2016

Showcasing her new album, Believe, British blues-rock powerhouse Rebecca Downes threw it down hard at London's 100 Club. Review ...

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Psych-Rocking the Doors of Mushroom Perception (Hexvessel)

18/02/2016

Prying open the Mushroom Spirit Doors (of perception?), Hexvessel's newest album is a fuzzy and glorious psych-trip. Trebuchet examines it....

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